The Dream Date

Ever had a dream date? You know... the kind of date that goes off perfectly from start to finish? I've had a few I guess but I think I just had the best one ever last night. Yup.

Erin and I had plans to have a nice dinner at a Swanky Restaurant: Casa Dominca. I arrived at her place at 6:15pm dressed nicely (wearing a tie even!), and I walked in to a picture of beauty. Boy she looked good! She has this beautiful neckclass on too that just made her look so unique! Luckily I had brought my camera and she was nice enough to let me take a couple of pics of her at her place. We had a quick drink at her place before the taxi showed up. I opened the door for her to the cab. (My mom taught me that! That scores points on the romantic meter!)

Once we arrived at the restaurant I also scored another point on the romantic meter by pulling out her chair for her at the table. (Can you tell I was working hard here? Of course, she's well worth the effort!) It was a nice table for two by the window. Dinner was amazing. The appatizer was thrilling: a mixture of seafoods and topped by beautiful fennel and some yummy olives and little tiny toasted breads (I can't remember the name for them). It was so yummy! The wine was excellent and the conversation was wonderful. The neat thing about Erin and I is that we BOTH talk a lot. So when we're together we have the greatest conversations. It just goes on an on and time flies and we laugh and have such a good time. I love to see her smile.

Despite some slowness on the part of the waiter (the place was uber-busy due to the Queen's Science Formal), we enjoyed the dinner immensely. In fact the slowness was a good thing as it just gave us more time to talk. (*grin*)

Main course was yummy too. I have penne with feta while she had gnocchi. The food is always good at Casa Dominca. I've been there a few time and I am always really pleased with the food and the atmosphere. We skipped desert because Erin had a great idea: let's go for Bubble Tea!

So we walked up Princess Street during what had turned out to be a rare warm November evening. Hand in hand we made our way up the street. When we reached the corner of princess and barry I noticed the old paradisso restaurant was now re-opened by a new restaurant called Sol. (Maybe called Casa del Sol or Sol something...I forget). So that's when spontaneity took over and we decided to duck in there and have a drink. It was awesome.

The lights were low, the place was half full and we had a table where we could sit and talk. We ordered martinis! Sexy! I had a Cosmopolitan (girlie...yet yummy) and she had a sour apple martini. We laughed and talked and I enjoyed myself the the MAX! I fed her the cherry from my martini. WOW! She gave me half of her apple from hers. It was perfect.

Ok, that spontaneous interlude was wonderful but we had to get back on track: Bubble Tea. It was her second time there. I took her the first time a couple weeks back. It's a place I went to a lot a few years back with friends. I like it. It's yummy stuff and a nice place to sit and talk. We had spent the last few hours talking but we still had more to talk about and Bubble Tea's a good place to do it and the teas are more like a desert than a tea.... which is why we had skipped the desert at Casa Dominica. (*grin*)

After the tea, we walked home to her place. Which was decievingly close by the way (especially given the warm evening).

So, the perfect date continued but I'll spare you these details. (*evil grin*)

I have fallen for this girl hard and it feels great! I just know I will have many more Dream Dates with her in the future! I just know it.