cafe lula
Last night my former employer Biff took me out to Lula Cafe, a Logan Square restaurant, for a farewell dinner. I had a really good meal and a really good time.
Biff brought along Julian, his 14 month old son. Even though I’m a confirmed spinster there really is something about little ones that makes you see everything as if for the first time. I had the best time feeding and fussing over Julian.
I brought him a gift, a pull-along zebra toy that I got at Building Blocks, a toy shop right near the store where I work but I also brought a box of organic vanilla snack treats with the Sesame Street character Zoe on them that we sell at the market. Julian loved the vanilla snack treats and also ate voraciously from what Biff and I ordered.
I had lula maki (veggie sushi) as an appetizer, tineka--a spicy peanut butter sandwich and coleslaw-as an entree and for desert little scoops of blueberry, sweet corn sorbet with miniature Johnny cakes topped with blueberry syrup. Very eclectic and delicious and wonderful.
Julian shared everything with me as well as what Biff ordered (an heirloom tomato appetizer and I don’t remember the rest.) He’s an extremely good eater, that boy. It’s funny, while I was playing with Julian and feeding him from my plate I realized that there are a lot of adults who probably wouldn’t be so open to a little guy and would see it as disruptive and for the first time I felt like a good aunt, like I was willing to make the extra effort for my niece and nephew when they were tiny, and to accept and love them.
I feel like that’s really important.
Biff brought along Julian, his 14 month old son. Even though I’m a confirmed spinster there really is something about little ones that makes you see everything as if for the first time. I had the best time feeding and fussing over Julian.
I brought him a gift, a pull-along zebra toy that I got at Building Blocks, a toy shop right near the store where I work but I also brought a box of organic vanilla snack treats with the Sesame Street character Zoe on them that we sell at the market. Julian loved the vanilla snack treats and also ate voraciously from what Biff and I ordered.
I had lula maki (veggie sushi) as an appetizer, tineka--a spicy peanut butter sandwich and coleslaw-as an entree and for desert little scoops of blueberry, sweet corn sorbet with miniature Johnny cakes topped with blueberry syrup. Very eclectic and delicious and wonderful.
Julian shared everything with me as well as what Biff ordered (an heirloom tomato appetizer and I don’t remember the rest.) He’s an extremely good eater, that boy. It’s funny, while I was playing with Julian and feeding him from my plate I realized that there are a lot of adults who probably wouldn’t be so open to a little guy and would see it as disruptive and for the first time I felt like a good aunt, like I was willing to make the extra effort for my niece and nephew when they were tiny, and to accept and love them.
I feel like that’s really important.