Date Night-Success!

Our last few scheduled date nights have not turned out so great.  So, saying that this date night was a success really means alot :-)  We first enjoyed a movie (Away We Go) at Alamo Drafthouse and then went to Thai Noodle House (where we used to go 10 years ago while working at Trudy's).  At Thai Noodle House, we were deciding where to go next and I said I would like a place with wine, somewhere new, maybe a place to put my feet in the water and a good place to people watch.  This was a tall order to fill in one place, so we decided to hit a place for each requirement.

1st stop...Trudy's Texas Star.  We went here mainly for the Mexican margaritas and didn't really know which requirement this would fulfill.  When we got onto the outdoor porch, it was obvious that is was the "water" place.  They had a million misters blowing water onto the porch...not exactly "feet in the water" but water nonetheless.

2nd stop...this was a surprise to me as Stephen parked us in the City Hall parking lot.  We walked into the 2nd Street District to a Wine Bar that was just recently closed (everything still inside, but a lease sign in the window).  So, we disappointedly kept walking to find something else.  We heard some live music and ventured that way to find another wine bar with live music next door on the sidewalk.  We both had a different wine flight, listened to a really great singer-songwriter next door and sweated enough that when the wind blew it felt like air conditioning.  By the way...Jargon Pinot Noir 2007...awesome!!!  This place also fulfilled the "new" requirement and had adequate people watching.

We then made a final stop to Amy's Ice Cream that didn't fulfill any of the requirements, but was an excellent finale!!

As an added note, this date night was so successful that we talked about having baby #3 join our family all the way home :-)