Mary's Birthday 2001

Mary will never forget this birthday! September 11, 2001! Even though there was a lot of horrific news that day, she will remember the positive side of the day. We went to McCormick and Schmick's in downtown Portland for dinner. Parking in downtown Portland was easy. A lot of people had gone home early and were not venturing out in the evening. We walked to the restaurant and arrived right on time. Amazingly, when we were escorted to our table, there was this great bouquet of flowers sitting on the table with a very sweet note on it (private) about what I thought about her. We had a great evening together.

It was so nice, I think something like that, you know, something fun on her birthday, will probably happen next year . . . maybe even nicer!