Sunday, March 1, 2009

Our Dinner Dates with Chris and Erin!

Philip and I have been planning for months to have dinner with our friends, Chris and Erin, and we finally went out last month! Philip and I chose the restaurant for our first of many dinner dates and picked our favorite place - Las Ramblas, the tiny tapas place in Greenwich Village. Again it was absolutely delicious and I already can’t wait to go back! They seriously have the most amazing food, a wonderful staff and this cozy/fun ambiance – definitely one of my favorite places in NYC!

After dinner, we walked around the corner to this Jazz Bar called the Garage and sat at the bar, listened to some jazz and had a couple cocktails. Erin and I just had one as we realized that we had some very strong martinis. Here’s a photo of us four at the Garage.

After a little music, we walked to the Meatpacking District and actually found a table at the Buddha Bar. I felt so New York. It was a really cool place, huge space with very tall ceilings, dark lighting with candles, low tables and chairs, loud music & lights and lots of pretty people. Philip and I don’t usually hang out in these areas…cause drinks are a little pricey (like our $15 cocktails and Erin’s $22 flute of champagne!) but it was so much fun! So after our one drink – we headed across the street to a club and danced the night away! Our little dinner date turned into a VERY FUN NIGHT!


Our Next Dinner Date...

And just a week ago, we had our second dinner date with Erin and Chris in Brooklyn! It was Restaurant Week in Brooklyn where a ton of restaurants feature a three-course prefix menu for just $23. Erin actually lives in Brooklyn and Philip and I have wanted to check out some restaurants and bars there so this was a perfect opportunity for us to visit. So on Sunday night we met Erin and Chris at this adorable French restaurant called Le Petite Marche located on Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights. Our food was great and we all loved the bread pudding for dessert! The area is really nice too, if you walk just a couple blocks, you can see this amazing view of the Manhattan skyline and the Brooklyn Bridge. It was too bad that it was rainy that night, but we had such a great evening and are looking forward to our next dinner date!

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