I Suck At The Piccadilly Pub

in the quest for normalcy, both karen and i did something we had not done since the birth, life, and passing of our son (braden)... we went out for dinner.

my bff (kerry) had contacted us earlier in the week to see if we would be interested in going out for dinner. even though both karen and i were playing it day by day since braden's passing, we decided to go out for dinner.

after all, how i can refuse my bff... especially since she was going to drive all the way down from salem just to spend time with karen and me. i must say... kerry has been wonderful. i know it can't always be that easy to drive from salem to the south shore as often as she has in the past few weeks to spend time with us. i know i personally get annoyed commuting to and from marblehead.

anyway, as both karen and i were figuring that kerry would be coming via route 128, we decided to choose a place that was somewhere along the highway. so, we decided to go to the piccadilly pub located in randolph.

interesting fact... according to my friend wikipedia:

"Route 128, also known as the Yankee Division Highway (for the 26th Infantry Division), and originally the Circumferential Highway, is a partial beltway around Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The majority of the highway is built to freeway standards, and about 3/5 of it is part of the Interstate Highway System. With the rapid growth of high-technology industry in the suburban areas along Route 128 from the 1960s to the 1980s, Route 128 came to symbolize the Boston high-tech community itself. However, today the industry has expanded significantly onto Interstate 495 as well, the next beltway out.

In local culture, Route 128 is seen as something of a dividing line between the inner municipalities of Greater Boston and the more far-flung suburbs. The road's roughly 10-mile radius, for example, also delimits most of the area accessible by the MBTA rapid transit system. Much of the area within Route 128 was developed before World War II, while the area outside it was developed more recently."

anyway, we had a great time at the piccadilly pub. apparently, the piccadilly pub offers a special where you can get two dinners for $14.99 on mondays and tuesdays. the dinners are from a select list of entrees, of course. when i had mentioned that to karen, karen was dead set against doing the dinner for two because she wanted to try the veggie burger which was not on the list (the veggie burger did actually sound quite delicious).

well, as luck would have it, the piccadilly pub was out of the veggie burger. (thanks braden! i know you're always there to look out for me!) so needless to say, karen begrudgingly chose an entree off the dinner for two list. it was pretty comical.

and also as luck would have it, the three of us got free dessert at the piccadilly pub. i think our waitperson was having a bad day as she seemed quite... frazzled. she forgot to put in our order (particularly my order... the wild salmon dinner... cue rachael ray's "yum-o" sound) and felt absolutely horrible. i really felt bad for her because i think other customers were not as friendly as we were with her.

anyway, dinner with kerry was fun. karen and i both had a good time, which is helpful these days... baby steps...