Last week I had a wonderful day celebrating my Best Ex’s birthday.  It has turned into a tradition, one that she actually started a few years back, on my birthday.

A few years ago she invited me to her favorite restaurant for my birthday, since I had never been there before.  Of course daughter #1 was invited too. We had a great time.  The next year when her birthday rolled around I returned the gesture, and again we had a great time.  Now I am happy to say it has turned into a tradition.  This year we extended it however to a longer day than just lunch.

We decided to hit a few birds with one stone.  Because we live in the same neighborhood, and we both had a few errands to run,  we did it together,  first mine,  then hers, then a nice cup of coffee, then mine again.   It was a lot more fun doing it together than alone.

This year I chose a restaurant, Carmela B’Nachala that is right next to the open arts and crafts market.  The market is up on Tuesday and Fridays on Nachalat Binyamin in Tel Aviv and I thought it would be great to combine lunch together with a stroll to see the local arts and crafts.  The sun was shinning and we had a great day.  Daughter #1 joined us for lunch and a wonderful tradition continues.