Date Night
Posted by Amber , Saturday, September 13, 2008 Saturday, September 13, 2008
Ben took me on a date last night! This is the second time we have gone out without Noah since we have been here. So it was nice to go to a restaurant and not have to worry about Noah crying and whining because he has to sit in the highchair for an extended period of time. We went to dinner and then a movie... and here is how it went.
At about 5 p.m. we dropped Noah off at our friends house. Noah didn't cry when we left, so success there! We wanted to try a restaurant we heard some of our friends liked in downtown Kona. The restaurant is called "Rios" and they serve steaks/seafood... kind of a fancy place. When we got there, no one was inside so we thought, "Are they open for the evening?" Turns out the place closed down... no wonder Ben couldn't get the phone to connect to set up a reservation. :( This isn't the only place on the main strip of downtown Kona that has closed... right next door to Rios, Hard Rock Cafe closed. What is going on? So we took a little walk up the street to another restaurant we have been wanting to try. It is called Huggo's and it is supposed to be a pretty nice restaurant too... so I walk in casually and go to the hostess stand, and she asks for my name. I tell her my name and she asks "what is your reservation under?" Oops... can we put our names on a list? She tells me she can't seat us until 8 p.m. WOW! Okay, thanks anyway! So we make our way back to the car deciding to try yet another recommended restaurant that is at the opposite end of downtown. Luckily we got in right away. It is a small Italian restaurant called Basil's that does pizza by the slice, full pizzas, pastas, salads and so on. It was actually really good and not too expensive. It was a small place, the service was good and they were very friendly. We ordered a loaf of Garlic Bread and a Pizza. Oh yeah... and a $3 iced tea! Geez...so dinner was down, and now we just needed to get to our movie.
We went to see Burn After Reading. You know... the new Clooney/Pitt movie! Well we decided to get there early since it is opening night! We got there only 30 minutes early and this is what we see when we walk into the theater...
WOW! The theaters in Colorado Springs NEVER look like this on opening night of a movie with these two actors. Unless I thought the movie looked better than it was supposed to be. Anyway... Ben and I couldn't stop laughing. But I have to say... It was weird!
Then it was off to pick up Noah... and we learned that he cried... wait no, screamed when Aunt Rachie put him in the pack'n'play to play and also ran away from her when he learned that it was time for jammies and bed. Poor guy... for some reason he is terrified to go to sleep in the pack'n'play over there. Oh well, I guess this is the way to get him more used to it.
Overall, it was a good date. It was casual and it was nice to enjoy some one on one time with Ben.
