Today we ate out twice. It’s a good thing I didn’t make any New Year’s resolutions, because they would have already been broken. We walked to Counter Cafe for lunch. We shared the lemon veggie soup. And a crab cake. And a pastrami sandwich. With fries. I like sitting at the counter in restaurants. If I have a choice, I will almost always choose the counter or bar. I like the way it’s more personal, more communal. I found myself in a bauble. Maybe they’re leftover from the holidays, but they made me smile. For dinner we went to Maudie’s. We don’t eat here often, even though it’s really close. We had some chips and salsa and guacamole. Justin had a Mexican martini, and…