Date Night

Date nights have been pretty limited since we've been here in Brazil. In fact, we've had just one--on our anniversary. So, when my mom arrived and announced that she wanted us to get to have a date night while she was here, we jumped at the chance. Thanks to she and my grandmother, we were able to go out on the town last night without the kids--and it was wonderful! (Not that we don't enjoy hanging out with the kids. But, every once in a while a couple just needs some alone time). We knew exactly where we wanted to go, so after church we hopped in a taxi and headed over to a Portuguese restaurant that is owned by a man we know. It was closed tight along with everything else in that part of town, possibly because of the holiday that was being observed yesterday. So, we began scrambling for a "Plan B." We knew of an area where there were lots of restaurants so we just had the cabbie drop us off on that street. The first restaurant we wandered into turned out to be exactly what we had had for lunch, so we decided to pass and move on. Very near there was a little juice bar we've been wanting to try, so we popped in there to regroup, while we sipped some fresh juice and enjoyed some English conversation with the Canadian owner. Then we just started strolling down the street to see what we might find. We came upon a quiant little Italian place and decided to give it a try. They were VERY busy, so the service wasn't fantastic, but the food was wonderful and the atmosphere was really neat. The whole evening was really nice! And, as a bonus, we are just a really cute couple. Don't you agree?! Thanks, Mom and Granny, for giving us a night out. It was really a special treat!