Reservations

Reservations-  the act of reserving, a prior arrangement to secure accomodations, as at a resaurant.


Remember those?  We used to have reservations all the time before kids.  Now it's about once a year.  Which is ok, that just makes it that much more special when you have them.

Jake and I had reservations for dinner at a place called ROCK' N FISH at La Live, across the street from the Staples Center on Saturday. 

See that "A" rating in the window?  They deserve that.  It was gooood.  We had crabcakes for an appetizer and we both said they might be the best we've ever had.  For dinner Jake ordered a delicicous tri-tip, and I ordered oak grilled shrimp skewers with roasted garlic and tomatillo salsa.  It was such a nice time.  Jake also tried a couple of their fancy beers, and I had a cosmopolitan. 

Before Christmas Jake said that all he wanted was my parents to babysit so we could buy tickets to the Spurs game.  San Antonio Spurs are his favorite team.  Lucky for us, one of the games vs. the Clippers at the Staples Center, my parents were free.  So he bought our tickets (months ago), and we anxiously awaited our fancy date night.  With reservations and all. 

Thanks so much for coming over Mom & Dad.  It's never a worry when we know our kids are safe with their Gamma and Geeps, having fun.

A quick picture, and we were off. 

I love going for a long drive with no kids in the car.  It is so nice to just sit, not be in any hurry at all, and chat away without anyone crying or interruptions.  It went so quick it seemed like we got there in 10 minutes. 

After a wonderful dinner, we walked around the Nokia Theater a little bit, and then headed over to the game.

I had no idea what great seats we had.  We were in a VIP section, so we had to go through the fancy restaurant to get to them.  We had a private bathroom and concession stand, and bar service at our seats.  Oh yea, and an extra seat pad for your bum, much more comfy than the plain old "regular" seats.

I love live sporting events.  They are so much fun.  Especially basketball because there is always so much action.  I debated bringing my zoom lens or not, and I just brought along the point and shoot, so the pictures are zoomed from a ways away and are a bit grainy.

I've always thought there is nothing like standing with your hand over your heart, in a huge crowd, facing our country's flag, listening to the national anthem.  It is so touching. 

I love to see the camaraderie between players of a team.  It always takes me back to my volleyball days of high school.  Sometimes I think I loved it more for that cameraderie than for the sport itself.  For old times sake, here's a picture of me in 1999... (When it was okay to wear spandex bike shorts in public)

To top it all off, we've had a great weekend.  Yesterday I took a 2 hour nap.  When does that ever happen?  I must have needed it.  We ate tons of good food at my parents house while watching the Super Bowl.  I'm still full.  Thanks again for watching the girls so we could have a date Mom & Dad.  It was a blast.

Happy Valentine's Week!