Travalon's 28th Birthday

So after I blogged on Saturday, Richard Bonomo, Catzooks, her boyfriend, a friend of theirs, and I went to a Mexican restaurant. Their friend used to be an airline attendant, but she was laid off. She said she would do it again in a heartbeat if they would rehire her. She told a hilarious story about how she got a rabbit, but it sat at her feet making a strange sound, so she returned it to the pet store, only to learn much later that it had simply been bonding with her.

Yesterday was Travalon’s birthday, and he wanted to go to Wollersheim Winery, so we drove to Sauk City and had lunch at the Blue Spoon Diner. He got a free scoop of gelato for his birthday. Then we went to Wollersheim and tried all kinds of wine, including their ice wine, which is $2 just for a taste or $10 for a glass. It was really good. We went to his favorite bar, Pooley’s, and he got a free beer for his birthday, but his choices were Bud Light or Miller Light, so he chose the Bud Light and then couldn’t finish it because it was so bad. Guess we are beer snobs! He also got up to $9 in free food, so we had some cheese curds. Then we went to Red Lobster and had seafood for dinner, and he got a free ice cream sundae, accompanied by some waitresses and me singing “Happy Birthday” to him. Finally we went to Rich’s house, where he and Kathbert were having some leftover desserts. When we were driving to Rich’s house, the clock said 7:28 and Travalon said, “In two minutes I will officially be 28.” Of course that’s not what he meant, but why not go with it? Happy 28^th birthday, Travalon!

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