Date night
After she graduates in less than two weeks, our beloved babysitter Aly is leaving us for the bustle of NYC (and a cushy new job). Since we don't have a replacement lined up for her yet, it leads Daddy and I to think we need to take advantage of her while we have her. Usually she comes over once a week, and I go somewhere with wi-fi and work on my book du jour. This week we had her come over on Saturday night so I could go out with my husband. Crazy, I know!
We decided to hit Main Street and go for a stroll and some beers. Bar-hopping Lite! We parked at Daddy's office, then walked everywhere else, including home. First we went to Deer Park Tavern and, over a beer, Daddy fed me some material for my Great American Novel. Next we went to Grotto's, where I had never been, and sat at the bar for pizza, wings, and another beer. Grotto's was certainly more exciting. Coincidentally, we just happened to be there for the running of the Preakness.
The Grotto's staff made it worth our while -- they had us draw horse's names out of a hat. If you drew the winner, they rewarded you with a free large pizza.
I drew the 2nd-place horse. Surely that should be worth a free beer, but no.
Oh, and speaking of horses, my latest book, How to Convince Your Parents You Can Care for a Pet Horse was published on Thursday.
We decided to hit Main Street and go for a stroll and some beers. Bar-hopping Lite! We parked at Daddy's office, then walked everywhere else, including home. First we went to Deer Park Tavern and, over a beer, Daddy fed me some material for my Great American Novel. Next we went to Grotto's, where I had never been, and sat at the bar for pizza, wings, and another beer. Grotto's was certainly more exciting. Coincidentally, we just happened to be there for the running of the Preakness.
The Grotto's staff made it worth our while -- they had us draw horse's names out of a hat. If you drew the winner, they rewarded you with a free large pizza.
I drew the 2nd-place horse. Surely that should be worth a free beer, but no.
Oh, and speaking of horses, my latest book, How to Convince Your Parents You Can Care for a Pet Horse was published on Thursday.
posted by Claire at 7:53 AM
5 Comments:
A date "night" is certainly a fine idea but if you were at your second bar to watch the Preakness- sounds like date "night" was perhaps more of a date "afternoon"!
Oh, it was. "night" = from 5 to 7 pm. We are loooooosers.
glad you two got 2 hours out on the town :-)
yeah for date night!!
our dates so far have consisted of Target and the bank! :)
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