My sister, Jo Beth, came into town this evening from Chicago so she could see our new little niece, Savannah. I don't get to see Bethy very often, and both of us are major foodies, so we like to go out to try different things. Tonight we went to Ranoush, a Middle Eastern restaurant down in the University City Loop. For years and years it was Saleems, another restaurant somewhat similar to this, but I never got to eat there. We were trying to decide if we wanted to try this or splurge and stuff ourselves on sushi at Seki. Now I love, love, LOVE sushi, and I haven't had it in quite a long time, but I'm so glad we decided to eat here! If you happen to be in the area and want to try something new, and really, really great, I highly recommend it!
Okay, enough raving about food! I really did just have a wonderful, albeit very short, visit with Jo Beth! I miss her a lot. Like I said, we just don't get to see each other very often, and we love a lot of the same things, especially food-wise. We took a trip to Los Angeles a few years ago and had an absolute blast out there (we'll have to do that again, Beth)!
I decided that I'd pay a little tribute to the wonderful people at Ranoush tonight and throw a little splotch of colors from a couple of Middle Eastern flags down. Both Syria and Lebanon have very similar colors in their flags - red, green, white and black, so I just put a little of each on the knife and let 'er go.
np: Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country. This is a great band from Glasgow, Scotland. They've got a real 60s-soul-ish sound, but more updated. The production sounds like the 60s, though - in a good way! Give If Looks Could Kill a listen - just really fun stuff, and a great pop song!
I thoroughly enjoyed both the dinner and the company. Miss you Dave!
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