Saturday, April 10, 2004
It's Patrick's 34th birthday! Patrick had breakfast with Sam and Simmone while I slept. They gave Patrick birthday gifts. Sam gave a Sonicare toothbrush. Simmone gave him $50 in a Chinese red envelope. Basic 4 for breakfast for me. Patrick and I went birthday / going away shopping for him downtown. At CompUSA, I got him a security cable and a portable surge surpressor for his laptop. At Macy's, I/we got him a blue Blue Marlin New York hoodie—he'd been needing a new one for a while. Returned home, rested a bit, then went to Zazie for Patrick's birthday dinner—just the two of us. I had a mushroom soup that was perfectly rich and tasty, then penne with shrimp, spinach, feta, and roma tomatoes—very delicious. Patrick had a spinach and walnut salad with balsamic vinagrette, then the fish soup. For dessert, we shared the brownie and the Nouvelle Orleans bread pudding. Afterwards, we visited Aaron and Jamie at Jamie's place. They gave Patrick birthday / going away gifts: Mao's little red book, a canister of Peet's darjeeling extra fancy Kalimpong tea, and a set of lacquered coasters with hand-painted pears on them.