Pete was out of town for his birthday...managing a photo shoot in LA. When he got home tonight we had a birthday dinner for him. Clara helped me decorate the cake.

The kids really wanted Pete to put on a birthday hat.



When we arrived Ed showed us to a table in a little "nook". There was already a bottle of bubbly chilling on the table. He then ordered us up a little salmon sashimi appetizer.
Our waitress was Ingrid, a friend of Helena and Ed's whom we had met at Anna's birthday. She was also at the house with the kids on the day Norbert was born.
After the meal Ed stopped by with a little port for Pete and a little Limoncello for me. He then proceeded to tell us a joke about a blind horse which somehow led into him explaining how the entire meal was comped. Later he came by with a doggie bag of cookies for the kids. It's amazing how much better these neighbors are than Jerky who lived above us in Evanston. We'll even forgive him the creepy painting with the human-eyed dog.
Happy Belated birthday to my sweetie. XO.