Love Marriage

I love being downtown around this time of year. All the lights twinkling and Christmas d�cor put me in the jolliest of moods. I just love all the festive d�cor and can stroll for hours checking out all the little boutiques and shops that are decorated for this time of year. This evening, we walked around taking in the sights and then ended the night with dinner and drinks. I�m hoping that we can get one more night of walking around downtown and taking in all the lights and sights before all the Christmas d�cor is taken away. ♥

A few weeks ago, I told Sean that I wanted to treat him to a date night, so he should let me know what restaurant he would like to go to and what he�d like to do afterwards. Sean did some research online and then told me he wanted to check out a Peruvian restaurant in the neighboring town. Sean traveled to Peru a few years ago and loved their cuisine so you can say he was pretty excited to find a Peruvian restaurant so close to where we live. The best part was that the food was amazing and they also served Columbian cuisine. I am not exaggerating when I say, there was not a piece of food left on our plates. It was like a meal prepared for you at home, but better, and we can�t wait to head to El Chasqui again. We went for an early dinner and it was a great time to go because we were the only patrons. The owner was so attentive and helped us decide what to order when we could not make up or minds. For a rather small restaurant, we were surprised with their extensive menu. I hop...

You know it�s a problem when the both of you can�t remember the last date night. At least, when you�re us since we take date nights kinda seriously. We decided that this was the weekend to fix that since we had no plans except for tree removal from our backyard earlier in the day. I didn't want to see the tree go but sadly it was dead and there was no bringing it back to life. We made reservations to a new restaurant (to us) a few days prior to mix things up. We haven't had many experiences where we did not really enjoy a restaurant we visited and I guess it was our time. The restaurant has so much potential as it is absolutely gorgeous but the atmosphere/vibe was just so blah. Even the ever changing colored lights in the ceiling did not do much to make the atmosphere lively. The menu they had that night was an event menu (wish we knew!) so it was very limited and nothing was appealing. I don't like pumpkin so this could be where my beef was at, but seriously, who wo...

Just some photos from our brunch date a few Sundays ago. Sean has had one day off for over a month now, so the first thing on our list was to get a date in. I feel like its been a little while, at least for us. One of the best things about Tapas is that they serve nine different sangrias year round, changing it based on the season. For instance, right now they have pumpkin spiced, sparkling apple cider and cinnamon spiced red sangrias. My favorite was the pomegranate and the blood orange berry. I told the girls that we have to head back asap before they're no longer on the menu. As much as I love trying new restaurants, I really love having a favorite. A place where you know that the service will be great and the food even better. When we moved to PA three years ago (as silly as it may sound) that was one thing I wanted to be able to say. It's a little strange that being able to say that you have a favorite restaurant in the area that you live is kind of comforting.