Dearest Marita,
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
I know you’ve said you’ve been looking forward to this particular birthday. I was hoping we could celebrate on another Caribbean island. Or the Philippines. Or Switzerland. Or anywhere really. As long as we’re together.
So for this birthday, I’ve arranged for a week-long celebration.
- We will start with a scent party at Parfumeur Artisanal. For two hours, we
will sip champagne and eat chocolates, then start sniffing all the different scents in their store – jasmime, lilly of the valley, lavender, rose, vetiver, bergamot, and all those other wonderful olfactory sensations. We will learn about base, middle and top notes and the language of perfume.
- Then we go for a light dinner at David Burke & Donatella. In keeping with the scent theme, how about sharing a lobster lemongrass bisque or even their Titanic frenc
h toast?
- On your actual birthday, we will have dinner at Phoenix Garden for the extended family.
OK, it looks like we won’t be able to go to the Caribbean or someplace exotic during your birthday week. So I’ve arranged for the next best thing – dancing in a Caribbean setting! How about 
a dance party? You can pick the dance that you want to learn and master and we’ll go and break in your new dancing shoes! Perhaps the tango and the salsa? How about west coast swing and hustle? Click here to review your choices.
In the meantime, I got you a couple of things to remind you of the sun and fun we’ve had in the past, and the new things we are doing together for fun these days.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
I love you very much.
Love
Leo
