a favorite place, part two

I thought I would take you to a favorite place of mine

Bobby and I had a date night last weekend

it had been a little while

something we always say that we want to do more often

and need to do so

but you know life and just schedules

but honestly we need to get better at not using life and schedules as an excuse

my parents volunteered to watch the girls for us

and we said

Absolutely

we went to a place right here in our town ~ about maybe 2 miles from us

I love local places

but before we left the house...

Bobby surprised me with this on the counter

I guess he wanted to bring the romance with having blue hydrangeas

and he joked if that was enough wine for a week for me

a week, seriously?

ummm....obviously he over purchased the two buck chuck from Trader Joe's

as a joke

because he read my blog when I joked about wine

I love that he still makes me laugh

seriously...that'll last more like a month

okay maybe 3 weeks

but my favorite thing other than the hydrangeas is that one of my favorite cheeses is back

at Trader Joe's

I really did a happy dance I love it so much

really love

if you haven't tried it

I would advise to stock up on it as it only is available through Christmas

it's their Cranberry Chevre

{fresh goat cheese}

and paired with their pita crackers...yum!

back to our date night...

Unkorked Wine Gardens

we first went there over the summer for a friend's birthday party

and we loved it so much

I think it is officially my favorite restaurant

He got off early from work so we had an extra loooong date day

the few extra hours together was so nice because we didn't have to rush to do anything

probably one of my favorite dates we've had

so I thought I would take you on a tour

so take a walk with me...

I'll show you around

what I love about this place is that it isn't a chain restaurant

it's local

just what our downtown needed

their service is fantastic every.single.time

{well all the two times we have been there}

but it's one of those places that you just know will have great service time after time

it's family ran

which makes me love it even more

I took that picture specifically for the sign

"Well Behaved Children are Welcome"

so come on inside

the location used to be a home and then office

 I read that years ago it was also the first chiropractic office to come to our town

and eventually this past year it was purchased and turned into a family business

Unkorked Wine Gardens

{I skipped a bit of history there just because I don't remember all of it exactly}

I loved how it isn't your typical looking restaurant

it's more beautiful than that

atmosphere is so important at places

and I think they did a wonderful job at creating their wine garden

after we took a look around inside

we did another wine tasting

because they had changed their wine selection

we selected a cabernet for me

and Bobby chose beer of course

as we headed outside to the patio

we saw their table numbers

 Bobby began to scan the place to see if there was a

number 13

he found it

and we smiled as the table was open

"just for us"

because restaurants just reserve tables for us 

right...

only kidding

it was a beautiful day

and as we tried asked for a picture of us...

they all happened to turn out blurry

so we gave up on asking for a date photo

you can sorta see a resemblance of us, right?

last photo's the best

and I actually wore a different color than grey, brown, blue, white

well I still had a little bit of grey

what we loved about our date is that this is a place you can sit and enjoy

we weren't rushed out of the restaurant so they could turn over the table

which seems to be the norm at chain restaurants because that's what they're taught

we sat for several hours

talking

sitting together

enjoying wine,

ordering dinner,

more talking

laughing

and a little bit of more wine,

because everytime I went to the restroom I came back with a glass full

just be careful of that

{wink}

and then more food

 someone wouldn't take the camera out of my face

so I told him I wouldn't look at him

but he still got me smiling

they have live music on Friday and Saturday nights

love that

especially with patio seating

and when we left

this handsome man took us home

his name is Robby just in case you wanted to know

dressed the same as my Bobby

weird, huh?

we happened to meet him on the way out

and he wanted me to take his picture

apparently he wanted to give me a model face

obviously kidding....

that's Bobby

I requested a sort-of-serious face from him

which when I request that

he does the opposite

he does that look everytime I tell him to be serious

he hasn't learned that I do it on purpose yet