Step 1: Find someone you can tolerate for more than 10 minutes.
Step 2: Pick a classy restaurant in town and show up in camo-colored clothes.
(Okay, so this wasn’t us, but I did see a guy at the restaurant wearing camo. That’s Alaska for you.)
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Step 3: Arrange for the waitress to be a girl your husband took to a formal dance in high school.
Step 4: Order salads so you can claim you ate “healthy.”
I ordered the Spinach with Apple-Thyme Vinaigrette Salad
Fresh spinach and arugula with creamy goat cheese, Grand Marnier marinated cranberries and cayenne spiced cashews.
Craig’s salad: Classic Caesar
Torn hearts of romaine and garlic-butter ciabatta croutons tossed with our housemade creamy dressing and finished with Parmesan.
Step 5: Embarrass yourself by taking lots of pictures of your food.
Oh, and make sure to swap plates with your date so he can take a picture on his side of the table because there’s better lighting.
We split an entree. I don’t remember what it was called, but it included rock fish, clams, and reindeer sausage. It was really good!
Step 6: Order an amazing dessert because no meal would be complete without a little sugar!
Oatmeal Stout Carrot Cake
Glacier BrewHouse Oatmeal Stout, baby sweet carrots, dried apricots and pecans with mascarpone filling.
Step 7: Pay for your entire meal with a gift card. (Thanks, Stuart!)
Step 8: Go to Barnes and Noble and read as many magazines and book as you can for free! (Thanks for the suggestion Janae!)
Step 9: Go home and go to bed because you’re an old married couple.
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Question
Do you share food with your date when you eat out?
Craig and I almost always share our food. It is like getting two meals for the price of one!
That cake sounds amazing!
I love dates to the bookstore. We haven’t done that in a while – thanks for the reminder!
We don’t share food, but always taste each others. I wish we could just order one entree to share but we always want different things!
That meal looks almost as good as it tasted.
We usually nibble off each others plates. On a recent vacation to Nashville, we knew want the mini donuts for dessert, so we split a dinner to justify it. We split You Pick Twos from Panera all the time. Perfect for a light lunch!
Woah – we had a date night too!!!! Ross and I don’t typically share… because he usually goes for meat but I do not. However, we tend to nibble… and take pictures, which I felt pretty silly about at some points.
I agree – dessert is necessary!!!
We went out for a movie after – and it was nearly midnight when we got home, and we were absolutely exhausted. I know the old married couple feeling, yet I love it!
Welcome to the life of a food blogger–taking pictures while others give you an odd look.
That looks yummy! I would split with my loving husband, except he eats as if he’s eating for 4 people. For example: at his favorite restaurant, he orders the chicken tender and wing combo with an extra order of 4 more chicken tenders! He’s crazy! What’s even crazier is the fact that he is one of those rediculously skinny people.
fun 🙂 my husband will never share an entree with me because he says he needs more to eat! our date night tonight consisted of going to donatos pizza & ordering a medium pepperoni zinger (w/ fresh mozzerella). we finished the whole pizza… i think he ate about 2/3 🙂
i found that sharing with my wife allows me to eat a larger variety of food, hers and mine, saves money, and minimizes the chances of a high calorie meal finding its way to my hips. plus its fun.
I always have to remind my husband that he never finishes his meal…and he’ll sometimes split. We always split apps & desserts, though!
My boyfriend and I often order two entrees to share, just because we are both so indecisive and can never settle on just one thing!