no room at the red lobster....

ok, so....we piled in the car after church and drove to lexington to meet with the eldest child for our annual red lobster birthday meal....for the record, the r.l. is far from my favorite dining choice....but grandma likes to go there and so we try to be happy with her choice.....but on this day...arriving at 1:30 pm.....there were so many in the lobby one could not stir them with a stick...and there were separate folks taking names for small and large groups....and our group, being large at 5, was told it would be as much as 45 minutes....and so we left and drove over to j.beth to take our chances with the cafe.....grandma was not pleased, but as she was not driving, and given that she was not the birthday girl, she settled down.....well....after a fashion.....i had a marvelous hot brown....and that is saying something for a person who used to make them on a daily basis for others....the sauce was superb.....the turkey was from a real turkey breast, not pressed and processed...and the toast tasted like sourdough...and the bacon and tomato perfect complements..just yummy.....a nice birthday treat.....