Je travaillais le jour de mon anniversaire, Hubby aussi. Du coup je me suis contentée d'un bon petit déjeuner en m'offrant un Biscuit a la saucisse végétarienne et un scone amandes-abricots de West End Bakery. Ca valait bien le petit tour a vélo dans la bruine.
I was working for my birthday and so was Hubby. So I just treated myself to a good breakfast by getting a veggie sausage biscuit and an almond-apricot scone from West End bakery. It was worth ridding my bike in the (light) rain.
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J'avais prévenu Hubby qu'il aurait du mal a battre ca, mais il a bien joue en rajoutant a ma dose de chocolat a coup de cupcakes chocolat-framboise.
Of course being at wokr on your birthday isn't all that fun. Except when you work with my colleagues that is. I challenged one of our security agents to find me a birthday cake (he was bored). I should have been quiet (well ok that would be a lie). He came back with a huge slice of chocolate cake with fresh fruits and Happy Birthday written in chocolate on the plate. All straight from the hotel's kitchen. How not to smile after that? I warned Hubby it might be hard to beat, but he did pretty good adding up to my chocolate share with a raspberry-chocolate cupcake.
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We made up for it by going out on a date Friday with a touch of French food.
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We tried the Creperie Bouchon which is part of the one French restaurant of town. The restaurant is mostly outside in a charming courtyard.
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We started with a wonderful salad of goat cheese, beets and apples.
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I picked the Toulouse crêpe with duck confit, goat cheese, caramelized onions and mushrooms. Hubby had one with arugula, goat cheese and onions.
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After that we went to see the lastest Wes Anderson: Moonrise Kingdom. A charming and quirky movie that was very refreshing.
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So I told you I had a chocolatey birthday. I wasn't kidding. We ended the night at the French Broad Chocolate Lounge. A hot chocolate with Indian Kulfi ganache: rose, pistachio, cardamom and milk chocolate. Good but I like the dark chocolate ones better. And a slice of Theros oil and chocolate cake. Delicious.
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A great birthday it was. Now I just need to get on a diet.
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