Les Bonnes Choses

First, a disclaimer: I hate Valentine's day and firmly believe it only gets the attention it does because it suits the business interests of chocolatiers, restaurants and greeting card companies. That said, Rebecca and I went out last night for an early Valentine's day date. Or maybe it was just a regular date. When you have 2 young kids, just getting out of the house without them seems like something worth marking on your calendar. So on the insistence of Amy and Gill, our BFFs in Chicago (and now regular Catan settlers), we went out for a nice dinner downtown.

We checked out Geja's Cafe, a fondue restaurant that we saw on some program on the Food Network. I had never noticed this before moving to Chicago, but about a third of the restaurants or foods they feature on programs shown on that station are in the Chicago area. So dining at a restaurant that we had heard about though a television program seemed like we were Kinnearing somebody. Three courses and a decanter of sangria came to $130, tax and generous tip included.

We returned home to find that the boys were well behaved for Amy and Gill who were, of course, up for a "friendly" game of Settlers of Catan. Not how one typically finishes off a date night, but then again, we're not exactly having a typical year either.