Last night Summer spent a good hour filing out Valentines for the kids to take to daycare. Again, another one of those things that we forget about when we get older. I remember building the coolest Valentine's Day box out of an old shoe box in 3rd grade. I was so caught up in the memories that I was half tempted to build one to take to work. I declined however, figuring that might knock me down a couple notches on the credibility pole.
My Valentine and I are spending our evening eating at Bev's on the River (http://www.bevsontheriver.com) , a newer restaurant right on the beatiful Missouri river. A nice place, but not overly nice for a reason. A few years back, while still living in Omaha we made the mistake of visiting one of the elite joints, and ended up leaving after the waiter said well over ten words that I have never heard before. We did tip him after we picked up the tab for the $25 bottle of Merlot (that would have cost me $7 at the local liquor store). I felt like somewhat of a chump leaving, but I'm not one to be fake...That wasn't my style of restaurant. I sometimes wonder what I'm missing out on, but still stay true to my 2 rules about eating:
1) if it has swam at one point, no
2) if I have to learn how to pronounce it, no
Valentine's Day isn't quite what it used to be however.
"For eight hundred years prior to the establishment of Valentine's Day, the Romans had practiced a pagan celebration in mid-February commemorating young men's rite of passage to the god Lupercus. The celebration featured a lottery in which young men would draw the names of teenage girls from a box. The girl assigned to each young man in that manner would be his sexual companion during the remaining year." -credit wilstar.com
Not exactly a good idea, I think where we are at now is much more acceptable. Have a happy Valentine's Day!
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