Date nights.  I highly recommend them.  They don't happen enough.  They are so good in so many ways.  You dress up.  There's that newly dating feeling as you get ready and he hasn't seen you yet.  Your hair is done a little more.  Your makeup is applied extra careful.  You feel hot! 

You see him...there are butterflies.  He put a little cologne on.  His hair is a little extra messy (in a good way of course).  That shirt.  Those jeans.  He's lookin' good! 

This...this is why date nights are good. 

It gives us a glimpse at life before we got comfortable...the old us for a night, you know the one who has makeup on and isn't in yoga pants for the night (or is that just me?)   The times before farts became an acceptable thing to do in front of each other.  Those nights where you just can't wait to get each other home because the anticipation has built all night...

Well Canean and I had our first date night in a while last Friday night.  We went to New Orleans and ate at one of my favorite restaurants called The Green Goddess and then went to the Kings of Leon concert.  It was such a great night with my favorite person and it was filled with yummy food, great music, laughter, and us...

Can't ask for much more. 

Ok, so it was windy and humid...my hair fell a little..what can you do?  It's Louisiana...

Homemade boudin and a beet pomegranate hummus to start...

Mediterranean lamb meatloaf for him and bipimbop for me (remember when we were in Miami and our friend made us a breakfast version of this?)  It was so delicious!

And of course I had to wear my favorite new accessories...

The beauty of this city gets me every time.  The colors, the buildings, the music, the people...I love it all, including my partner in crime.

The concert was just the icing on the cake to an already great evening spent with my sweet hubby.

Any ideas for our next date night? 

I am already thinking about it...