David-cp7

On the 23rd we had Alena over for what had become the weekly dinner conclave.  Tonight was special though because we were going to take Alena out for a special American dinner.  We decided that the most American place that we could take her was Voodoo Dog because what is more American than hotdogs.  So we ended up leaving for the restaurant in two separate cars my wife, baby, and her friend Nicole in one and Alena in the other.  (Side note Nicole is crazy.  She is a gossip queen talks a million miles a minute sort of girl and I was wondering just how this would go over with Alena.)  Alena said that she needed to be home by a certain time so that was the thinking behind the two car thing.  I rode with Alena not thinking anything out of the ordinary about it.  We did this so that I would have some conversation time with Alena on the way.

After running through the third stop sign without stopping I started to get really freaked out.  I did what I normally do when some crazy driver gets behind the wheel with me in the car (aka my wife) and grab the clothes hanger above the door for dear life.  I believe that she sensed by tenseness in the seat next to her which prompted her to ask the if I was scared.  I replied "Why would I be scared"  and she replied " because I am woman driver" .  I really wanted to say yes I am scared but not because you are a woman, because you are a crazy driver!!!!!!!  Anyway I played it off cool and we got to Voodoo Dog safe.  For those of you that remember that I am a vegan, please note that voodoo dogs has vegan dogs and they are the best.  I bet that you can't tell the difference between them.  Unfortunately the American experience we call Voodoo Dog was closed and we were left with another decision and we needed to make one fast.  Sweetpea our favorite restaurant in town was closed, so we decided to try something new.  We ended up going to Monks because we had heard that they had stellar burgers including a black bean burger for yours truly.

When we got there we told them that we were in a hurry and needed to eat quick.  One of the interesting things about Alena is where ever we are she makes a point to mention that it is weird that Americans like ice in all their drinks and that we should drink them hot instead.  As we waited for food Nicole gossip queen went off on a rant about some boy that was playing mind games with her and Alena kept telling me how impressive it was that she talked so fast.  Unfortunately our food did not come in time for Alena because she had to leave. =(  I ended up dropping it by her house later that night.  The food was so so but it was an interesting and scary night to be sure.