{"id":7504,"date":"2012-04-13T21:44:20","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T02:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=7504"},"modified":"2012-04-14T12:21:20","modified_gmt":"2012-04-14T17:21:20","slug":"date-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=7504","title":{"rendered":"Date Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jenni gave me back one of my old dresses a few weeks ago. It&#8217;s been almost a decade since I last wore it. I couldn&#8217;t believe I could fit in it again. To celebrate, Brian and I decided to have date night.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/6908950956\/\"  title=\"2012-04-07 18.29.42.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img class=\"pic\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5459\/6908950956_a5c9abdbce.jpg\" height=\"310\" alt=\"2012-04-07 18.29.42.jpg\"><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/6908951528\/\"  title=\"2012-04-07 18.30.31.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7275\/6908951528_7cfb7454fe.jpg\" class=\"pic\" height=\"310\" alt=\"2012-04-07 18.30.31.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We went to Luca for dinner.  It was fabulous, as always.  The food was delicious and our server was knowledgeable, friendly, and attentive. The sax player made the cozy, romantic ambiance even more so. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/7055256053\/\"  title=\"2012-04-07 20.07.01.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pic\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5328\/7055256053_347773f232_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"2012-04-07 20.07.01.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here are some obligatory food photos.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/6909141660\/\"  title=\"2012-04-07 19.55.00.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7108\/6909141660_d14eab8105.jpg\" width=\"480\" class=\"pic\" alt=\"2012-04-07 19.55.00.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We started with the arancini balls at our friend Jeff&#8217;s recommendation.  I&#8217;m so glad we took his advice because the balls were delicious.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/6909139624\/\"  title=\"2012-04-07 19.55.22.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img class=\"pic\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5072\/6909139624_d8ac3ea89d.jpg\" width=\"480\" alt=\"2012-04-07 19.55.22.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love how unenthused Brian always looks in photos.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/6909166698\/\"  title=\"2012-04-07 20.07.44.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img class=\"pic\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7060\/6909166698_c0e2013801_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" alt=\"2012-04-07 20.07.44.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And to think, he wasn&#8217;t even drinking.  But I was.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/6909171022\/\"  title=\"2012-04-07 20.08.57.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pic\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5335\/6909171022_660c3dabf7_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"2012-04-07 20.08.57.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though, I have to say that the bellini martini at Luca is not half as good as the version served at YaYa&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/7055264873\/\"  title=\"2012-04-07 20.10.09.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img class=\"pic\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5234\/7055264873_fa625eaf8c_n.jpg\" height=\"223\" alt=\"2012-04-07 20.10.09.jpg\"><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/7055262339\/\"  title=\"2012-04-07 20.10.03.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img class=\"pic\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7178\/7055262339_3198bcc40b_n.jpg\" height=\"223\" alt=\"2012-04-07 20.10.03.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian had the tomato basil soup (left); while I had the minestrone. Brian said his soup was good. Mine was just okay.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/6909234198\/\"  title=\"2012-04-07 20.39.15.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img class=\"pic\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7062\/6909234198_8fd5d2de18.jpg\" width=\"480\" alt=\"2012-04-07 20.39.15.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I ordered the special for dinner.  I can&#8217;t remember what it&#8217;s called, but it was super delicious. It had scallops, shrimp, mussels, clams, rice and vegetables.  I didn&#8217;t care so much for the clams because I&#8217;m not a fan of clams, but everything else in the dish was very good. I even ate most of my veggies.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/7055326377\/\"  title=\"2012-04-07 20.39.04.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img class=\"pic\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7276\/7055326377_528e2b0212.jpg\" width=\"480\" class=\"pic\" alt=\"2012-04-07 20.39.04.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian went the safe route and ordered a pizza. Boring! He said it was delicious, though.  To each his own.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/6909411622\/\"  title=\"2012-04-07 22.02.38.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img class=\"pic\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5467\/6909411622_e0e8780a24.jpg\" width=\"480\" alt=\"2012-04-07 22.02.38.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After dinner we went to Old Town Warren to watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1646987\/\"  title=\"Wrath of the Titans\" target=\"_blank\">Wrath of the Titans<\/a>. We had just seen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004LWZW8I\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=lifeafter-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B004LWZW8I\" >Immortals<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=lifeafter-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B004LWZW8I\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> earlier that day, so it was a day of Greek mythology for us. I was nice going out on a date with my wonderful hubby.  We should definitely do that more often.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jenni gave me back one of my old dresses a few weeks ago. It&#8217;s been almost a decade since I last wore it. I couldn&#8217;t believe I could fit in it again. To celebrate, Brian and I decided to have date night. We went to Luca for dinner. It was fabulous, as always. The food [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,1621],"tags":[1731],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7504"}],"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=7504"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7537,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7504\/revisions\/7537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}