Date night

We had these plans to go to San Francisco for the Chinese New Year parade, but the weather was so horrible that we decided to stay in town. Jim is still not 100% yet and the idea of watching the parade in all of the rain and wind was less than appealing. While I was disappointed about missing the parade, it just wasn't happening.

Instead, we headed out to Pizza Pirate, one of our favorite pizza places. We haven't been there in months, and courtesy of an Entertainment Book coupon, dinner was the cheapest we've had in ages. I was surprised to see that they had remodeled the place slightly with the decor. It used to be very pirate-themed, and while that hasn't changed, it looks a little more updated now. We always order the same type of pizza. It's kind of like Round Table in that they have theme-based names for all of their pizzas. Basically half of our 16" is vegetarian combination with light cheese and half regular combination. Even though it was 4:30 in the afternoon when we arrived, the place was full of people. In fact, we were each given a slice of what I presume to be Costco birthday cake.



What I like about Pizza Pirate is that they're super generous with the toppings. The crust is very doughy and chewy, which isn't my favorite type, but I do like the fact that it doesn't rip up the roof of my mouth. It's overall just really good pizza, although it's hard to describe exactly why. We always have a few slices leftover for Jim to take to work, which is nice.



After Pizza Pirate, we headed to the movie theater to watch 27 Dresses. It's been out for a while, but we haven't really had much time to go to the movies. Plus I think they're absolutely overpriced. Anyway, this was (obviously) my choice, and I was so happy to discover that it was actually a really good movie. I'm sure Jim would disagree with me on it being really good, but he didn't absolutely hate it. I didn't think Katherine Heigl deserved an Emmy for her work on Grey's (Sandra Oh and whoever plays Bailey were way more deserving), but she is a very good actress. She just didn't rise to the same level as the other two ladies, although I do think she's perfectly capable of doing so.

Anyway, after the movie, it was still early enough that we went to get some ice cream at Cold Stone. We decided to go original and get a Love It size of Cookie Mintster. It was mint ice cream with Oreos and fudge. I love their mint ice cream, and who doesn't like an Oreo cookie every once in a while. Soo decadent and so good.





Even after ice cream, I wasn't ready for our date night to end. So we ended up at Starbucks. Ironically enough, we have never been to Starbucks together. I know! After knowing each other for over a decade, we have never gone to Starbucks. I am not a big coffee fan. Okay, I'm not a coffee fan period. I don't like the taste, and I try my best to avoid caffeine. But their frou-frou drinks aren't half bad. I just can't justify the calorie contents with what you get. I would consider trying their skinny lattes, which they've been promoting lately, but even 90 calories for a drink is kind of a lot. It's practically a can of soda, and I don't drink anything but diet. Anyway, we shared a Paradise Iced tea, which has no calories at all if you get it unsweetened, which we did. It was very good and plenty sweet. We talked, people watched, and had a fabulous evening.

When we got back to Jim's, he put a log in the fireplace and we watched Hairspray. Surprisingly, neither one of us hated it. I wouldn't see it again, but at least I can say I've watched it now. It was a nice change of pace to have a quiet day. It's all about balance.