» dining out http://bananablueberry.com Mon, 02 Jul 2018 22:07:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Avoid The Rush… Go Out The Night Before http://bananablueberry.com/index.php/2009/02/avoid-the-rush-go-out-the-night-before/ http://bananablueberry.com/index.php/2009/02/avoid-the-rush-go-out-the-night-before/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:16:01 +0000 http://bananablueberry.com/?p=473 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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