My grand plans for food took a back seat to my health this week, and that my wife was called away with her boss at the same time. Thankfully, we had some left-overs, and we live a short distance from everything one could ever really need.

That said, it was our anniversary (1st) on Friday; me exhausted wife and I tried a new restaurant based solely on the recommendation of our friend, Arthur- it was so damn good: Panda Dumpling on Laurel. They serve everything dim-sum style; the poor guy (one waiter and at least 25 guests), ran his ass off. The only thing we did not both love was the Singapore Style ribs- I was happy; Lenka less so. That said, it would have been excellent at twice the price.

No planning, last minute, no energy to cook, and our anniversary dinner was fantastic, and totally affordable. Yumm

DB