A birthday meal

Since Monday is my 25th birthday, a group of friends and I made a trip downtown to a nicer restaurant. I had the dish you see here. It was a catch of the day sort of thing with a lime garlic sauce. I have no idea what gave it such a bright yellow color though. It tasted great. We also shared a couple of Crabbacks. No, that's not supposed to be crabshack or crab-bake like we also thought. It's an hors d'œuvre made by mixing crab meat with some herbs and spices and then restuffing the crab shell (sans beady eyes) with the mixture. Obviously it was a welcome change from the usual ham and cheese sandwiches. Many of my friends' birthdays are also coming up in late October after our midterm, so we're going to find a few more of the nicer eateries in the area. Other than that, not much is happening on the spice island. The service union affiliated with the school went on strike last week, so we got an email that our housekeeping and transportation services might be disrupted, but I haven't seen any difference. We're also starting to get a little precipitation. I was beginning to think the rainy season was a misnomer. I want to experience at least one tropical storm while I'm down here too.
Well I'll get some productive stuff done now that I'm back on campus. But, I'm definitely having a drink on Monday to mark my quarter century.