funny valentine

valentine's day.

original plan: stay home. play with charlie. eat delicious take out. watch a movie.

robbie's new plan (developed valentines evening): make reservations at restaurant. call mom to babysit. surprise liz with romantic night out.

this is what happened:

5:00 pm - robbie calls mom to babysit. she can. check.

5:10 pm - robbie calls first favorite restaurant. booked. 

robbie calls second favorite restaurant. booked.

robbie continues to call all favorite restaurants. all booked. all laughing at the mere suggestion of making a reservation for that night.

5:45 pm - robbie texts friends for ideas of where to go - receives return texts with procrastination jokes, and "poor liz"'s

6:00 pm - robbie calls 'the boulevard', successfully makes reservation for 6:15. check.

6:05 pm - robbie comes home, surprises liz with new plan. check.

at 6:20 we walked into what is now called 'sunset boulevard cafe' and is no longer 'the boulevard' where we happen to dine once several years ago and it was romantic and lovely and delicious.

now:

it looks like this. and by the way this is how busy it was when we walked in and announced we had dinner reservations for 6:15. our reservations were also for a table next to the fireplace. which is where they put us. there was however, no fire.

dinner:

us enjoying dinner:

i have to say though, in all honesty, this was one of my most memorable valentines.  the whole plan and thought and situation were so sweet and funny and quirky and we laughed our heads of the whole time. the kind of laughing where you're crying and i loved it. we even made it home in time to play with our little bug before bedtime.

it was a good day. it was a good plan. it was a really good time.

we won't however, be returning to the 'sunset boulevard cafe'.