my birthday dinner

m and i went out to dinner with a few friends at the standard. i love the swanky decor, and the first time i went there i had an amazingly good salad. on my birthday, i decided to be a bit more adventurous and i ordered the crabcake blt with avacado. i thought it was delicious! m had a pasta dish he wasn't impressed with. and for some inexplicable reason, i ordered a cosmo (which i never drink), that ended up being $9! thank you standard for not putting prices on your drink menu...ugh. for dessert, all i wanted for my birthday was chocolate cake. i ordered a piece of chocolate layer cake that sounded great on the menu, but in real life wasn't that great. although the food and service were less than stellar, we still had a great time hanging out with our friends! and we had PLENTY of time to just hang out at the table, because the service was so slow. we were there for over two hours. yikes.