Crossing Paths with LuLu

I still haven't packed yet. I think in the last 2 two years, I've moved too many times. So the joy I once got out of packing, and purge cleaning has diminished significantly. I used to start packing for a trip days in advance, and then re-pack and repack. I leave tonight for NYC and frankly, I am not packed, and every time I look at my suitcase I suddenly get really, really tired. Oh well, by the time I wake up tomorrow, I'll be in the Big Apple and then it'll be a matter of only sleeping enough so that I can continue to function.

I did my second and final 2008 Dine About Town restaurant today for lunch. Cafe Lulu was an interesting experience. I had their Tomato and Mozzarella salad (A+), their Lamb Skewers and their S'More dessert. One of my lamb skewers wasn't cooked all the way through, and the s'more dessert's (really just a dressed up chocolate puddin' pac) only redeeming quality was the homemade marshmallow. The irony was that my co-worker and I did the Pre-Fixe menu in order to try out the restaurant but when we walked out the regular lunch menu looked wayyy more appealing. Verdict: Will go back and try their actual restaurant...but it'll take me awhile before I go back.

Recently, I've been slowly working my way through a book of short stories by Margaret Atwood. Anyone's who has read her work knows that she has a strong style and interesting storytelling technique. I will readily admit that short stories aren't a favorite genre of mine, but it makes for good, short reading. The story I read last night was about a character named Lulu. She was a potter, living with poets and a good part of the story focused on her seduction of her accountant. Like I said, Atwood takes a little getting used to, but the real reason for her behavior was her insecurities and her surrender. At least, I think that's what it was... so imagine my surprise today when we got to the restaurant and lo and behold it was Lulu's as well.

Happy Friday the 13th.