Today is Kim Michael Ritz’s birthday, and he’s 31 today. Kim has only one request for this year… it’s time to go to Black Angus, and my friends Celeste and Jennifer go along with this. Black Angus is in the suburb of Lynnwood, a mostly flat area consisting of strip malls and chain stores. The first thing I notice when we get there is that the parking lot is filled with mostly pickup trucks and SUVs, making Kim’s Saturn a bit tiny in comparison. We’re also the thinnest people in the place – I can imagine if a heart doctor had an office in an adjoining building, he’d make a mint.I stay away from the meat and order the salmon. Kim orders a meat extravaganza (five different types of meat) entrée in addition to a chicken appetizer. This is accompanied by margaritas and a black mountain fudge cake.
Mortie, Mortie: He's no shorty, Mortie.