Entertaining Out of Towners

We have a new client coming in from LA to meet with us all day tomorrow about a project we're doing for them. They are from a really cool non-profit called Healthy Child Healthy World. The focus of their work is educating people about environmental toxins that can be found in our daily lives that put the health of our children at risk. In one study they site, the scientist found that umbilical cord blood from a newborn contained 200 recognizable chemicals! Scary.

Of course I feel totally guilty about all the things I do wrong as a parent. But today especially I have probably created an Unhealthy Child Unhealthy World by cleaning the house, fogging the yard for mosquitos, and letting the boys eat non-organic food. I am trying to do better, though, since learning about all this from working with them.

It's kind of funny because every time we've talked about their visit at work since we found out they were coming, we always end up obsessing about where we're going to take them to eat! Taco Deli for lunch? Yes, but we can't eat it there, it's too hot. We could have it delivered. Perfect. But we need to take them somewhere nice for dinner. How about Fonda San Miguel? Awesome, but that's Mexican twice. Okay, how about Homeslice for dinner, it's right downtown. Not upscale enough if we have Taco Deli for lunch. Why can't we go to El Chile? Too far away. Polvo's? Too divey. Eastside Cafe? Oooh. Yummmm. It's too quiet in there, though. I don't like restaurants in houses. What about the lake? There's Hula Hut. Too many strippers in bikinis. Right. How about Ruby's? They need BBQ while they're here. Well, if we're taking them for BBQ, it's not going to be Ruby's. And on and on and on. It's been like this for a month.

It's decided now. Z'Tejas for lunch. We'll walk so it's good for the environment and maybe they won't see our giant SUV. Meet up before dinner at the San Jose. Nice. Then a casual supper at Homeslice. That's the plan. We're not changing our minds again.

I'll let you know how it goes...