My Birthday - my 3/4 century.

Had a very nice birthday yesterday.   Bruce and Rosalyn kindly invited me to lunch in Oklahoma City.   Rosalyn first had a quick dental check up at the OU Dental School then they took me to a Greek restaurant nearby, and it was lovely.  Although the dishes had Greek names I will refer to them by their Middle Eastern names.

As you see I had hummus, falafel, warm pitta  and pitta crisps, little pot of laban, stuffed vine leaves (which were nice, but not - loved ones - as good as your grandmother's) also, but not in the picture, a little pot of Father Shik Shik.  And when Rosalyn mentioned to the proprietor that it was my birthday he gave me some complementary baklava.   Wasn't that kind.

 I couldn't eat it all and took the rest in a to-go box for supper.    Afterwards they took me to Barnes and Noble next door, which as you know is my very favourite shop.   I bought a little book by Bill Bryson, a favourite American travel writer who spent twenty years in Britain, married an English wife and had four children, then they came back to the States because she loved the notion of being able to shop 24 hours a day.  And it is handy if you want to go to Walmart at midnight and find a parking space nearer than where the fat people go.

And they also had a Starbucks, like the store in Norman.  The only thing lacking in the store were the comfy little armchairs they have in Norman.

This is the card Rosalyn sent me, who said she couldn't see Bubbles decked out like that.  I don't think I can either.    I think it must be some trick photography, I can't see them piercing the cat's ears for the ear rings.       

They are coming over to London on Tuesday for the christening of Rosalyn's grand daughter in St Mary's, Barnes where I attended the christening of the last grand child.