As many of you know September 17th was my birthday and thank you very much for all your wishes on facebook. Here is an account of the best birthday celebrations ever!!!
Early Saturday morning I came down as usual for breakfast and there was my eldest son Vasanth ready with a vase full of roses for me.
He wished me and we had breakfast together. We spent most of the day at home since my youngest son Sreyas had a track meet and was not home. After lunch I took a short nap. When I woke up Sreyas had come home and Vasanth announced that we were going to the movies that evening (he had gone and purchased tickets while I was napping). After a quick dinner of pasta we headed off to the movies to watch the just released movie 'Drive' starring Ryan Gosling. It was an intriguing... albeit violent movie. We wanted to go out for dinner but decided that we would go to New York City for dinner on Sunday. Vasanth and I picked the restaurant and made reservations for Sunday evening.
We arrived home and as we were entering our home I noticed a very large spider web on our front porch with a rather large spider sitting in waiting for prey. Vasanth had seen this the previous night and explained to me that this was called the 'garden orb weaver'. I was so fascinated by this spider that I spent an inordinate amount of time just watching the spider and of course taking pictures
These spiders are unique in that they weave their webs every evening and eat it every morning along with any prey that gets trapped.
After answering phone calls from relatives and friends we got ready and drove to New York City. I had decided to visit the World Trade Center 9/11 memorial, just to reflect on how precious life is and hoe blessed I was to be able to spend my birthday with both my sons. What better birthday present could a mother ask for. We walked around outside the WTC area since we were not able to get tickets to actually enter the memorial........ tickets were sold out until the 2nd week in December, :(.
We then walked to the Raoul's, restaurant where we had made reservations for dinner. It is a quaint little French restaurant located in the SoHo district of Manhattan. The food was fantastic and of course the company was even better. After dinner we ordered our desserts and out came the waiter with the most COOL LOOKING dessert ever (Vasanth had conspired with the waiter to get this made for me). It is called a profiterole and it came enclosed inside a caramelized sugar cage, candle and all and it was delicious too. Of course all the people sitting in the tables close to where we were came to know that it was my birthday and I got birthday wishes from total strangers, :)).
After the most awesome evening with my kids we headed home.
A memorable birthday weekend I will cherish for the rest of my life. Here are some pictures:
Early Saturday morning I came down as usual for breakfast and there was my eldest son Vasanth ready with a vase full of roses for me.
He wished me and we had breakfast together. We spent most of the day at home since my youngest son Sreyas had a track meet and was not home. After lunch I took a short nap. When I woke up Sreyas had come home and Vasanth announced that we were going to the movies that evening (he had gone and purchased tickets while I was napping). After a quick dinner of pasta we headed off to the movies to watch the just released movie 'Drive' starring Ryan Gosling. It was an intriguing... albeit violent movie. We wanted to go out for dinner but decided that we would go to New York City for dinner on Sunday. Vasanth and I picked the restaurant and made reservations for Sunday evening.
We arrived home and as we were entering our home I noticed a very large spider web on our front porch with a rather large spider sitting in waiting for prey. Vasanth had seen this the previous night and explained to me that this was called the 'garden orb weaver'. I was so fascinated by this spider that I spent an inordinate amount of time just watching the spider and of course taking pictures
These spiders are unique in that they weave their webs every evening and eat it every morning along with any prey that gets trapped.
After answering phone calls from relatives and friends we got ready and drove to New York City. I had decided to visit the World Trade Center 9/11 memorial, just to reflect on how precious life is and hoe blessed I was to be able to spend my birthday with both my sons. What better birthday present could a mother ask for. We walked around outside the WTC area since we were not able to get tickets to actually enter the memorial........ tickets were sold out until the 2nd week in December, :(.
We then walked to the Raoul's, restaurant where we had made reservations for dinner. It is a quaint little French restaurant located in the SoHo district of Manhattan. The food was fantastic and of course the company was even better. After dinner we ordered our desserts and out came the waiter with the most COOL LOOKING dessert ever (Vasanth had conspired with the waiter to get this made for me). It is called a profiterole and it came enclosed inside a caramelized sugar cage, candle and all and it was delicious too. Of course all the people sitting in the tables close to where we were came to know that it was my birthday and I got birthday wishes from total strangers, :)).
After the most awesome evening with my kids we headed home.
A memorable birthday weekend I will cherish for the rest of my life. Here are some pictures:
13 comments:
Seetha, thats quite engrossing. Do u have a fascination for TARANTULAS also. The cage looks like the globe seen in one of the memorial parks at NY.
Belated Birthday Greetings --what a great birthday treat !
Yes Naresh I am fascinated by nature and wildlife in general, which includes tarantulas, :). This one is not a tarantula, nor is it poisonous.
Thanks Stanley, it was a treat indeed, :))!!
Belated Birthday Greetings, Seetha.
p.s. Is the sugar cage for eating, too? I wouldn't be able to resist it for sure.
what a lovely way to clebrate one's birthday. with loved ones around it is always becomes even more special. loved everything from the spider web to the sugar cage!!
Thanks Arun and Debnath
HBD2U
Thanks Tas, :)
You are my Son Shine!
You make me happy / When skies are grey.
Awesome!
Thanks Fai, :))
Wow, whataa celebration...! Happy Birthday...!!
Thanks Vimal, was wondering what happened to you!!
@Debnath: sorry missed your question. The sugar cage is very fragile so all one has to do is to poke it with a finger and it breaks into small pieces and can be eaten. It is yummmm, :)))
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