MMMM Truffles?

The event at the restaurant this weekend was really amusing.  We have so many great memories and stories that we will be able to share for the next however many decades.  $100 worth of truffles will certainly be one of them.

I did some research on the whole “white truffle” phenomenon and it turns out we may hot actually received a bargain of sorts.  The truffles we ate came from Alba, Italy (from the Ristorante Bartolotta Seasonal Menu website).  In November 2009 a 1.6 lb White truffle sold for $150,000 at the Alba Food Festival in Italy.  They are actually referred to as “the diamonds of the kitchen” by some French guy in the 18th century.

It is the kind of funny story that really good families share forever.  Since we are a really good family we have a lot of those great stories.  So many are funny – funny – funny.  I figured I would break out a top 10 list of sorts to illustrate.  Using acronyms like D1 for the older daughter, S1 for your sister and N3 for the youngest nephew.  You get the picture.  We have to protect the anonymity of the family right?

In no particular order:

1. There was the one time I let you drive home after a night out dancing and drinking.  I remember the stop at Trinity Blvd and 157 and you laughing hysterically.
2. The emergency “stop” at the convenience store after Mexican food in Ft Worth.  You and D2 in the elevator that night was classic.
3. D1 wondering aloud about the weight of her hard drive with all those “heavy” files on copied to it.
4. D2’s continuous efforts to have milk come out of her nose when she laughs (someday she will have to explain this to us).
5. N3 standing up with his head out of the sun roof and “hey my hat!”
6. D1’s first driving experience on the way back from the BBQ place in sunny Mequon.  So much wrong with this story.
7. Your sister finally letting go at the Texas house.  This one night actually deserves several points.  So include in this one N2 and his chain smoking, N1 “impregnating our house” and the invention of the “stage” upstairs for dancing.
8. Shadow and the “dancing” in the backyard.  Yuck.
9. McDonalds just keeps getting further and further away doesn’t it?
10. You ordering essentially 1 of everything on the menu at the IHOP.

There are tons more stories, but these are what came immediately to mind.  Life has been fun together hasn’t it sweetie?

You’re the world to me.  I love you more than anything in the world.