Naturally these are out of chronological order. This is the birthday crowd, out front at Sckavone's where we went to eat. Y'all know Lamont and Lindsay, on the left, with Leland in the front (Cristina had the flu and couldn't come--so sad for us all.) Next there's Mama, of course. Behind her is Marsha, one of the nice, hard-working women I have met on my job. I just hate that I didn't pay any better attention to the fact that part of her face is concealed--you can't see her warm smile. That's just not professional of me at all. Sorry, Marsha. That's Danielle beside Mama--we met Danielle and her mom Pat at our old apartment on Caruthers.
Here's how we ended up at Sckavone's. Marsha and I walked a few blocks north on Grand at lunch one day, a few weeks ago, to the Architectural Heritage Center. It's a project of the Bosco-Milligan Foundation (it says in their newsletter), as part of their mission of "educating people to preserve our building heritage." We thoroughly enjoyed the exhibit of doors from homes and businesses around the city, "Artful Entries," as well as the Sargent & Co. Hardware Exhibit . Inside the newsletter that I picked up I found a small piece about Restaurant Night to Support the AHC, at Sckavone's Restaurant at 41st and Division. Marsha grew up around there and used to go to that building after school. It used to be the Ever-Ready Drugstore, between 1934 and 1975, and was operated by pharmacist Nick Sckavone. I thought it sounded like a fun night out for Mama's birthday, so I asked Marsha if she wanted to go, which of course she did! I especially like that 50% of the evening's proceeds were earmarked for the AHC. I got the kids interested in going and asked Danielle to join us in dining on what Sckavone's present operator, Jon Finley (Nick's grandson), calls classic American comfort food. It was all delicious. We had a great time, laughing, talking and eataing.
Wow! I hope I look this good at 81!
Howard and Vanessa sent Mama a surprise birthday gift from Nonnie Waller's in Ohio--this beautiful nosegay of flowers and the best pound cake I've eaten in years. You can see the cake beneath the flowers. Y'all should google Nonnie Waller's and read all about it. I believe them when they say on their Web site that it's a traditional Southern pound cake--scrumptious and made from scratch. We've been enjoying a single slice for dessert every night since Tuesday! Don't want to eat it too fast, want to savor it.
Leland came over to see us the Saturday before Mama's birthday; before long, he sat down to help her with her jigsaw puzzle. She's not fussing at him; she's saying, "She's gonna take our picture." Yep. I've got a blog to maintain.
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