Thistled, Officially.

So you think I'm only wordy on my blogs? No sir'ee! I am sometimes even wordier (?) in emails, especially if I have not talked to the person in awhile. I was going through my inbox just now & came across this email I had sent to my brother & his lovely wife who gave me & my darling a gift certificate to this awesome local restaurant called, Thistle. For Christmas, mind you. But we were finally able to get away & use it a few weeks ago in celebration of our Anniversary. I realized it was a really fun evening & never blogged about it, so with no further ado...copy/paste/done.........


Tom & Autumn-


Last night was wonderful. Since Aaron was gone all last week for training across the state, we wanted to get out & celebrate our 5th Anniversary (!!!!) at least sometime in the month of July. What a perfect way to do it then to get all thistled, officially. AND FOR FREE TOO!!!! We called 2 babysitters, one said she wasn't available and in between hearing from the 2nd, Mom said she could come instead....so we chose the free and graciously wonderful option, Grandma Lu. :)

We made reservations, walked downtown to enjoy oysters, salad, lobster wrapped sole in a delicious broth and sauce with peas and herbs, flat iron JUICY beef strips in a dark sauce, berry, peach and nut crisp and a glass of their finest Pinot Noir. Ah, bliss.



It was all very, very delicious. We each tried each others and thoroughly enjoyed our experience. It is quite the little hole in the wall with an industrial look and a window up front where the chef is cooking and facing out. Thank you again for the gift certificate. We wouldnt have been able to do that with out such a huge amount!! We spent it all, easily.

Then we walked a block over to that NW Wine Bar place. It's pretty neat. We had another glass of Pinot Noir each. Me, Panther Creek & Aaron their own NW Pinot, which comes from Eyrie. We lounged in their loft and played a few rounds of pool. ONE of the moments in the night when I realized I don't get out much was when I asked the wine pourer what the odd shaped glass bottle was he had poured into it first before handing me my empty wine glass. "It's just your typical decanter" he says. "Well it's lovely." I replied with a tipsy smile. We decided it would be a great place to take you guys to hang out, and any other friends that come to see us in the future.

Then we began to head home and I told Aaron that if we were dating, I would have cringed at my sore feet and silently dealt. If we were engaged, I may have politely asked if we could walk a little slower only mentioning once that my very cute heels were hurting my feet. But because he has the pleasure of knowing me as his wife of 5 years, by the 8th time I complained about how these shoes were hurting the heck out of my feet, he told me to just take them off already! So I did. I walked barefoot from downtown to our home, doing a giant loop of our neighborhood just for fun, because we could. We were childless and enjoying our togetherness. And because it was a lovely warm, romantic night.

Thanks again for treating us to our lovely night Tom & Autumn!!!!

We love & appreciate you! And look forward to seeing you in a few weeks!! Talk to ya soon,

Ginny :)