Happy Valentine's Day to you!! I have lots of things to do today but thought it would be fun to remember a special date or two that Mark and I have had over our 40 years of marriage! I also want to remind you that you don't have to have a date - you can hang out with friends. I'm meeting three close friends for lunch today -- I guess it is a Galentine's lunch!
One year, (I think it was 2009) Mark made reservations at a local restaurant that was normally not open for dinner, but they were doing a prix fixe menu for Valentine's night. He didn't tell me where we were going -- he just told me to get dressed and dinner would be a surprise. We drove downtown to the Karios Kafe (no longer open) and it was the nicest dinner and each female guest was presented with a long stemmed rose. I loved eating at that restaurant - our office would get lunch from there quite often. The chef/owner had been in prison and had been a part of a Kairos weekend (similar to an Emmaus Walk or a Tres Dias) and was a changed man. It was nice to be surprised by Mark. I went online to find a picture of the now-closed restaurant and found the menu for that night in 2009! Look at the prices -- oh my goodness!!
At
Kairos, chef-owner James Jones is preparing a three-course dinner served in a
candlelight setting with live music from Redemption Row.
The soup choices will be pasta fagioli or cream of potato, and the salad
options will be mixed green salad with raspberry vinaigrette with feta or blue
cheese, or a broccoli salad.
Entree options include grilled filet mignon with twice-baked potatoes ($25.99);
sauteed chicken tenders with a light cream sauce and served with spinach and
fettuccine ($17.99); or pan-seared salmon with a strawberry-honey glaze and a
side of green beans ($19.99).
Desserts feature a choice of strawberry cheesecake cups or chocolate-chocolate
cake.
On February 14, 2023, we were in Jerusalem at the David Citadel hotel and Mark was the only guy at our table. That was a Valentine's dinner to remember.
We don't go out often on Valentine's Day - restaurants are crowded, wait staffs are quite often stressed to the max. Another good surprise was one I planned for Mark. I purchased airline tickets and didn't tell Mark where we were going! We flew to New Orleans and checked into the Royal Sonesta hotel. We had dinner reservations at great restaurants (Commander's Palace was one of the restaurants and I think the other night was at Emeril Lagasse's restaurat) and we had reservations for a Swamp Tour on an Airboat - amazing! I think we also went to the aquarium. Unbeknownst to us, it was also Southern Decadence weekend, which is often called "gay Mardi Gras." We were there, we didn't know it was happening, but the parades were going right by our hotel so . . .we went to the parades. We actually had a good time. We have found that sometimes when you travel . . there are unexpected things that happen . . .and sometimes you just roll with it.
What about you? What is a memorable Valentine's Day (doesn't have to be a date!) in your life? Or have you been on a fun date? Or have you been traveling . . .and things weren't exactly as you planned, but you rolled with it?
I enjoyed your post. :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your memories.
My Valentine memory... my to be husband... we were dating at the time, sent me flowers at work. While I was putting the roses in a vase I cut my hand on the scissors I was using to cut down stems. My co workers teased me that maybe that was a sign this relationship was not to be... here we are 28 years of marriage.
xx oo
Carla
Your co-workers were wrong! Congrats on 28 years!!
ReplyDeleteHey sorry I haven't been commenting lately! We typically don't do anything for Valentine's and if we do, it's not on the actual day. I guess this year we did go out for some pizza but it was spur of the moment!
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