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Birthday Celebration (s)

Last week was my birthday and I ended up celebrating two days in a row.  Why?  Because one day just isn't enough.  The older you get, the more days you get to celebrate, right?  I'm sure I've heard that somewhere...Anyway,  I wanted Lauren and Ari to celebrate with me so I picked a date I knew they could join us for dinner which was the day after my birthday.  And we had a wonderful dinner at a Seattle classic:   Il Terrazzo Carmine   in Pioneer Square.  The owner was Carmine Smeraldo who passed away in 2012 but he was one of Seattle's finest restauranteurs.  Much is still done his way or "old school" at the restaurant he founded in 1984.  The servers wear black neckties and white jackets that are as starched and pressed as the napkins they drape over their wrists to serve.   Matching white cloths are layered to cover the tables and the tables are spaced far enough apart to assure conversations can'...