Cafe Milano: Pre-Birthday Birthday Party

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: THE CAFE MILANO NAKED MARTINI

Sunday afternoon. Work done. Push back from the desk. Friends arrive. Off we go to Cafe Milano for a birthday luncheon...for Patrick Lawley-Wakelin and for me. A whole lot of fun. Multiple Milano "naked martinis" plus ham n' eggs. At an adjacent table, Francesca Craig, out with a couple of her young men friends. She joined us after they departed.  Lunch lasted three hours. Maybe more. Martinis, bubbly, Limoncello, espresso...

PATRICK WITH HIS BELLINI

 SALLY IS SERVED CHILLED TOMATO SOUP

 A SMOKED SALMON OMELETTE

 FRANCESCA CRAIG WITH HER YOUNG FRIEND

Georgetown is challenged with few good places to eat, and Cafe Milano too often gets a bad rap as a complicated place to visit (known and you're treated well, unknown and the opposite), but with so few choices in the village, Milano is a civilized repast. Just push through. Speak to Laurent Menoud, the manager. He's reasonable. Heck, even I get attitude there and I'm a fairly regular customer. Just push through. It beats a chain any day,the food is good, and sitting on the terrace is a unique Georgetown pleasure. Laurent's an ace. He'll take care of you.  My only complaint, and it's really only this one, is the wines by the glass list. It could be better.

 PASTA AT CAFE MILANO

CAFE MILANO KOBE CARPACCIO WITH CELERY HEARTS

I'm a big believer in celebrating birthdays, and so especially happy that I was able to have this interlude today with Patrick and Sally Hosta. My birthday is tomorrow. Patrick's is next Friday. The day you were born matters. That's when you landed on the planet. Don't be timid. It's all about you. Seize the day. 

 EYEING HIS TREAT; CAFE MILANO IS POOCH-FRIENDLY