Pasta & Champagne

Rustled up a dinner with Ozi and her pawrents. Nobody minded a good pasta tonight, and we thought Bar Cicheti is convenient and they do robust pastas. I come here at lunch more often than dinner. I sit indoors because I'm usually without the dog at lunch. In the day, the restaurant's outdoor tables are impossible. Even with an overhead fan, it's helpless against the mid-day heat. 

Tonight, it felt fine and not too humid. I didn't have to bring extra fans. Bar Cicheti's outdoor tables were cool enough after that short pile of rain dumped in 20 minutes. The rain didn't pelt in and wet the floor badly. Choya was happy in her corner. Little Ozi is tiny and will always sit on our laps or go into her bag on a chair. 

We were really focused. We came for the pasta and that only. I can't seem to move away from the restaurant's cacio e pepe rigatoni. Haizzzz. Didn't bother with desert or many appetizers. We only had mussels and clams since the table wanted. I had one clam. I didn't dare to have too many. 

We have champagne. That was a lovely bottle. I really like the pinot blanc millésime 2018 from Colette Bonnet. We would be having more drinks after dinner, so we didn't want to mix too many different types of alcohol and get tipsy. 

Then we adjourned for gin at Ozi's. Nothing crazy, just easy two glasses of gin to round up the night. Choya had a small meal at 5pm before coming out. Yet she asked for so much treatos at Ozi's that she was totally embarrassing. Tsk. Ozi had Part 2 of her dinner, and luckily Choya didn't go snatch her food.