Tuesday, June 22

Out to dinner night.  Yes, a rare mid-week out to dinner.  The local animal shelter was holding a "yappy hour" fundraiser at La Tasca, a tapas place a couple of blocks from our house.  We took Baxter and walked over for drinks and dinner.  For drinks, Michael had a beer, while I had sangaria.  We ordered beef empanadas (delicious!), a mini ham and cheese sandwich (okay), calamari (a little rubbery), and deep fried shrimp (good).  It was a good meal and we met some interesting people.  Until the thunderstorm started.  Baxter immediately crawled under the table and the umbrella over our table was somehow positioned so I managed to catch every single runoff drip.  Luckily, the skies cleared up relatively quickly and we were able to walk home.