V-day plans. What are you all doing?

[BTG]

It just wasn't meant to be for me and the wife. A month ago I made lunch reservations at Commanders for today, but I later found out my daughter was getting out of school at noon today, so I had to cancel.

I then made reservations at Stella for this evening, but me, my daughter, and my son have had the flu all week. I am feeling a little better, but no way was I going to go eat at Stella while not feeling good.
Oh well, I will just have to re-schedule a few weeks from now. Might be able to swing a hotel room stay and dinner for the next outing.

[Backstrap]

Did Ruth's Chris (the evil empire) for lunch today.

Caught the end of the Friday rush (I expect the expense account charges are phenomenal), but mostly pleasant. Good food, exceptional wine.

Wouldn't go near a restaurant tomorrow. All the Prix Fixes and crush. No way.

[edible complex]

Wouldn't go near a restaurant tomorrow. All the Prix Fixes and crush. No way.
amen.

[NoNoNanette]

Bought about 4 pounds of snow crab legs for my husband. Picking up a big-arse steak for myself.

Will have a lovely evening at home.... alone. :toast:

[RouxTheDay]

One of my friends is having a dinner party for her husband's birthday(which is today) at Morton's Steakhouse. I'm sure I'll be the odd "wo" man out so I'm only sort of looking forward to it.:mad:

I plan to go over on the ferry and forgive me, but I'm glad it's not a gorgeous day so parking in The Point will be easy. I'm sure I'll do Harrah's before and/or after dinner since I haven't been in about a month.

[BobRSnow]

We went to Cafe Minh last night for our Valentine's dinner. Squeezed in at the bar and started chatting with a couple finishing dinner there. Got chatty, ordered drinks for ourselves. Made introductions and made the "down the bayou" connection. He picked the tab for our sazeracs. Too cool.
The place was packed and had an uptown air about it. Service was superb. Beggar's Purse and Nutty crunchy Oyster appps. were out of this world. Great plating, too.
We shared the Asian pear salad and the puppy drum entree. Vietnamese coffee for me and a hot green tea for sweetie. Good presentation on the tea. Key lime pie with raspberry and kiwi coulis for show. Nice.
Tonight we peel shrimp that was dropped by the house by my "shrimp dealer." Sweetie will try to duplicate that Nutty crusty oyster dish with the shrimp. God I love this place.

[EatinAintCheatin]

Made introductions and made the "down the bayou" connection.

My wife's from "Down the Bayou" so I have to ask, where was the connection made (what town)? Wife's family is from the Larose/Cut Off area.

[bam bam]

I am supposed to have dinner in a half hour but I am one of 75 left in an online poker tourney where 1st place pays around 15k. I am not going anywhere.

[NoNoNanette]

Knock 'em dead, Bam! :toast:

[bam bam]

34 left, I am 8th in chips.

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I finished 15th. The end of these is a real crap shoot. I picked a hand that caught some of the flop and had a vague draw associated with it. Guy called with a better pair. Paid $700 and change for my trouble. Well, I guess I won't have a date for a year.

[BobRSnow]

My wife's from "Down the Bayou" so I have to ask, where was the connection made (what town)? Wife's family is from the Larose/Cut Off area.
When he said his last name, I said "You must be from down the bayou." I then told him that I grew up in this town and that town and went to Nicholls and met a lot of people from there. He's from Cut Off.
His wife said something I thought was funny. She said she was from Lockport and she knew he wasn't from there when she met him cuz he didn't have the accent. :laughup: She knew he had to be from somewhere else. That's like what....5 miles up the road. That's too funny.:D

[justagirl]

After I had a blowout on I-10 yesterday morning I swore once I got home I wasn't going to leave again. I must have forgotten that as my girlfriend called and wanted to go to dinner somewhere and have adult conversation. (that's kid-free, not dirty talk) So I picked her up and we went to Rio Mar. Oblivious to the fact it's Valentine's day...and Mardi Gras Parades. We had a drink with Missy at the bar and they were not serving there as the place was packed and the tables were full til 10pm. But she got us a table and we had a very nice dinner. I love the service at Rio Mar and yall know I love the food there. We shared a special salad to start, it was avacado and crab meat. it was brilliant. It was similar to an avacado and crawfish salad special they had last year around Jazz Fest, but this was even better if that's possible. I had the escabeche of Gulf Fish (escolar) and my DC had the hanger, cooked perfectly. We skipped on dessert and slowly made our way home with plenty of people watching. It's amazing to me how many people don't have mirrors in their homes....

So, thought it wasn't a Valentine's Date...I did dine out. Had I thought twice about it I probably would have just suggested Joey K's or something like that.

Oh, and on the way home I got yelled at by a Cop for going through an open intersection on a green light...I still am not sure what I did wrong...I think he was just a dickhead. Though he did look nice in his powder blue shirt.

[LauraMc]

We never dine out on Valentine night because of the crowds but we did go for an early lunch at Boucherie. It was hubby's first time, my second. I was hoping he would love it because I like it and we desperately need to find another restaurant he won't mind going to.
I made reservations for 11a.m. I was afraid others would have the same idea but I was wrong. We had the whole place to ourselves. I think the staff got a slow start because the door was locked when we go there and it took 30 minutes for our food. I didn't mind the wait. Hubby got the flounder la provencal with potatoes and haricot verts. He said it was just okay (which for him is not an insult). I tasted his flounder and it didn't taste seasoned at all but was cooked well.
I got boudin balls and he did like the garlic aioli with that. And I tired the Duck Confit in Asian Broth w/green tea noodles. It was wonderful and had plenty of taste. I just left a little broth in the bowl.
Then we went home to a nice, relaxed evening.

Jag, if that cop is already being such a butthead, imagine how he'll be by Fat Tuesday.

[Alex]

The wife and I went to Don Victors in Kenner. The steak I had was just OK, but everything else was fine.

[Suzy Wong]

I took myself:toast: to see the movie "The Wrestler" and not only I was I disappointed, I believe I may have been mentally scarred for life:laughup:

[cstoehr]

Husband smoked chicken breasts and made potato salad for an army. Walked over to the bar had drinks (many... many) watched the parade, had more drinks during and after. Walked home with some paraders and ate and ate and ate. YUM.