Scene from an Italian Restaurant

I just got home from a busy Friday night of bar tending. Fortunately for me, I happen to actually love serving drinks, so the shifts always go by quickly. I serve dozens of people on any given night, and tonight was no different, but one couple stands out in my mind. The man had told me earlier in the night that it was a "very special night" for them, but it was very busy and I didn't get a chance to ask them what they were celebrating. When it finally calmed down after their dinner, she giddily showed me her ring finger and said, "This is what we are celebrating!" It was a beautiful diamond ring! She told me he had put it on the strawberry on their dessert when she was in the restroom. I said, "Wow, congratulations! Did you just get engaged?" The man just chuckled and said, "Well, we did... a long time ago." It turns out they were celebrating 31 years together and he had proposed to her the same way, with the ring on a strawberry! It was so sweet and they seemed so happy and in love, like two teenagers in a summer romance. Think Sandy and Danny Zuko or Noah Calhoun and Allie Hamilton. Or that celebrity power couple, Ben and Vicki Goldwasser.

Ahhh, so much love in the air at Carrabbas. ;) I'm glad that I had all relatively happy people tonight, because nothing puts a damper on my "break" from the kiddos like a grumpy drunk!