Avoid The Rush… Go Out The Night Before

February 24, 2009 by Nicole · 6 Comments
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!