The Soundtrack of My Dinner

I’m finding that I don’t have much of a desire to cook for myself these days as there is much delicious food to try all around me. I discovered a great French Vietnamese place in my neighborhood (Basil) and I have been there so often in the last 11 days that they are now giving me a frequent customer discount. Go figure. I took a book with me, as dining alone can be a little awkward, especially when you are the only non-Chinese person in the restaurant and people find you a curious oddity. As I sat I noticed that the music selection was quite choice. It went like this:
Right Here Waiting – Richard Marx
Everything I Do, I Do it For You – Brian Adams
When a Man Loves a Woman – Michael Bolton (of course)
I Just Called to Say I Love You – Stevie Wonder
Careless Whisper – George Michael
Another Day in Paradise – Phil Collins
Hotel California – The Eagles
All Out of Love – Air Supply
The music then turned in to sappy French love songs, including one by Celine Dion. It was as if all of the bad love songs of my youth had come to Guangzhou to be played in a restaurant. So if you ever wonder where songs go to die when they are no longer getting airtime in the US, it’s here. And I must admit that I enjoyed the trip down memory lane.
I also decided to indulge in a little pedicure this evening. Pedicures are wonderfully inexpensive in GZ. I purchased my own girly-pink bag of foot tools as there are a lot of feet in this town and I don’t know how clean they are. My pedicure bag now lives on a shelf down the street just waiting for me to return. And I will. At least once a week. My feet need a lot of TLC after two years of extremely dry Denver weather. And what should everyone do after getting a pedicure? Why go shopping for fruit, of course! I am loving the fruit scene here. I got dragon fruit (I hope it’s the bright purple one!!) some bananas a tiny watermelon and some white nectarines. Most of that came from the fruit convenience store. It’s like a fruit stand, but permanent and inside. And I can see it from my balcony. Now if I can just figure out how to tell my aiyi Lin to cut it up…