Columbia's Flamenco dancers....
One of our favorite places to dine, is the Columbia Restaurant, located on Sand Key Beach. The original Columbia Restaurant is the oldest Spanish restaurant in the United States. Founded in 1905 in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, the landmark still serves authentic Cuban cuisine. Today we celebrated our anniversary, dining on Boliche "Criollo". Roasted Eye round of beef stuffed with chorizo and roasted flavorful gravy.....served with white rice, black beans and platanos. We had one of the specialties at the Columbia, the 1905 salad served with wonderful Cuban bread. Desert was sinfully delicious.....White bread pudding with rum sauce. In all the years of marriage, never have I received a more beautiful card from my beloved....
"We're Two Upon The Shore of Life"
Like pebbles side by side upon the sand,
together we've endured the push and pull of time's relentless waves
Still hand in hand, we stand, where all is movable, unmoved.
Unending love has made us one against the toss and tow of wind and sea.
Now smoothed and polished by the rain and sun, our separate lives are
shaped in unity...
You are still you in ways that have not changed since we were
together long ago. I am still I
And time that rearranged our features cannot dim the heart's deep glow:
We shine together in this time and place, each one the light
upon the other's face. I Love You.... Happy Anniversary
