Date Night

Tonight I have a date with mark. I know, I know shocker! You would think after almost two years of dating that i would stop getting nervous butterflies every time I we go on a formal date but no. . . they are still there. In fact I don't think we every quite got out of the honeymoon stage. He still treats me like I am the best thing since Sunday naps (lets face it I am . . . joke, joke!) and I still look over at him when we are sitting on the couch and think "how did I get so lucky".  AND I'm hoping that this feeling never goes away.

Anywho I love you Mark Manning! you zany kook you

(At the Oregon coast this summer)

Not the point of the post though. Tonight I have been asked on a date to go to a very fancy restaurant in downtown Salt Lake. After that we are going to walk around Temple square to see the lights.

I think it will be a truly magical night.

Culture Night #1: France

SO a couple of weeks ago Mark and I were talking about traveling and I'm not bragging but i have been around (in the good way). I was born in Germany and lived in England for a couple years. When i was in 8th grade I went to Germany again with my German class. When i was 16 i backpacked through Europe with my sister (shout out Jen). When i was a Junior in high school i went to Africa for a month with my friend Maddy. And this last summer I went to Jerusalem on a study abroad. I know this appears a lot like bragging but no-way-hose I am just painting you a picture with my words! see the difference?

Anyway. Like all good relationships we add different things to the mix. Like Mark adds fantastic athletic skills and i have traveled. So mine isn't really a skill. more like an experience. side tracked again! so Mark and I were talking and he was a little down about the lack of experience he has in the travel department. (Cue-good-good-girlfriend-idea)

And that is how culture night came about. And I did it all by myself! that was bragging. So culture night is a dinner we are doing once every other week or so and we pick a country and theme our meal to it.

French culture night

Food

Appetizer: crusty bread and an assortment of cheeses

Main course: bacon/spinach/onion/swiss cheese Quiche

Dessert: crepe

Music: Pandora french cafe station

table design

table cloth: Jerusalem

Plates: Jerusalem

Candles: collected from around the apartment (fall smells)

Clothes

leggings/red stripped shirt (Katie's closet)/red lipstick

Table

Zoom in on dishes

First Quiche ever. surprisingly easy

Recipe: Quiche I added an egg and onions.

Mark and I before the eating festivities

To end the night we(I. Mark fell into a food coma)watched my all time favorite movie French Kiss with meg Ryan and Kevin kline. It was perfect.

Hazza to Culture night!