Late last year Travalon and I each bought a Groupon to Samba
Brazilian Grill, thinking we could each use one. However, they told us we could
only use one per table, so we were going to use the second one for my birthday.
The weather didn’t cooperate that day, and we hadn’t gotten around to it when
Groupon helpfully sent Travalon a reminder that his Groupon would expire today.
Obviously we weren’t going to go to an all-you-can-eat meatstravaganza for Ash
Wednesday, but what a perfect idea for Mardi Gras! Or, maybe more accurately,
Carnaval. Handy Woman and Rich also love Samba, so last night the four of us
met there to pig out on meat and the salad bar and those little rolls that aren’t
Yorkshire pudding but taste just like it, and most of all the grilled
pineapple. Yum!
So now it’s Lent, and I am going to give up meat for the
next forty days. Sundays don’t count, but I may not eat meat then either. This
may or may not be a penance; I suspect there is a lot of falafel in my future,
and that’s hardly going to cause me suffering. One year I went totally vegan
for Lent and then just ended up eating Indian food for practically every meal.
I haven’t decided yet what other penances or extra practices to take up for
this holy season. I do wish all my readers a very holy journey to Easter.
Famous Hat
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