Dinner Date Must Try

Last weekend Paul and I had an awesome dinner date night at a relatively new restaurant here in Jacksonville at the Town Center, Black Finn.  We'd heard mixed reviews about the atmosphere and food, but we still wanted to try it out for ourselves and we're so glad we did because we'll definitely go back sometime soon.

Here's what we ordered (all of which was awesome - - - and keep in mind that my husband eats more than the average adult male)
Appetizers:

• Ying-Yang Shrimp: crispy shrimp, sweet and spicy Asian sauce
• Blackened Brie: Ciabatta toast, sliced apples, apricots, cranberry chutney

As you can see from the pictures, both appetizers were yummy!  The Ying-Yang Shrimp was great because there wasn't a whole lot of breading.  I'm sure it's still pretty bad for you but at least we didn't feel quite so bad eating it :)

Entrees:

• The Wedge: wedge of iceberg lettuce, bacon, bleu cheese crumbles, roma tomatoes, red onion (minus the onion), creamy bleu cheese dressing, sliced steak (Suzanne)
• Lime Seared Salmon: roasted corn black bean pico de gallo, rice pilaf, asparagus (Paul)
• Goat Cheese Grit Cakes (Suzanne)
• Mac and Cheese (Pauly)



Although Pauly could eat his body weight in food, the portions are HUGE so we ended up taking home over half of what we ordered for the entrees.  We weren't even able to try the mac and cheese since we were so full...needless to say, we did not order dessert.
Paul and I would both recommend giving Black Finn a try, especially if the weather is good because they have a great patio for dining outside.


Happy Sunday and cheers to finding new and fun dinner date restaurants!!!

Jacksonville Zoo

Paul's mom and dad came to stay with us this weekend and we had a really relaxing and stress free time - I think we all needed it :)  90% of the weekend we stayed at the house and spent most of our time lounging on the front porch or walking the dogs on the beach, and the weather couldn't have been more perfect and we definitely feasted and imbibed to our hearts content. 

As is standard for Paul and I on any other weekend, we went almost the whole weekend without getting in our cars but we did make a special trip on Saturday to the Jacksonville Zoo - Paul and I love the zoo here in Jax and Mama T really wanted to check it out.  Since the weather was so great it was an ideal weekend for the Zoo.

Here are some of the guys and gals we got to see:

That last picture of Paul and his parents was from Saturday night when we walked down to Neptune Square to hear a local Jazz band.  I wish I had gotten a few more pictures of Paul and I with Mama T and Papa G but I just wasn't on my game.

I head out tomorrow for a long week of traveling for work so Paul and I are off for a date night.  Happy Sunday!!!