Date Night

Jamie and Heidi offered to watch the kids Saturday night so we could go out to enjoy a dinner with no food throwing or crying or time outs. They know the value of this offer - they have three boys. On Jamie and Heidi's recommendation, we tried an Italian place we'd driven past but never been to. The food, service and ambiance all reminded us of the New Jersey Italian-American restaurants that Ali's pretty familiar with. The menu listed all the standards, plus some interesting specials (Salmon in phylo with ginger sauce). The servers seemed to all know their customers - ours grew up in Falls Church and had her high school graduation party here. It was definitely a neighborhood favorite. And we loved it. I had that salmon special and Ali and a pasta with seafood fra diavolo. Both were great. The cannoli got two thumbs up from Ali, and she's used to little Italian bakeries that sell the cannoli filling and shells separately so you can fill them yourself at home to keep them fresh. The food was great, but just relaxing over an unhurried dinner was something special. Thanks Jamie and Heidi!