{"id":30475,"date":"2026-03-06T12:06:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=30475"},"modified":"2026-03-06T12:06:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:06:53","slug":"valentines-weekend-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=30475","title":{"rendered":"Valentines Weekend 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Valentines Weekend 2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N3IUIp73Mkw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I took a break from my usual Friday night routine last month during Valentines weekend to spend some quality time with the hubs. We began our weekend at Bonefish Grill. We hadn&#8217;t been there in a long time and dinner the day before Valentines Day seemed like the perfect reason to go.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55095666745\/\"  title=\"Brian and Ching at Bonefish\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55095666745_d84c4e1aac.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Brian and Ching at Bonefish\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The crab cakes we had for our starter and the chocolate creme brulee we had for dessert were definitely the highlights of our meal.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55095939891\/\"  title=\"Crab Cakes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55095939891_ffeeeea0a6.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Crab Cakes\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve yet to find better crab cakes in Wichita.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55095939946\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Chocolate Creme Brulee\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55095939946_2d34762f6b.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Chocolate Creme Brulee\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian loves the creme brulee at Bonefish and when they have the chocolate kind, which is seasonal, it&#8217;s even better. The last time we went they had just dropped the chocolate creme brulee off the menu so we were so happy to be able to order it on our recent visit. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55096066021\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55096066021_b499c3fd9e_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My friend Laurie Adams came down to visit so, after a morning filled with errands, went to meet her at Chicken N Pickle on Saturday to get our free Valentines heart cookies. Chicken N Pickle is the best!<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55096336979\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55096336979_13ccb8f3fb_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55095941606\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55095941606_f39c672517.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, we enjoyed a delicious brunch at Newport Grill which is a favorite for both Laurie and my sister Jenni.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/55097565464\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55097565464_de8e8e5254.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We finished the day with a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/28_5SKTgtlo?si=-aomWrq15iOOxf9I\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">couples massage at home<\/a> with Michael Blyn and Jamie Eaton. We could not have had a better Valentines weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took a break from my usual Friday night routine last month during Valentines weekend to spend some quality time with the hubs. We began our weekend at Bonefish Grill. We hadn&#8217;t been there in a long time and dinner the day before Valentines Day seemed like the perfect reason to go. The crab cakes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[1337,337,1043],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30475"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30482,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30475\/revisions\/30482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}