What? No spoon?

Today is mine and Dean's wedding anniversary. 5 years. Man it has gone by fast. But we're as happy now as we were then. So it's all good.

(This pic is from New Year's Eve;thus the line on Dean's face is the elastic band from the party hat)

After work, I came home, freshened up, changed clothes and we went to Amel's for dinner. For those that don't know it, it is a quaint restaurant that uses family recipes based on middle eastern cuisine.

Their logo(symbolizing the middle east with a genie)

part of the dining room

We had the munchie platter for an appetizer which consisted of 4 buffalo drumettes, 3 zucchini planks, bruschetta on bread, deep fried feta, deep fried mozzarella wheel, halved. Very good. For my Entree I had grilled salmon with apricot glaze and garnished with carmellized leeks, rice pilaf and green beans for the sides,and it started off with an Amel's side salad with Amel's dressing. Amel's dressing is lemon juice, olive oil and fresh mint. It's awesome. Ice tea with dinner, and pita for the bread. I must say, they make an awesome hummus. Dean had filet kabob, salad, and rice pilaf. Also ice tea. Dean worked there when he was a teen. His mom had been a waitress there for a number of years. Our reservation was for 6 pm, and we just made it with how heavy traffic was! Since the owners all know Dean, they bought us an after dinner drink. I had Kaluha and Cream, and he had Crown and ginger ale.

On the way home, the sign at Bob Evans said "knife and fork: $5.99" 6 bucks and you only get the knife and fork? What if I want a spoon? For 6 bucks, there ought to be a spoon.

So, on home for dessert. We always get an almond batter cake with purple flowers for our special day. Same as our wedding cake. We opened our cards, had our cake and watched the Knoxville Nationals Dirt Late Model Race on Speed Channel. That's it. That was our anniversary. No pillow talk. Mother nature has a warped sense of humor and decided it was the day to show up, so no romance tonight. Or the rest of the weekend fo rthat matter. TMI? Sorry, Dave.