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Having a kid means that you don't have any many chances to get out for a date night anymore, but having a kid in school and working from home means that now we have time to get out for a date day. Since we already had to go to Laila's old school to pick up some of the things she left behind after her abrupt departure, we decided to go out to Kopi Cafe (picked by ![[instagram.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/profile_icons/instagram.png)
sashagee) afterwards.
We chatted with the teachers a bit and told them how Laila was doing and what her problems had been--they were definitely distressed when we mentioned how Laila's lesion had continually been emitting electrical signals and disrupting her thinking, and they were relieved when we told them that Laila was now asking questions herself and answering questions with yes and no instead of just repeating the question back to you. She's using more complete sentences and also catching up on some developmental stages that her seizures were holding her back from--being a more picky eater and sometimes waking up on the wrong side of the bed, unfortunately, but I try to tell myself they're signs of her maturing all at once. We said goodbye to her preschool teachers for the last time and then went out to Kopi.
Kopi Cafe is...hmm. Well, here's a quote they post on their own website:
Snark out of the way, though, once I got there and looked at the menu it converted me immediately. I tend to have a problem at most American restaurants that there just isn't a lot I can eat. Usually because of mixed dairy and meat, like a hamburger but oh it's on a brioche bun, or the secret sauce has dairy, to the point where I generally don't order meat out unless there's a hechsher or there's some way I can be sure there's no dairy, like how Brightwok doesn't have dairy in the restaurant. At Kopi, though, almost all the food is vegetarian or fish. Even the deli sandwiches mostly had vegetarian deli "meat" or fish on them. I got an artichoke and feta sandwich andsashagee got a roasted red pepper on foccacia sandwich. I didn't get pictures of those but I did get a picture of the golden milk I ordered to go with the sandwich.
The whole thing was great, and not just because as I looked over the menu I didn't have to narrow it down to the 2-3 things I could eat!
We sat and chatted over lunch and stopped by Lost Larson on the way home to pick up dessert. This is something we'll have to do more often.
sashagee) afterwards. We chatted with the teachers a bit and told them how Laila was doing and what her problems had been--they were definitely distressed when we mentioned how Laila's lesion had continually been emitting electrical signals and disrupting her thinking, and they were relieved when we told them that Laila was now asking questions herself and answering questions with yes and no instead of just repeating the question back to you. She's using more complete sentences and also catching up on some developmental stages that her seizures were holding her back from--being a more picky eater and sometimes waking up on the wrong side of the bed, unfortunately, but I try to tell myself they're signs of her maturing all at once. We said goodbye to her preschool teachers for the last time and then went out to Kopi.
Kopi Cafe is...hmm. Well, here's a quote they post on their own website:
"Kopi's my favorite. Since 1991. I feel I've traveled my whole life to get here. The coffee, superb. The staff, spot on. The boutique, hip and chic. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Open early. Open late. The menu's serious if you're hungry, hilarious if you're not. Mostly vegetarian. Vegan and gluten free friendly. The wines, dignified. The cocktails, knock out. The pastries...oh, you will eat pastries. The music's cool swing, and here's the thing--the people at the tables, they are talking to one another. They are smiling and laughing and being together. And sometimes they fall in love. Even if you're by yourself, you're not alone at Kopi. People are here to be not with their machines, but with each other. Imagine that. Now stop imagining and go. You don't need a passport to hang at Kopi, but if you're there, you've probably got one."The people here are fashionable, hip, beautiful, always put-together, on time, and the ice never runs out at their parties.
Snark out of the way, though, once I got there and looked at the menu it converted me immediately. I tend to have a problem at most American restaurants that there just isn't a lot I can eat. Usually because of mixed dairy and meat, like a hamburger but oh it's on a brioche bun, or the secret sauce has dairy, to the point where I generally don't order meat out unless there's a hechsher or there's some way I can be sure there's no dairy, like how Brightwok doesn't have dairy in the restaurant. At Kopi, though, almost all the food is vegetarian or fish. Even the deli sandwiches mostly had vegetarian deli "meat" or fish on them. I got an artichoke and feta sandwich and
sashagee got a roasted red pepper on foccacia sandwich. I didn't get pictures of those but I did get a picture of the golden milk I ordered to go with the sandwich.The whole thing was great, and not just because as I looked over the menu I didn't have to narrow it down to the 2-3 things I could eat!
We sat and chatted over lunch and stopped by Lost Larson on the way home to pick up dessert. This is something we'll have to do more often.
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