11-3-2010

This particular day was a cold one in Austin... the high was 58 degrees that day, so by Austin weather standards.. it was cold! :) I decided that I wanted to make my chicken tortilla soup that day (a cold day + hot delicious soup = AWESOME!) For date night we usually eat out, but it was ok.. the boyfriend loves my soup so we ate in. For our activity I decided to do something that sounded fun to me but I wasn't too sure how the boyfriend would like it. (by the way.. he loved it!)  We ended up going to a place in Westgate shopping center called Cafe Monet. It was great, minus a few small things. When we got there the girl told us to pick out our art pieces to paint. We did and went to the register for further instruction. The girl working ignored us for a few minutes and as we stood there, we were like "she sees us.. why isn't she coming?" Finally she came, instructed us on where the paint was, how to do it, etc and we got started. We decided on two puzzle piece coasters. Cafe Monet has so many different things you can paint, but it can be pricey. Their website says items starting at 7$ and I think it is misleading. The children's thimbles(or items that small are 7$) but the cheapest thing we could find were our puzzle piece coasters(at $13 each). 28$ total, with tax is kind of pricey for two coasters, but we had a good time so it was worth it.(some of the pieces, like cups were in the upwards of $25-$40 each!)

 The boyfriend loves the Green Bay Packers, so he painted his green with the G logo. I did a modge-podge of different colors(purples,blues,greens, etc). We had to leave the pieces there so they could glaze and fire kiln them. I picked them up yesterday and they look great. I will try to remember to take pictures and upload them soon.

The service wasn't great, but the experience was. We had fun creating things that we can keep forever, as a reminder of one of our date nights. :)

10-27-2010

The boyfriend and I tried out this place, called Railroad BBQ. It is off 1626 in Austin. We have passed it a few times but not until this night did we try it out. We were two of the four guests in the restaurant(maybe bc it was a wed night??) but we were pleasently surprised. I tried the pork ribs which were great and the boyfriend got a chicken fried steak!
After dinner we headed over to the Southpark Meadows Shopping Center. The boyfriend took me to this place called "Reel Popcorn". You walk in and you feel like you are in a movie theatre(posters all over the way, that great popcorn smell, etc). We walked down a hall to the cash register and noticed all the different flavors. They had everything from nacho cheese to grape to pecan praline and even dill pickle. The lady who was there(also happens to be the owner) was really nice and helpful. She said that the dill pickle is their most popular flavor. It doesn't sound like a flavor I would like but if it is their more popular I had to try it. She let us have a few tastes of different kinds. I settled on regular carmael popcorn. shhh.. dont tell anyone, but the dill pickle one tasted GROSS!!! The boyfriend got a mixture of grape and I think lime??
It was a laid back date night but we had a great time.

:)