Friday Dinner

On Friday, I had dinner with one of my closest friends from the good old college days....hadn't seen her in almost a year, even though we're both within reasonable commuting distance of the city. But with our schedules, it's hard to plan so that we're both free at the same time. But finally, Friday we decided, it must be done. Of course, we picked one of the coldest days of the year :)

It was a lot of fun catching up on the good old times, while eating shrimps in a delightful cilantro/lemony flavored sauce with vegetable rice at a Mexican restaurant. Thankfully, the place wasn't too crowded, otherwise we would have been forced to vacate the table in an hour (this is NY people, not Europe, where lingering for several hours at a table is highly encouraged).
Dessert was not necessary, but as you're sitting at the table yacking away, your eyes roam over what other people are devouring. Of course, seeing those bowls of scoops and scoops of ice cream, dripping in chocolate fudge, and all the other sinful, delightful toppings, it weakens your New Year's Resolution thoroughly...hmm, Friday was the 8th....so I kept my resolution for 8 days :)....will start fresh the following week...I promise, really, I do.

It's funny, but when the waiter dropped off the dessert menus in front of us the first time, we scanned it, deliberated like highly intellectual scientists, and then with great dignity, returned it to the waiter, saying "no thanks." Then 10 minutes passed, 20 minutes...and our resolves crumbled just like a cookie crumbles when one bites into it. So we asked for the dessert menus again.

We each ordered ice cream. I had mine with Mexican pastry puffs, while my friend had hers with a chocolate brownie. Both brought us over the recommended daily calorie count (which I believe is a max of 2,500 calories). Oh well. It was worth it, and who said that indulging once in a blue moon isn't allowed?