Date night

Last Friday night Keith and I got to go on a long-awaited date night. SO nice! My parents offered to watch the girls and keep them overnight, so we had over twelve hours of date time...some of which was spent...SLEEPING! (Sheesh, where are your minds?!) ;)
Anywhoo, after dropping the girls off while I got ready (so nice to take a shower, dress and do my makeup/hair in peace), Keith came home & we headed out. I didn't know where we were going, so I was happily surprised to see we were going to a restaurant called Salty's, which is right on the river. The atmosphere of the place is formal, but still feels like you could be there in jeans. Does that make sense? Linens on the tables, candles, the servers are dressed in black. etc. Very posh and adult. :) We even ordered an appetizer, which was a bruschetta platter (SO yummy--chevre, roasted hazelnut topping, sauteed local mushrooms, and roasted garlic & onions.) We cleaned that plate right up! For dinner, Keith had trout and I had cioppino. (sp?) It was the traditional seafood stew in a tomato base and it was DELICIOUS!! The funniest thing about that was that when the gal brought it over (not our server), she set it down and politely asked "Would you like me to tie your bib on?" I thought: "Bib...?" Not wanting to seem uncouth, I of course said yes, and then proceeded to eat with my bib on for the rest of the meal. I also had those weird tong-looking things on a plate, but I think they accidentally brought both items to me, thinking I was having lobster or something...? Anyway, that was weird, but fortunately, Keith still wanted to gaze at me across the table with a bib on. :)
For dessert we shared a white chocolate cake, which was very tasty. I haven't been eating much (if any) dairy in the last month and a half, trying to figure out if it bothers my face or health. At any rate, at the dessert point, I did have to indulge a bit, but I was pretty good the rest of the meal! It's amazing that a person still has choices without cheese in everything. ;)
All in all, the night was perfect, including (unbeknownst to Keith) a live jazz trio! When's the next date night, honey?? :)