Sunday, February 15, 2009

Joint Valentine's Day

Mandi and Andrew at Ben and Jerry's

Lovin' our ice cream!

Paul and I are usually low-key for Valentine's festivities. In the past we have usually cooked for each other or gone out for a quick casual bite. Well, this year was a little different. Paul started planning an overnight outing in Downtown Nashville. My mom gave us a hotel gift card for our anniversary last year. So, Paul checked to see if Mom could keep Luke while we stayed at the Renaissance Hotel. In the meantime Andrew was planning a similar outing for he and Mandi for this weekend. Once they realized they were planning the same things they got together and planned the night for the 4 of us. They tried to keep it a surprise from me but that didn't happen!

We went to dinner at F. Scotts which was fabulous!!! The food was excellent as well as the atmosphere. We wanted to enjoy the live jazz at the bar following dinner but it was pretty crowded. After realizing no one seemed to be getting up from their tables anytime soon we decided to try to find somewhere else to go. We walked across to the Cheesecake Factory hoping to just grab a couple of pieces of dessert to go. That place was madness!!! You could barely get in the door. So we headed to Rumba to try our luck there. We parked illegally and went in only to find there was an hour wait even though there were several empty tables in plain sight. After much deliberation we ended up at Ben and Jerry's for ice cream. You can never go wrong with ice cream!!!

After this last stop we parted ways. Andrew and Mandi were staying at a different hotel from us. Paul and I both agreed that a night out for Valentine's is fun and hope to do it again!

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