So last night was great, but I can’t say so much for dinner. We got out of the house and arrived right in time for our reservation at Beaujolais. The wait staff was mediocre, and the food was about the same. We started with cocktails; the seasonal salad: mixed greens, beets and half a tomato, & escargot in garlic butter, both were pretty good. Really I prefer Rapscallions’ escargot with Roquefort. I had looked through the website and was going to order the Lamb Shanks, but then found that they were no longer on the menu. So I chose the Beef Bourguignon, knowing I would control my own portion. “J” ordered the Squab. It was then that I realized that Beef Bourguignon is glorified Pot Roast. I took Spanish in school, not French! The meat was, well pot roast, (I ate only 4 oz of the meat for portion control) the sauce was flavorless, and the potatoes boring. The veggies were good. “J”s squab was great with a sweet port sauce and delicious roasted potatoes. I was jealous. Finally for dessert we ordered some Blood Orange sorbet, and that was really good. It was kind of disappointing to drop that much money on crappy food, but it is always a pleasure to have a date night with my hubby. All was not lost. Live and learn!
Afterwards, “J” and I met up with “F” and her husband “B” to the Waterfall. I had heard that there was a Hookah bar downtown, and around Valentine’s Day there was a Groupon for it, so I bought it for “J.” So we all met up there for Raspberry Mint Hookah and more cocktails. We had a great time with "F" & "B." Funny thing was that we all learned that “Waterfall” is aptly named, some pipe or something burst in the ceiling and it poured water from the ceiling the whole time we were there! But the service was good, and with the Groupon, each couples’ total was $12. We will definitely go there again, I recommend it! Had so much fun we didn’t get home until 11:30.
Today started early again. We got up; I took “P” to preschool and headed to South Reno for some Thrift shopping with “F.” Found some cute things including some Disney trading pins for only $1 each and a toy accordion for “V” that is super cool for $3. We lost track of time and rushed back to pick-up “P” and then rushed to get “P” the Grade 1 purple ballet leotard at Reno Town Mall. Of course, she is so petite; they don’t have her small size in stock, so we are waiting for our special order. We ate lunch in the car and then headed to ballet. Got a chance to catch up with the other parents while “P” and “V” danced and then headed to Raley’s to pick up lettuce and crab for the crab salad I am making tonight. Now is downtime with both kids down (well “P” is screwing around in her room but “V” is asleep) I am going to wait for them to get up from nap so we can Just Dance together. Then “J” should be home at 5:30 and it should be a low key evening, hoping to get half way through our final Tudors disc from Netflix.
OMG!! I watched the whole series when it was on. I loved The Tudors. We should talk about that when we see you next week for dinner. :)
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