Good Eats & a {Free} Bottle of Wine

We had a fabulous weekend, but dang, they never seem long enough. Can someone please add a day to our weekends, similar to how George decided to add daylight to the afternoons back in 1895? I'm pretty sure most people would not criticize this action.

If you had any doubt in your mind whether or not I knew who coined Daylight Savings, I'll put your minds to rest. I definitely didn't. Hello Google.

So, back to our weekend. We spent all day Saturday Spring cleaning and finishing up some much needed things around the house. One of which included taking down the last strand of our Christmas lights. Yes, I realize it's March 14 and I know what you're thinking. Don't judge. I'm sure our neighbors have already done plenty of that.

To explain, we have a very high peak on our house which requires the hubs to step onto an extremely tall ladder and get on the roof to access the electrical units. Well, with the lovely weather we have had this winter, the Mr. simply didn't want to risk his life with the strong winds and snow/ice on the roof. And any weekend the sunshine graced us with its presence, we were either busy or out of town. It is what it is. So sue us.

On to the worthy part of this post! Saturday night we hit up not one, not two, but three new hot spots at Town Center. I'm lovin' that I can mark off places on my restaurant list!

We started at RA Sushi for a quick drink and appetizer with the Lines. Brian had some sort of sushi roll and I had the RA'ckin shrimp. It was delish. What a fun and trendy place. LOVED the decor. It was smaller inside, but the quaintness provided a perfect setting for good conversation. I.E. I am really loud, but nobody even noticed.

Next stop, Trezo Vino to meet the group. What a fun dinner! Not sure why it always goes this way, but we sat girls on one side of table, boys on the other. I swear, we are like the two opposing forces of magnets when a group this size gets together.

The girls are pulled toward conversations of gossip, reality tv, blogs, babies and shopping, while the boys gravitate to sports, sports, sports and probably comparing the nagging styles of us wifeys. I'm not certain of my assumption, but I have a feeling I hit the nail right on the head.

A few items at our table that received rave reviews included: Ahi Tuna tacos (I even liked these!), Thai Chicken Flatbread, Crab cakes, Lobster Mac N Cheese, Fennel Sausage Flatbread and Rabbit Pappardelle Pasta.

Oh and Matt's Trezo Tower dessert that I literally had a moment over. All I could do was stare and drool. Sigh.

One story for you all. Sorry, this post is already pretty lengthy, but just bear with me. My meal was the last dish to hit the table. In fact, I'm pretty sure everyone else was practically finished eating by the time it was placed in front of me. Not a big deal, I had friends and vino to keep me occupied.

Well, after about 5 minutes of sitting empty handed, our waiter comes out with a free bottle of wine "compliments of Trezo Vino." Score! We were all pretty stoked. As the waiter corked the bottle and poured our glasses, he said something like, "Thanks for writing the article."

I was definitely confused, but didn't think much of it. As we were leaving, the manager stopped me and Cal and asked who made the reservation. He then goes into a spiel and gives his gratitude for the article, as it suddenly comes to me. Light bulb!

When I tried to make the reservation online, it said they were booked solid. So, I picked up the phone hoping we could somehow get in. I was ecstatic when they said they could squeeze us in at 8:00. I made a mention to the Business Journal article that had just dropped earlier in the week and how it must be helping business, and hung up the phone.

Well, somewhere along the lines, the manager confused me with the reporter. He mentioned that he googled her and thought we looked alike. Ha! I gave him the truth, but how funny is that! There is a development reporter named Krista Klaus for the KCBJ, so maybe he thought I was her? 

I only have one question, would I still have been offered the complimentary bottle of wine if they knew I wasn't a Business Journal reporter? Hmmmmm...either way, it was a good laugh!

We ended the night at Aloft's hotel bar W XYZ Bar. We heard they had a must-see patio, so we headed over to see what the buzz was about. Definitely a smaller hang out, but swanky and $3 beers. And the patio was really cool. It just needed to be a bit warmer to really enjoy.

We were excited about cheap beer:)

And the last picture I have to share with you all...

Gotta love that the hubs works in construction and provides us fun props for our ride home. Big shout out and thank you to Mr. Bowen for driving. He gave up alcohol for lent, major kudos to this guy!

Hope you all had a great weekend!