Tuesday, February 2, 2010

The Birthday Continued...

On Saturday night we celebrated Jeff's birthday with friends. Mike Nelson even made the long trek up from San Diego to help celebrate. He is very scared of LA, so I hope we showed him it's not ALL bad. Mike also is not a fan of big dogs. In fact, I think when he was a child a German Shepherd bit him, so German Shepherds are probably his least favorite. I think Shadow sensed that because he really just wanted to lay in Mike's lap! First Shadow jumped on the couch next to him saying "hi" and I think Mike's face says it all...

See, all I want to do is cuddle....

We started Saturday night by going out to dinner at Deluca Trattoria in downtown El Segundo. It was a delicious meal and a cute little restaurant owned by Chef Hannes. Chef Hannes used to own a famous restaurant in Beverly Hills but now has settled in El Segundo with his wife and decided to open a restaurant here. They specialize in catering to everyone's needs and when Mike wanted Chicken Parm (which was not on the menu) the waitress said "No Problem!" She even recommended making Derrick's Seafood Pasta dish "extra spicy", which Derrick loves. This is a place I know Jeff and I will return to again and again. The live band even sang Happy Birthday to Jeff, and they brought him a yummy peice of Tirimusu.



After dinner about 9 of us went to Hennessey's in Manhattan Beach and had a great time!

Jeff's Birthday week was a success and I am so thankful his close friends could help us celebrate! I know it meant so much to him and he had a blast Saturday night. So thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with us!

3 comments:

Jeremy and Allison Hess said...

Lindsay and the boys! Love it! Great picture of you two! Looks like a nice place to go!

Gina said...

Is that the first time Mike met Shadow?? It's hilarious that a tough Marine is so afraid of a dog!! Sounds like a fun restaurant!

The Cinottos said...

Shadow has been to Mike's house a few times but usually we have him in his cage, or in the yard, on on the lease so he doesn't run around. So it was Mike's first time to visit Shadow in Shadow's home!