So I know that just yesterday, I was telling you all how I haven't been splurging this month on dinners out, and totally forgot that I had this event planned for tonight. Opps! :)
Tonight, I had plans with my very good and oldest friend in the world, Jillian for a wine tasting happy hour event downtown. Jillian and I have been friends since we were 4 years old, grew up in school together, she introduced me to my current hubby, we went to college together for a little, were in each other's weddings and now still love local. Unfortunately, we are both crazy busy these days and don't get the opportunity to spend much girl time together like we use to, but we had planned to get together for our b-days for awhile.
I recently received a promotional email from a local restaurant that is located in the city. Every Thursday, Zia's Red Door offers a happy hour wine tasting where you pay a flat rate of $15 and sample three different wines as well as appetizers. Both being wine-o's, I thought this would be perfect for Jillian and I!
Zia's was a neat spot. It's located in the heart of downtown, right on restaurant row, and although it doesn't differ immensely from most of the other places on 2nd street, it was worth a try. We decided to sit outside (being a gorgeous night) and dined al fresco style on the sidewalk of the city.
There were 3 wines featured. A Sauvignon Blanc, a Grenache, and a Shiraz. The Shiraz was by far my favorite out of the three.
The apps were quite nice as well. Steamed mussels, a crab and lobster dip, and some kind of lamb. (yuck! Even though I don't eat or even like much meat, I tried it but I promise you I don't like lamb)
We sipped out wines and enjoyed our apps over some good catching up time. We got a little more hungry and decided to order something substantial off the menu. Both of us felt that salads were in order, and chose to each order a featured salad and split. (I love having friends with the same foodie tastes as me, it makes dining out so much more fun!)
Jillian order the Caprese salad and I ordered the Seared Tuna. Both were awesome and totally hit the spot.
It was a great night and I am definitely happy that I gave in a little and went out and enjoyed myself. Even though it was still a relatively "in-expensive" outing, it was well worth the money just being able to catch up with a good friend, over good food and wine.
Hope you all had a great day!!
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What an awesome friend date! Looks like so much fun :)
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Cool you had fun with your bestie.
Aw what a fun night! I miss hanging out with girlfriends and doing fun things like that. So glad you had fun!
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ReplyDeleteLove wine tastings too. A restaurant by us has a tapas night - 9 courses WITH wine pairings for only $45 per person!
Sadly, the first time my husband and I went, we had to stop at Burger King - he was still hungry!
Now he orders off the menu, I do tapas and we both get the wine pairings!
Sounds like a fun girls' night! Good wine choices!
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