another year, another notch in the belt...

Well, it happened – I turned a quarter of a century. I don’t feel any older and I don’t have any sage advice to pass on…but I did eat well. me sarah lily faisal connie neil frank and leejean joined up for a night of brazilian meat at brazzaz. here are some highlights of the evening...

-ran into my cousin stanley outside of the restaurant (what are the chances of that?)

-mitul forgot completely about the meal - his loss. this isn't so much a highlight as it was "vintage" mitul and i have to point it out

-connie gets the personal phone number of the sausage gaucho. i could say something dirty about meat on a stick but i'll refrain

-my vote for favorites goes to the grilled pineapple and the bacon wrapped chicken. i also won't be able to eat another sausage for a very very long time

- i ate an unhealthy amount of protein tonight. i had better go for a run tomorrow. speaking of running, good luck to faisal on the shamrock shuffle tomorrow

- it's 1:54 in the morning now and i think i've let enough time elapse that if i go to bed now, i won't die from meat related reasons

-i think most of the guys finished off enough food to make the evening somewhat worth the money. a bummer goes out to leejean who managed to down about $1.50 in salad greens. i don't think anybody is surprised by that, but all it means is that i appreciate her coming more, since she still came knowing full well that this wasn't her kinda joint

this is some of us before the feeding...


after the meatsweats have kicked in...


more of the aftermath...


highly efficient (and thoughtful) neil gave me this birthday card with an integrated gift certificate for the restaurant – money well spent!




some other titles considered for this post...

- lots of gauchos, but no gauchas

- memiors of a gaucho

- meatsweats unleashed

- i feel a little gross