May 30, 2010
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Toni getting dinner ready for the kids one night, May 1st, our wedding anniversary. Later that night we had a fantastic dinner in downtown Bellevue and then caught a movie. It was a really nice day and night out.
I thought I had written about our anniversary earlier, but apparently I only thought about doing so. I've been writing entries all day today, trying to catch up a bit, so I'll keep this one a little short.
What sticks out about dinner (other than a small spat that we had early in the meal) was the vegetable dishes that we ordered along with our main plates: rosemary-ed fiddle-head ferns and stinging nettles. They were both very interesting. The ferns were tender and crunchy, but filled with a somewhat sticky juice (a little like okra). The juice made our tongues fill a bit funny - almost numb. The nettles were really tasty. They were dark green, cooked in a cream sauce in which mushrooms had been cooked, giving them a nice, woodsy flavor along with the sweetness of the cream. The nettles themselves had little flavor, but their texture was very thin and papery.
After we got over feeling guilty about arguing on our anniversary we noticed how the resteraunt was a little different than most. It was peopled by an older population - people with lots of money. They just had that demeanor.
We talked about an idea that I've been working on with my business partner, Kevin Yu. An idea for a new website, mixing the concepts of narrative and interconnectivity.
It was nice to get out of the house, away from the kids, and have an adult conversation with Toni. We've been doing that more regularly and our relationship has improved because of it. It's amazing how easily you can find yourselves distant in a marriage. With your focus on raising kids things slip a little further away each day.
Now that we've been going on more frequent date nights we find ourselves closing that gap a good bit each time. It's very nice...making our home feel a bit more cozy, which is what I like about this picture.