Weekend Date Nights

Chris and I had a weekend of date nights, and it got us to thinking about how much we're enjoying married life together, with very few obligations, like a dog or a child. In the last 5 months, 5 couples in our lives had babies, and several others are pregnant. Seeing all these cute little babies born makes us excited to think about bringing a little one into this world and it has been so neat to see our friends become parents. It's so natural, and so awesome to watch new dads scoop the babies up in their arms so naturally, and wives to instantly jump into the role of a mom. We are very excited to be parents and to make the exciting shift from being a couple to being a family. But, date nights like last night remind us of how much we're really enjoying our time together being "just us" and how right it feels to be "just us" right now, spending time continuing to learn more about one another and continuing to fall in love.

Friday night we caught some live jazz at Tony's Market - which is a great little market between our work and home. On Friday nights they have live jazz, so we bought some salami, artichoke dip, crackers and a bottle of wine, and enjoyed some jazz. Chris LOVES live jazz, and lately we've been looking up places to take it in. The last two weekends we've been to Dazzle, which is known in Denver to be one of the best spots to see live jazz. We really enjoyed our time at Tony's and even FaceTime'd with Mollie and Mom a little while we were there :)

After Tony's we did dinner, then rented The King's Speech from RedBox. This movie was incredible, and we really recommend it. The cinematography was very artistic and the acting was phenomenal. After the movie we Googled the history of the true story, and it seems the producer was very accurate in reproducing the true story of King George the 6th. I think we'll probably rent it another time or two, or buy the DVD. It was excellent!!

On to Saturday... Every Tuesday at 10 am, the Denver Center for Performing Arts sells 10 individual tickets to a specific show, for $10 each. I snagged two tickets last week to the show "Blind Date" that is currently in Denver, visiting from Toronto. We used the tickets for a matinee showing Saturday night, and had a great time! The play was the story of a "blind date" between the actress and a man she plucked from the audience. She literally picked a guy from the audience and he was part of the entire show, he was such a trooper to play along! It was hilarious and we laughed through the entire show!

All of the theaters in Denver are located in the Performing Arts Complex, that has a glass ceiling enclosure connecting all the separate theaters, and the architecture is incredible. We've driven past the area so many times since it's located downtown, but have never been to a show, so this was a real treat!

After the show we went to Gaetano's for dinner. We've been eyeing this Denver landmark for quite some time, and were excited to finally experience the italian cuisine that is Gaetano's. Story has it that back in the day, this was the hot spot for Mafia action in Denver, and while diners enjoyed home-cooked italian in the main dining room, "family business" was conducted in the basement. Also, the front door is bulletproof, just another great detail of the restaurant's history! Click here to read more.

After dinner we picked up some Bonnie Brae ice cream to go, and enjoyed it with a RedBox flick at home. It was a great night together, and I'm sure once we do have little ones in our life, we'll look back on nights like this and appreciate the all the wonderful date nights we were able to enjoy together!