Tempest in a Pot of Pasta

Tonight was such a good night. After a long day of helping barely sentient beings get tax forms it was wonderful to sit down to a good meal with a good friend. We met at Stellina's http://www.stellinapasta.com/pastaspecials.php

on Watson down from my beloved Knitorious. The evening was almost perfect, the one exception was I wanted lasagna and was too early for the gooey goodness of that treat. So I settled for the whole wheat walnut tagliatelle with asparagus, red peppers, and fresh mozzarella in an oil butter garlic sauce. They use a lot of adjectives to describe fat pasta with cheeses and veggies, but it was really worth all of those words. Stellina's has a small menu based on daily specials so everything is so fresh it just melts in your mouth. And this was no exception, the asparagus was so tasty all I could do was say, "Yummy!"

In between bites of delicious goodness I dished with my friend. My relationship with Lady D is well different hence the D. We worked together for 7 plus years in the hallowed decrepitude of silly hall. We got along fairly well and she was probably one of my co-workers I most respected with her direct honesty and a practicality that I envied. It was funny after years of working side by side with her I somehow feel we actually have been closer since I left. I think it might be that a shared diversity will make people closer. Unfortunatley, she still works at silly hall. We dished and dished and well, dished. She caught me up on the gossip at the Collector's office and I caught her up with the zaniness of my new job. We laughed, I sniffled, and we ate damn good pasta. Sometimes I need to be reminded that leaving my job there was not because I was a bad or lazy person. Lady D always helps to illuminate that it was not about me, but that the new administration is less than fair and ran like a high school student council instead of a county office. I would be doing horribly if I still worked there.

So I say, bring on the zaniness of the library, this is just a phase thing are already better than they were a year ago. And to add to the fabulousness, now I can knit. Finally, the bonus was my friend even picked up the tab for dinner. Thank you Lady D, but your company was the best part of the evening.