I really don't know if I spelled that word correctly, but I'm too lazy to check for sure. Oh, well. It is the perfect word to describe our Valentine's Day dinner adventure, though. We were going to go to the Olive Garden since we had a gift card, and since we knew that Olive Garden doesn't take reservations, we planned to get there "early." We dropped of Jared at Grandma and Grandpa's house around 4:30 and arrived at Olive Garden at 4:50. I got in line as Alan searched for a parking spot. As I got to the front of the line, I was told that there was an hour and a half wait and to come back in 45 minutes so that I could pick up a pager! Well, we couldn't wait that long since we had a movie to catch, so we called Macaroni Grill across the street to see how long
their wait was. It was also an hour and a half wait, but they could make us a reservation as early as 9:30.
Yeah, right.
Well, to make an already long story shorter, we ended up going to Cafe Rio for dinner. There was no line! In fact, we were one of about five couples in the entire restaurant. Maybe no one shared our opinion that Cafe Rio was about the most romantic place in town. :) The moral of this story is "Go to a restaurant on Valentine's Day where you can make reservations well in advance." Or maybe celebrate Valentine's Day early or late. We were so naive.
We finally saw the
Twilight movie (at the dollar theater since we are cheapskates--by the way, since when did the dollar theater become the $1.75 theater?). I liked it well enough, but I feel that I was adequately warned about the cheesy special effects, poorly done make-up, and awkward moments. But I thought it was fun and a cute way to end our Valentine's Day.
