The Birthday Report

One week late, here are the birthday details. First, the day before my birthday my nice friends Stephanie and Janette surprised me with an incredibly rich and delicious chocolate cake. So fun. Then on Wednesday I woke up to Mario "Feliz Cumple! Do you want breakfast in bed? I don't know how to make anything, how about chocolate milk??" So I had a very tasty glass of chocolate milk to start my day. For lunch Mario and his parents took me to a fun little cafe on the river that had beautiful views of the green islands across the water, and I had a delicious sandwich with roasted vegetables and sun-dried tomatoes, uncommon delicacies here.

Then, Mario had planned a bowling party for me. They wouldn't let him make reservations, and said we had to buy food there, but we could bring any sweets we wanted with us. However, when we arrived, Mario went to the bar to order a bunch of pizzas, and they told him the cook was tired so she was just going home and we couldn't eat... because does it really matter if you're supposed to be open and you have a huge group of customers waiting? If you're tired, you should get to go home.
So we all bowled.... and then we went across to the food court (the bowling alley is in the mall) to eat. Kind of hilarious, but I supposed spending my birthday in the mall isn't entirely unfitting.

I have been drooling over Emy's birthday cake for a month now, so I decided to approximate something tall and chocolate and beautiful, and then got overwhelmed before I even started to decorate it. But it was an amazing chocolate cake, with chocolate butter cream frosting the the middle and chocolate ganache on the outside, with a strawberry cream sauce poured over each slice. Any doubt about how addicted I am to chocolate?? And I had to make my own cake, but then at least I got exactly what I wanted!

Low-key, but nice birthday from my very nice husband. I love you Mario!