Off to Dinner at Marco Polo

We have been working our ass off this week. Lots of new production and some great new dresses. Lots of fights with people to get things done right. Not any employees so we are doing it all ourselves.

So we decided to treat ourselves this week. Dinner at the bar on Wednesday. At Marco Polo. A cocktail and then some appetizers and a bottle of wine. We sit with Tony at the bar and relax and say hello to everyone as they come in. The owner of the gym across the street. The local lawyer who wears too much cologne in church. The woman who owns the pottery store. The new street boss of the Colombo family. They all stop to say hello.

We started with two cocktails. I had the Negroni and Lisa had a simple Cosmo. We switched to wine and a very nice Super Tuscan. The appetizer was a mixture of mozzarella in cararoza, stuffed mushrooms and eggplant rollatini. Then we split an order of figs and prosciutto (pictured above). And finished it off with splitting a pasta as it was "Chef's pasta night." We had my old favorite of Fussilli with veal meatballs.

Then of course we had to go through the ritual of the bartender getting us an after dinner drink on the house. Now we didn't want Lemoncello so we decided to go with Gran Mainer. This was a little too much alcohol for Lisa so she wanted something to eat while we sipped the after dinner cordial. So they brought us a plate of cheese and fruit. Some Grana Padano and some watermelon, cantaloupe, raspberries, and blood oranges.

It was superb.

The best part about is that we left the store early so we were home and in bed by 9 o'clock. Now that was great!

Tonight we are meeting some friends and will go sit at a table. I just hope I don't have to listen in to another old guy begging for pussy.

I am too tired for that.