I have a full schedule this week and Monday is crazy as always. Today is no different from the ordinary - Back to back meetings, conference calls, one hour training and finally at 6 pm - business dinner !
Getting the conversation flowing and keeping it interesting across the dinner table is a difficult role. So, in order to get the conversation going (with or without wine) I usually have three delightful common topic in my pocket that will guarantee engagement even on awkward situations...However, someone started with the question of - -"how did you meet your husband?" to the new bride in the group and the next thing you know it's like playing musical chairs where everybody has to recite how she / he met the hubby/wife or partner you are with.
Oh no..and we were on a round table....So I tried to shift the topic by throwing a different question but for whatever reason, we kept on going back to the same topic - -and oh no again-- like a round robin, the ball is being passed quickly and my colleague on my left is sharing her story too--Yikes...I am definitely going to be next! Anyway, I thought I will be rescued by the waitress when she served my Cilantro Shrimp - -waaaahhh - -didn't work.
So after summarizing my husband's 5 minute not so romantic version in approximately 2 short sentences that sounded more like a header of a brochure (My pathetic life is open in the blog world but not to the people I work with obviously) - -I just have to thank that they took it lightly that I immediately changed the topic to my favorite dessert - -yummy carrot cake!
I've tried so many carrot cakes but this one is too die for! No offense to the chef but we chose this restaurant not for the entree but the dessert ....and hmmmm....real carrots with nuts with moist cream cheese topping ! It may contain more than 500 calories but who cares? So worth it - -same with this Chocolate cake!
yum yum yum!!!!!
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