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February 15, 2007
Put a Steak in It
Not too much to say tonight…The Girl and I got back latish from a belated Valentine’s Day dinner at a swanky steakhouse in Back Bay. How swanky? I looked online around lunchtime at work to get a feel for the wine list, called it up, received a 68-page PDF, and said “Oh hell, let her choose tonight” and went about my day.
Here’s how you know I don’t normally eat at places this nice: throughout the meal, I kept feeling like everyone was judging me, waiting for me to eff up so they could swoop in and go, “Ha! Heathen! Go back to Pizzeria Uno’s, you unclassy, not used to having to order side dishes since they usually just come with the damn thing you order, so why would you pay extras for a starch, when everyone knows you get a choice of starches at most places, bastard!”
So I devoured my New York sirloin with less relish than I wanted to, and I sipped my Pinot Noir by mimicking Paul Giamatti in “Sideways”. On the outside, I presented a facsimile of a cultured Bostonian used to enjoying a fine dining experience. On the inside, I was “Oh sweet Mother of au jus, yes yes yes, Daddy likes, I wanna smear it on my feet and see if I can lick my toes, oh mama!”
And you wonder why I don’t go to these places more often.
She got the tenderloin, I got the aged sirloin, we each got dessert, she got champagne with hers and I got an espresso martini with mine, and yes, I’m trying to make you jealous, because it’s hard to engender jealousy after returning from TGIFriday’s $12.99 3-course deal. So there. I pick and choose my “rubbing it in” moments. (That’s what HE said!)
Next time we eat this well? Probably the wedding, which, against my suggestion to keep costs down, with NOT be taking Domino’s $5/$5/$5 deal to the extreme. But I supposed the menu we’ve selected for that day will do just fine in any case. No espresso martinis in the dead of August, however. Don’t want 50+ people doing their “Milk was a bad choice!” impressions from “Anchorman”. That would make for a sucktastic wedding video.
Posted by Ryan McGee at February 15, 2007 11:39 PM
Comments
that domino's deal is seriously the greatest invention in the history of the world, up there with wheel and fire. and you know it's great because every other pizza chain has decided to copy it in one way or another. pizza's for a wedding though, that's intense. my cousin did pizza's at like 11 when there were a couple more hours left to go.
Posted by: danny at February 16, 2007 10:44 PM