Well Linda and I celebrated 50 years of marriage on June 30th, 2023. We had plans to be on the road to North Star Lake, Minnesota to see family so the ‘celebration’ had to be on June 29th. I made reservations for 7:00 pm at our favorite restaurant, Angotti’s. During the hours before it took four visits to florists to find a corsage for her. I took the corsage to Angotti’s and gave it to the owner/chef, Ingrid. She was to give it to Linda upon arrival and she should the bouquet of roses setting at our table. Sounds like a great plan, right?
Then Mother Nature intervened. A rather impressive storm knocked out the power in downtown Columbus at about 4:30. We arrived for our date at about 6:50- Angotti’s was closed, and the entire area was dark. Linda had no idea what I had planned. I insisted we wait for a while. By 7:15 I realized this was not going to happen. I told her what was planned, and we went to Amazing Joe’s for steak.
She was amused by the story. We enjoyed our meal and when it was time to square up (pay the bill), the server said we were good to go, someone had paid for our dinner. We will never know who did that, but THANK YOU- it was a nice ending for a day that did not live up to expectations.
While on the road to Minnesota, Angotti’s sent a picture of the corsage.
Now that day was supposed to also be a ribbon-cutting Columbus Chamber of Commerce event or grand opening for Angotti’s (the weather knocked that out too). Yesterday, the ribbon-cutting event took place. While partaking in the festivities Ingrid told us that corsage was still there and brought it out. There was availability for dinner there and we returned at 7:00. Chianti, Ceasar salad, fresh bread, lasagna, chicken parmesan, NY cheesecake, and limoncello were enjoyed along with the staff and ambiance of Angotti’s. Pictures were taken and are on Linda’s Facebook page.
It took a while, but our 50th anniversary was quite eventful.
FEL July 14, 2023
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