A Night Out

Last night, Tom & I had a fun evening out. A treat in general and an even bigger one as it was "on a school night..." =)

Erin arrived to watch Cyanne at 6. I'd just like to say how much we adore Erin. She's the world's best babysitter for so many reasons... Cyanne loves her too, which is the best part.

But, she arrived, got the low-down, and we then passed off the babe to her. She immediately started her excellent diversionary tactics (though Cyanne doesn't even cry when we leave her with Erin) and we hopped in the car.

We had a fun (but rushed) dinner at a new place in town called The Melting Pot. It's huge! It would be fun to go there when we have more time or with a group of friends but still - it has one of my favorites things on the planet.
Melted cheese.
Repeat - melted cheese...

So, we had some yummy fondue (though taster Tom said it could've been 'tarter and with more zip.').
Again, melted cheese and therefore, hard to beat.
And salads. We unfortunately didn't have time for their chocolate fondue. Another reason to venture back!

But - the main event of the evening was a lecture by Bill Bryson. I'd bought these tickets for Tom for Christmas. I was telling him that when I purchased them last November, April 14th seemed so far away... and yet, here it was.

We arrived at the Granada and thoroughly enjoyed the lecture/readings. He was hysterical!! And very interesting. It made me want to read all of his books, too. He was one of those people who you meet and think they'd be great to have as a friend - or at least, to be able to invite to dinner...

After the show, we treated ourselves to some tasty gelato at Spoon. It was freezing outside (you east coasters, please refrain or hold your snickers) as it was SUPER windy. I loved it but I could've had an additional layer (or two) of clothes on...

So, what's the best thing to do in conditions like that? Get something freezing to eat! Yay!

So... we each got some gelato (me: coconut (heavenly) and honey fig marscarpone (tasty, interesting...); tom: amaretto (excellent), mint chip (good, but traditional)) and then ran to the car in the wind to battle the others trying to exit from the Granada parking lot.

Quite an enjoyable, fun evening. It felt great to be downtown and taking in a 'cultural' event.

So, all in all, a very nice night out.

We arrived home to find Cyanne, sound asleep in her bed. Clutching her puppy and her pink blanket.