Avoid The Rush… Go Out The Night Before

February 24, 2009 by
Filed under: Food and Drink, Holidays 

It used to be pretty fun going out on special nights- New Year’s, Valentine’s Day; but as we all know: things change.

I’ve never been a fan of New Year’s Eve anyway, because it can rarely live up to the hype associated with it.

My answer:  GO OUT THE NIGHT BEFORE.

I have now done this for New Year’s AND Valentine’s Day and it works great.

My husband and I now have a tradition of going out on December 30th- there aren’t the crazy crowds, babysitters are more readily available, and service isn’t rushed.

Fast forward to Valentine’s Day this year; we were planning on going out as a family for dinner to one of our favorite family restaurants on Saturday, February 14th… 

then I got to thinking, ‘Everywhere is going to be packed, everybody’s going to be a little rushed’, and I quickly changed our plans-

We all went out to dinner on Friday, the 13th, had a wonderful dinner, the restaurant wasn’t very crowded

and then for Valentine’s Day we ordered chinese.

Moral of the story:  Consider starting this tradition, it’s easier and then ‘ordering in’ the next night is a nice topper!

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6 Comments on Avoid The Rush… Go Out The Night Before

  1. De in D.C. on Tue, 24th Feb 2009 3:40 pm

    2. We do the same thing; either the day before or after. We went to dinner on Fri. the 13th (oooh, spooky) and like you, had a great time in an uncrowded restaurant with no rush.

  2. FishyGirl on Tue, 24th Feb 2009 5:25 pm

    3. Or wait, and go away together the following weekend. That’s a great strategy.

    We’ve done the night before thing, too, or even sometimes the night after. It works well for us. It’s like a secret club or something, you know?

  3. A Frugal Friend on Tue, 24th Feb 2009 7:00 pm

    4. Great idea!

  4. jodifur on Tue, 24th Feb 2009 9:08 pm

    5. Absolutely. Those nights are amateur nights anyway. The restaurants are packed. There are set menus and the chefs and servers are miserable.

    We were in Disney for v-day and are going out next weekend. It’s just a day right?

  5. merrymishaps on Wed, 25th Feb 2009 1:12 am

    6. Our Valentine’s dinner was on the 15th. It’s not worth fighting the crowds!

  6. aimee on Thu, 26th Feb 2009 12:54 pm

    7. What a great idea!!! And, this reminds me that I told my hubby to buy me flowers the week after Valentine’s Day and still now flowers…must remind him about that! :)

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