Las Vegas was awesome and it went by soo soo fast. We were only there for 3 days so we tried to do as much as we could. I'm not going to recap that trip today, but I promise I will because, well, I have lots to share. I am dedicating today's post Vinnie. His birthday was on Sunday, 2 days ago, and we had a great day celebrating.
I had to work Saturday night and ended up working until about 3:30 am. I set my alarm and got up 2 hours later, yes 5:30 am, to make Vinnie a birthday breakfast because he had to get up and work at 7:30 am. Blueberry pancakes, eggs, and orange juice. It was a pretty easy breakfast to make but running on 2 hours of sleep I wouldn't have trusted myself to make anything that was slightly complicated. He appreciated it, kissed me good bye, and Marley and I went back to sleep for a few more hours. After I woke back up I ran to Target for a few minor birthday details (minor as in everything) and came back home to bake a birthday cake. Again, it was a simple 2 layer funfetti birthday cake, topped off with sprinkles and 'Happy Birthday' candles, but since I've never made a cake before, I was proud with the final outcome. Vinnie got home and walked into the kitchen where he was surprised with his birthday present and cake.
Yes, that is a PS3 and yes, I am an amazing girlfriend.
After his shock went away (he had no idea I was buying him a PS3 or that I could bake a cake) we decided to head to the driving range because, well, Vinnie loves golf, possibly more than he loves me.
I don't know why you can't see Vinnie's golf club in the last picture. I promise he has one and didn't lose it after that last swing.
After we hit a bucket of golf balls, we came back home and started getting ready to go out to eat. We went to Girl and the Goat for dinner and if you are familiar with Chicago you know that this place is hot to trot. Seriously, I made reservations 2 months ago and the only time slot they had opened for 2 people was 8:45 pm. It was opened by Stephanie Izard, who won the fourth season of Top Chef.
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The menu is quite different and consists of small plates that range from vegetarian, fish, and meat. They also have a separate small menu that includes different choices of bread, oysters, and goat but we chose to focus on the main menu. Our waitress recommended that we choose between 4-5 small plates. We chose 4: roasted beets (which were Vinnie's idea even though he had never had a beet prior to this night), escargot ravioli, braised beef cheeks, and the biggest and most amazing mussels I've ever had in my whole life. The small plates came out in courses, which was nice because it didn't overwhelm us and we had time to focus and enjoy each plate we had chosen. Everything was really great. My favorite plates were the roasted beets and the mussels of course. I'm a sucker for a good mussel. These 4 plates were definitely enough for the 2 of us to share and even though we were full by the end of our meal, we had to order dessert - sticky date cake, with blueberry preserves.
I definitely recommend this restaurant to anybody living in or visiting Chicago. I'm glad I finally got to experience it after living here for a while and hearing lots of great reviews. Since we ate so late we also got home kind of late for a Sunday night (and for the girl who has to get up and go to work at 6:30 am) but we poured ourselves a couple of birthday shots (it's not a birthday celebration without a celebratory shot in my book) and snuggled up with Marley.
It was too late and we were too full to consume any of the cake that I made for Vinnie so we had to wait until last night to try it out. Of course I lit the candles, sang 'Happy Birthday' to him, and made him make a wish before blowing them out.
The cake was delicious, if I do say so myself.
I really hope Vinnie had an amazing birthday, and I'm pretty sure he did. I could go on and on about how much I love this man and how great he is, but since I do that on here all the time you already know how much he means to me. He deserves the best.
Happy 24th Birthday Vinnie! (yes, I am a cougar)
XO. Tarah
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