Date Night

Joe and I had a nice date night.  We went to eat at Cheesecake Factory.  I like Cheesecake Factory but we hadn’t been there in years.  The menu is huge with almost too many choices.  We decided to get an appetizer and then split a main dish.  Their portion sizes are huge (more than enough for two people).  We got the spinach and artichoke cheese dip (I love spinach and artichoke dip) for the appetizer.  It came with toasted pita chips but they seemed burned and some were pretty stale.  It was okay but not as good as other ones I’ve had.  My favorite was Chili’s but the don’t make it anymore.  Then we split a parmesan crusted chicken with mashed potatoes and green beans.  It was actually three pieces of chicken so even split between the two of us we still had some leftover.  We didn’t get any dessert.  Cheesecake Factory cheesecakes are so rich you can eat one piece for an entire week and we were going to see a movie so we didn’t want to have to take anything with us.  Plus, we were pretty full.  My favorite used to be white chocolate peanut butter truffle cheesecake but they don’t make it anymore.  I prefer lighter cheesecakes to the heavier ones.  Ones that have cake layers mixed in are usually less bloating and rich.  I also like the red velvet cheesecake or any of the ones that have chocolate cake layers inside.  Yum.  Now I’m wondering if we should have gotten some cheesecake.

After dinner we went to see Star Wars.  Joe got us isle seats so it would be easy for me to get up and go to the bathroom.  I know I’m not going to last two plus hours without having to go at least once.  I’m not a Star Wars fan per say but I did really enjoy the movie.  It had great acting, great characters, an interesting story and exciting action.  I really liked it.