Since Bryn was off to a local fair with her cousin & my parents (+ spending the night at their house), Bob & I decided to hit the streets! We headed for an area we haven't been to in quite some time. It's a young, artsy, college area with lots of restaurants, sidewalk dining & little boutique stores... perfect for a beautiful day. It was still too early for dinner so we walked around & did a little shopping... mostly window shopping really. It seemed a bit odd to me that in a tobbaco shop store-front window, there were a whole collection of bongs. Only in The Loop, I guess...
I bought a black ruffly tank, that actually Bob picked out. (He knows what I like!) We also grabbed a couple smoothies from Smoothie King... love that place! We wanted to have a glass of wine at Riddles, but they weren't open yet. So... we moved on to the West End & found a table on the patio at Liluma. Just when we decided to stay a little longer & share an appetizer, we felt raindrops. So we moved on again...
We settled on Clayton & went to Roxane's Wine Bar... & had some Shrimp Ceviche to hold us over until dinner. Bob caught up on some of the days football scores from the bartender.
Afterward it was Maggiano's for dinner. They told us it would be an hour or more wait for a table, which didn't exactly thrill us, but we put our name in. Right after we did that, though, we turned around & saw people leaving a table in the bar area, so we took it! Gotta love when that happens! We just ordered our dinner in the bar. My Parmesan Encrusted Tialapia topped with shrimp was SO YUMMY.
We headed back home after dinner for a glass of wine in our own bar. It was raining by this point & I didn't want to be out & about really late, when we had things to do on Sunday morning. Bob wanted to get up to drive to Illinois to visit his dad, I wanted to get up & run on the treadmill & then I had to pick up Bryn.
We turned on our favorite jazz station, opened some GOOD wine & talked some more. We called & said good-night to Bryn while we were sitting there, too. It was a great way to end a really great afternoon & evening...
you guys are so cuuuuute!!! :) gotta love those date nights! :)
love the top that hubs picked out! :) cuteness!!! but i like your purse too.. and your necklace! LOL.
hope you have a great sunday.
hugs,
sarah.
Posted by: sarah | September 20, 2009 at 04:34 PM
Sounds like an awesome date night! It sounds like such a cute little area. Hope you had a great weekend :)
Posted by: Antonia | September 20, 2009 at 04:39 PM
Sounds like fun...LOVEEEEEEEEE the photos....and hehehehehehe that's how they sell those "legally" my friend..they say they are for "tobacco" and "hookah"....hehehehehe and if U ever went in one of those stores...they mysteriously sell scales....cuz of COURSE...U always need to WEIGH your tobacco...lol :):):):):):):):):):):):):)
Posted by: Julie | September 20, 2009 at 05:20 PM
You two are so adorable and I loooovveeee your outfit!! Is that a cross necklace? Stunning! It sounds like you guys had a perfect day/night. I wish we had more to do where we lived (it's only a city of like 35,000 people) but today I'm just thankful to be alive!! hahaha
Posted by: Glenda T. | September 20, 2009 at 05:39 PM
Girl, you have a fabulous life, hee hee!! SO SO SO hip!! :)))
Posted by: Jing-Jing | September 20, 2009 at 05:58 PM
THAT IS WONDERFUL!!!!!! YOU LOOK SSSSSSSSSSSMOKIN HOT, SISTA!! YOW!!!!
And what fun!! I guess no Pi?
So, here was my day yesterday:
Post office, Michaels (it was the only pic of a "Michaels" I could find on the web! haha, Dobbs, antiquing.
I thought it was a fun little montage (is that a word and did I use it right? lol)
I keep forgetting you don't have FB! You need to get an acct.
I have some more pics of my new shabby chic rosettes.
OH yeah, I put them up at SIS. you can see them there.
I am not going to sell any for about a week or so. B/c I want to try them out and where them for a while to make sure there is nothing I can do to make them better and/or stronger.
Well, glad you two had fun on your date day/night. I got sooo much done yesterday!
whew..so, I absolutely did NOTHING today! lol
Later, babe!
B
Posted by: Beth Perry | September 20, 2009 at 06:38 PM
awww...sounds like a lovely lovely day!
<3
Posted by: Bekah | September 20, 2009 at 06:57 PM
I love reading about your date nights!!! :)
You know, there is still a lot of Melbourne for me to explore and I can't wait to get rid of some of this weight so that I can walk better. I will really enjoy exploring the city with Paul then.
Posted by: Laura | September 20, 2009 at 09:28 PM
Your date nights inspire me... I am going to have to figure out how I can do that with my hubby... and who we can get to take care of the little one... that's the hard part.... Thank you... I'll let you know when it happens!!!
{{HUGS}} Michelle
Posted by: Michelle Baca | September 25, 2009 at 04:42 AM