Matt and I Actually Do Spend Time Together

although he is working all the time (at work till 9pm last night, then worked till 1:30am at home). Here's a picture from my delayed birthday dinner at Romesco, a Baja Mediterranean bistro. One thing we have not found is a lack of San Diego is good restaurants.



We learned about this place from an article in Edible San Diego, a new quarterly magazine. The article mentioned that the chef is a proponent of the Slow Food movement, so we weren't too surprised that they were giving us quite a bit of time to peruse the wine list. Finally our grinning broadly at any server who passed us by caught someone's attention. We then discovered that they hadn't assigned us a server. After many apologies, we had our bottle of Malbec and a delightful, unhurried meal. The violin player who performed fostered the relaxing atmosphere. It would have been a different experience if the flamenco dancers who were originally scheduled had not gotten ill.

Before we left we were tempted by their homemade desserts, and I'm thrilled to report that I've finally found a flan that I like. This is probably because it had a tapioca-ish, not a jello-y, jiggly consistency. I'm glad that I hadn't give up hope and my habit of encouraging someone else to order the flan so that I could try a bite.