...are but a few of the hilights from this weekend.
On Saturday night, Phil and I invited our friends out with us on a group-date to a Supper Club on the South Side; Phil and I frequented this spot last September for the very same musical guests they had playing again on Saturday night: Paula Fuga and Mike Love.
Our evening began at the bar with pre-dinner cocktails served in tall martini glasses for the girls and tumblers jingling with ice for the boys. When our table was ready, we moved into the dining room where conversation, laughter and excessive picture-taking preceeded our 4-course dinner.
As I am sure that many of my blogging friends can attest, any husband married to a blogger understands the need to photograph everything - including food - especially when you are in a restaurant, because it is a crime if you fail to document the delightful presentation. Am I right? And this is when it gets kind of embarrassing...that questionable moment when real-life friends who don't know that I blog, question and then subsequently tease me for taking photos of my food ("you swear like you've never seen a Caesar Salad before!", courtesy of our friend Nick. Smartass.).
I take my photos anyway, smile sweetly and laugh along although I am slightly embarrassed, because I am "that" girl. But then I quickly recover when my AWESOME husband takes the camera from me and supports my mission (because we're a team, like that), taking photos of the food on his own plate. Love him.
After dinner, the show started and Mike Love took the stage, opening for Paula. Did I mention that we had front-row seats? Best seats in the house (ask and you shall receive)! In September's post, I wrote about Mike's demeanor and alluded to my fascination for his quiet, artsy way. I don't know what it is about him, because physically, he is so not my type...but watching him sing, feeling the soul in his music and bearing witness to the passion in his voice, this fascination is a borderline crush! Paula joined Mike on stage shortly thereafter and as always, she did not disappoint:
And later that evening, when the show was over, the lights came on and patrons slowly filed out of the dining room, Phil proved his awesomeness for the second time that evening, purchasing Mike Love's CD (because he knows how important it is to support the starving artist in each of us!) and snapping photos while I got Mike to sign it.
Yes, I am a grown woman...aint no shame in my game. :)
Knowing he was being photographed, Mike threw his arm around me, turned to the camera and threw a shaka in for good measure. I am so easily pleased...and I have the best husband ever! :)
An evening spent with friends isn't complete without parking lot photos to end the night:
Food. Friends. Front-Row Seats. Life is good!
Love you, Phil.
Have I told you lately how stunning you are? Absolutely radiant! I am jealous of your night- 4 courses sounds amazing!
ReplyDeleteThe food looks simply DELICIOUS
ReplyDeleteImpressive dreads for a white guy!
ReplyDeleteAw I love how your husband took a picture of his food for you too! I hate when I'm out to eat with a friend and can't take a picture of my meal cause I don't want to try to explain the whole blogging thing, lol! Looks like you had a great time!
ReplyDeleteI love your face in the signing picture! So cute!
ReplyDeleteWay to brave through and take pictures of the food any way. I'm still unable to whip it out and snap away on the few times I go out to eat. Maybe one day.
That martini looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteGreat pics! The food looks awesome and the martini sounds great. Yes, gotta love cooperative boys who 'get' blogging.:) Love that orange flower!
ReplyDeleteSo so cool. Look like a fabulous time. I tried to find Mike Love's song on itunes, but no luck. He has a great voice.
ReplyDeleteOh man, that food looks divine and I'm hungry too. I had to skip dinner to make it to a PTO meeting and boy do I wish I would have done dinner and skipped the meeting. I was ready to hang myself by the end of this thing.
Have a great week.
I love that your husband supports your picture taking. You'll both appreciate them later, even if you don't fully now. And you are so right, blogging makes me take more pictures now than ever before. My favorites are the more mundane things I may have ignored before.
ReplyDeleteAnd Mike Love (at first I was hoping he was the Beach Boy's Mike Love, but no such luck) has the longest dreads I've ever seen. I'm uber impressed.
first off, you look awesome in that color!! second, you can NEVER take too many pictures. EVER ;) finally, can i move to hawaii now so i can hang out with you guys already?! :D have a lovely week! from the other angie way over here in NYC
ReplyDeleteaww, what a fun night!
ReplyDeletei love that picture of you when Mike is signing your CD--soo cute!
glad you had such a great weekend. :)
"As I am sure that many of my blogging friends can attest, any husband married to a blogger understands the need to photograph everything - including food - especially when you are in a restaurant, because it is a crime if you fail to document the delightful presentation."
ReplyDeleteI love that because it's sooo true lol. You never want to miss an opportunity to share something on your blog. And I always find myself thinking about my blog on a normal basis like when something happens during my day I immediately stop and think "Oh this will make a great blog post"
You know, it's funny. I love taking photos but don't really like doing it when I'm participating in an event. I kind of go into a zone when I photograph - like I'm observing the scene from the outside - which makes it hard to actually be a participant while I'm doing that. And conversely, when I'm participating, it's hard for me to fall into the zone that I like to be in to get good photos! So... most of my photos are taken when I'm alone - they're of nature or of my cat! Lol. When I'm actually with people, I'm just with people and not photographing.
ReplyDeletePS: That last photo of you and your man are so cute! You guys make a really cute couple. :)
ReplyDeleteYou girls look gorgeous!
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