Birthday at Buca

Good morning,

Recently my family (My Honey, daughter, son, four grand kids) took me out to lunch to celebrate my birthday.

Since My Honey and I are going out of town soon, we celebrated a little early.

Buca di Peppo is a chain of restaurants.  If you have one in your area and haven't tried it, you're missing lots of fun and good food.

The decor is entertainment in itself and the food is good, too.

As soon as we were seated, the kids presented me with a lovely card and a gift!  Inside that pretty package I found a new earphone for my cell phone so we will be able to talk to everyone at home easily when Grandpa (My Honey) and I go out of town very soon.

Next My Honey, right there in the restaurant, unzipped his jacket as he said, "I'm going to show you my new tattoo * that I got for your birthday!"

Instead of a tattoo appearing, My Honey pulled out this pretty package that he had wrapped himself. 

Look what is inside!  He picked this out for me himself.  How very sweet!  He is such a sweetheart! He knows I will love to have anything to do with knit or crochet.

My daughter gave me this lovely sign that was immediately hung on our front door when we got home.

 Guys and their toys.  ;)   That's fine with me, though;  I checked my email while we were there, too.

Does this look good or what?  The food is served family style which was perfect for our family.

When the food started arriving, I stopped taking pictures.  I can tell you what we had, though.  After that yummy salad up there in the picture, the eight of us shared a large order of spaghetti and meatballs, a large order of seafood pasta, and a medium pizza.  The restaurant surprised me with a special fudge cake, ice cream, and song for my birthday.  ;)

I had a wonderful time and I didn't have to do the dishes afterward! 

Thanks, family!  I hope you've enjoyed the party with us.

* My Honey has been at sea for 44 years and has no tattoos.  We are not into tattoos.   His tattoo reference was to be able to enjoy the "shock effect" of the look on my face.  ;)

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