According to the Chinese zodiac, I was born under the sign of The Horse.
Yes, it’s one of the iconic place mats found at many Chinese restaurants. Accuracy? No more or less than any other horoscope or zodiac chart. But it features animals, so it’s pretty cool.
We ate at Maple Garden on Saturday, and I was once again mentally transported back in time to a China Doll, a restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona – which was the very first place my parents took me after I was born.
Not days or weeks after I was born – literally left the hospital and stopped at China Doll on the way home – it was my father’s favorite restaurant, he knew all the staff, etc, and wanted to show off his new-born son.
