Sunday, May 14, 2006

Mother's Day

I took my mom to Chez TJ, to thank her for laboring to push me out into this world.

"This is a memory to keep forever," she said. "A 13-course French dinner. But there is no need to repeat this experience! It's too expensive -- once in this lifetime is enough!"

Asparagus arrangement:


Green garlic soup:


Beef tenderloin:


Stuffed kumquat:


and 9 unpictured courses.

"Your brother gave me my earliest Mother's Day wishes this year though," she said. "He did his typical confused thing. He emailed me from Japan, 'I'm writing to wish you a happy day today because it's Mother's Day!' But the email happened 7 days ago."