mmmmm, affordable gourmet is the best. our anniversary dinner at breadbar, temporarily taken over for dinners by a limited-run menu called ‘ludobites’, was a lovely evening of food. heirloom tomatoes with feta mousse was particularly good, grilled tenderloin beef with goat cheese was perfect, and our dessert was a chocolate cupcake with foie gras frosting and bacon syrup topping. that was possibly the most interesting and complex-flavored dessert i’d ever had. that and a couple more dishes that were yummy if not as memorable for only $100 for two, and we brought our own wine. fantastic.

of course, we stopped by sheddy’s for a few drinks beforehand, so by the time we got home we were well under the spell. we didn’t even manage to finish the wine at dinner, and once at home cuddling on the couch trying to enjoy the last glass, we basically passed out. not the wild night of romance one might envision for an anniversary, but honestly, lovely all the same. that girl makes a good date, let me tell you.