The love of our lives was born on 8.13.09 and is the light of our lives. Mills is our happy, busy, typical little boy, who never slows down. He is a huge fan of Moose and Zee, Handy Manny and Mickey Mouse and loves playing with his "big-brother-dog," Joey. There is not a day that goes by that I don't look at this precious miracle given to us by God and sit in awe.
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So, most of you may not know about my (our) little addiction that we have done without for 332 days, but I am happy and most ecstatic to announce that my favorite place of all BENIHANA (yes call me a cheese) is opening back up tomorrow. Erik and I did a quick drive by on Saturday just to check on the progress (guilty as charged) and we managed to run down an employee running out of the building. I CAN'T WAIT! Last February, the 22nd to be exact. I received a phone call from my husband at 9:30am. He called to tell me good morning and in his cutest little "Asian voice" says, "No more fried rice, get too hot." As you can imagine my reply was, "Huh? What are you talking about? Of course I told him to quit acting silly and that is when he said, "Benihana just burned to the ground." Of course I laughed at him and told him to quit lying. "That is some sick joke, Erik!" He immediately told me that he was not kidding, and yet still I didn't believe him. Finally, I took our good ole' newsman, Justin, calling me and saying, "Amy, its true, Benihana did burn to the ground, just watch the news in a few minutes," he said. So, for the rest of the day, I was completely distraught with wonder. Are they going to build back? How am I going to go without Benihana?
Erik and I were regulars. We started going there from the time we started dating and got to know one of the hostesses really well. "Ms. Jeannie" (of course that is her American name)would ask us so many questions every time we were there. It started off with, "Are you married?" Then the answer was no. Then it was, "How are wedding plans?" and finally, "When are you two going to have a baby?" She has been asking us that for almost 7 years. I can only hope that she will be there this weekend so that we can tell her the good news-ha! I can remember when we went to eat there one night. She just happened to be our waitress. She asked what I wanted to drink, and not thinking, I ordered a sweet tea. "Now, you know we don't have sweet tea! How long have you been coming here?", she said. I was so embarrassed! That's pretty bad, huh?
Needless to say, I am ecstatic. We plan on checking out the newly built Benihana on Saturday, and I promise that I will unwillingly stay away from the sushi!
Erik at the Benihana fire 2/22/08*photo by Roger Cotton
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