Friday, January 13, 2023

Lobster Linguine with the BFF & L

The BFF's trip home was rather delayed, no thanks to the New Year's Day fiasco at Manila airport which derailed her entire itinerary. Now that she's back and before she flies out again, I grabbed her out to mark the new year together. Happiness is catching up over lunch on a quiet day at D.O.P with the BFF and L.

Didn't go overboard with the food. Ordered only three items — a salad, smoked scamorza with mushrooms, and a lobster linguine to share. Nobody could eat that much at lunch, and sharing the food makes it all easy. Had a few drinks though. Heh. I was in the mood for prosecco, but not my dining companions. They were very happy that the restaurant offers freshly squeezed juice, and opted for that. 

We also had gifts to pass to each other. Or rather I had loads of extra gifts to off-load to the BFF because I keep getting gifts that I don't want and I asked if the BFF wanted to adopt them. Never give me candles. YET. A ton of candles still land in my lap. WHYYYYYY. Which part of candles, scents, allergies and anaphylactic reactions do people not understand? I thought I had made it very clear. Dohhhh.. Anyway the BFF loves candles; she gets all that I can't keep at home. L had also thoughtfully got a soft toy for Choya, and had requested for the Smol Girl to come along to lunch. 

The BFF and I was pleased to be able to check in with L to see how she's doing. We haven't heard from her since October, so we wanted to talk to her. L isn't the best with text messages and does better with IRL convos and meets. We're happy that we found a date to meet. Importantly, we want L to know that we care.

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