Date Night #2

What?! Is this real life?

Well, thanks to our incredible Dawne, who asked to keep Sydni for another night, Joe and I had our 2nd solo date night in two weeks [it doesn't take much to impress us haha].


date nights with the hubs ♥

Since we so rarely have the opportunity to venture out to our own downtown Belleville, we decided to take that route for the evening, and found ourselves deciding we would absolutely do this again when all the businesses were open. It's adorable downtown. After scanning the food selections, we settled for Se7en, a newer sushi/sashimi bar right in the heart of Main Street. It was excellent! From there, we found not just a local ice creamery, but one that serves gelato. That's right: no more trekking clear into downtown St. Louis for gelato; it's right here in our backyard. Sweet little things :). Plus the owner Bulent, awesome Turkish guy that he is, reminds me so very much of my also-Turkish friend Bulent from back on the Levee in Newport. I feel like such a local! Hah..

shichi sushi bar | belleville il :)

sorry it's blurry .. but that definitely says belleville roll. woo, belleville! :)

We did dinner before heading to see a movie [unfortunately, Joe couldn't get us a senior citizen discount this time, lol]. We settled into a theater void of people save for the two girls sitting half the theater's length behind us to watch The Dictator. It was funny, but definitely not a flick I'd recommend seeing unless you're renting it from Red Box. Just my thoughts.

the dictator

Anyway, it was a wonderful little evening, and we owe our biggest thanks to Dawne again for making it possible for us :).

This has shaped right into a beautiful week! Tomorrow we head back to Ohio for the weekend; aside from the 8-hour haul back, I absolutely cannot wait. :) :) :)

Let's pretend I'll get off work early tomorrow... hrmm....

xo | cmd