Two excellent birthday gifts.

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One: The ways in which I have been spoiled today, culminating in a lovely sunset and cool evening (the end of summer?).  From chocolate chip pancakes to delicious mattar paneer, this was a very yummy day. And there was also a fun dinner at Joe Squared last night, complete with French lager, Czech lager, Irish stout and chocolate cake.

Two: What I said I wanted since spring (when we decided to have a baby).  I wanted Mrs. FP to be pregnant, and I wanted to know.  With my party three weeks ago and the best news I ever received two weeks ago, I thought my birthday would be anti-climatic.  But it wasn’t.

Thanks to everyone who made this three weeks of awesomeness. I am a very fortunate 30-year-old. Ahem, 29-year-old (again, ahem).

6 Responses to “Two excellent birthday gifts.”

  1. daniel says:

    Where did you have the mutter-paneer dish at? Home-cooked or at an Indian restaurant. This is one of my favorite Indian dishes, one my mom used to cook often, while I grew up in India.
    It is easy to cook at home too. Look up the recipe in a cookbook titled “660 Curries” by Raghavan Iyer. It is the best Indian cookbook in the market today.

    And again, Congratulations to you and the Mrs on the impending arrival of the baby.

  2. Johnny says:

    I WISH I knew how to make it, LOL. I’ll definitely have to check out that book! Thanks, Daniel!

  3. r.e.wolf says:

    Many happy returns, Johnny!

  4. daniel says:

    Johnny- sent you a recipe for another great Indian dish that is easy to cook, check your email.
    As for the cookbook that I recommended, do a search for “RAghavan Iyer” on YouTube- there are a bunch of his cooking demos there, where he demos some of his recipes from the book.

  5. alcarwen says:

    happy birthday:) and congrats on the father-to-be-dom… that’s going to be one lucky baby :)

  6. Johnny says:

    Thanks, everyone!

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