{"id":692,"date":"2009-01-10T21:00:06","date_gmt":"2009-01-11T01:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glutenfreeislife.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/10\/happy-birthday-to-me\/"},"modified":"2009-01-10T21:00:06","modified_gmt":"2009-01-11T01:00:06","slug":"happy-birthday-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=692","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday to ME!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was my birthday.  I turned 29 for the 7th time.  \ud83d\ude09  LOL!  I am officially half way to 72.  Whatever.  I feel better now than I have felt in years.  Mentally & physically.  Perhaps it is the exercise.   Perhaps it is a new year and possibilities on the horizon.  Who knows.  We had a couple of days of celebration.  Thursday night we met my Dad, Step Mom and little sister out for dinner at The Fish Market<\/a>.  It was SO good!  They have an extensive GF menu.  Both Jon and I were able to enjoy meals & dessert.  I had a cedar plank salmon on top of eggplant & zucchini with portobella mushroom relish, sun-dried tomatoes and goat cheese.  It was so flavorful!  For dessert, they brought out an amazing creme brulee with fresh strawberries.  Jon had a grilled shrimp Caesar salad.  We had a wonderful time. <\/p>\n

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Last night Aaron & I went to Hyde Park Steakhouse<\/a>.  Wow.  I can’t believe the options.  They were extremely well versed in the gluten-free diet, though they didn’t have a written menu.  I had a beefsteak & mozzarella salad with balsamic vinaigrette for my salad.  Then, our wonderful waiter brought me out a fruit & cheese plate because I obviously couldn’t eat the bread!  The fruit was blackberries, blueberries & strawberries.  There were 2 kinds of cheese…..a stilton with mango & ginger and an0ther, stronger white cheese, I don’t remember the name.  Both were excellent.  For my main course I had Chilean Sea Bass with Lemon Crystal Citrus Sauce, Potatoes Gruyere Gratin and steamed broccoli.  Divine.  Really, an amazing meal and even better knowing it was all gluten-free!  We headed home after our meal and had some awesome gluten-free carrot cake with cream cheese frosting that my Mother-in-law, Mary, made for me!  It was very sweet of her and the cake was TDF!  I have had several pieces already!  \ud83d\ude42  <\/p>\n

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It was a wonderful birthday celebration!  A great way to welcome in the New Year and celebrate my turning a year older.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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