My spouse and I eat out fairly often, probably once a week at least, but that's just eating out. This evening, to celebrate our first anniversary, we indulged in $$ FINE DINING $$. Instead of our usual haunts, which all have really good food, we went to Eddie Merlot's. We dressed up and everything. The food was excellent (best filet I've ever had), the service impeccable, soft lighting, beautifully set tables and a very nice but not overly attentive waitress. We were seated at a U shaped booth where we sat side by side and observed all the action. No scooting around the bench seat though. When we were led to our table, the hostess pulled the table completely out, so we could be seated, then pushed it back in place in front of us. The procedure was reversed when we were ready to leave. It was all in all a delightful experience with only two jarringly funny notes. The carts laden with meals that were pushed around the room were loud. It sounded like they had wooden wheels reverberating on the lovely hardwood floors. My husband said it reminded him of scenes in old movies where people in carts were being hauled off to the guillotine. It didn't happen often but we thought it was pretty funny in that oh so lovely setting. The other incident happened as we were getting ready to leave. We realized that we didn't have anything smaller than a ten dollar bill with which to tip the coat check person, so we asked our waitress if she could get us change - two fives for the ten. Poor lady, I think she thought we were going to leave her a $5 tip. But my wonder spouse came through with his usual generosity, so she probably brightened up after we left and she saw her actual tip. After all that, we came home and had champaign to toast our new year. Cheers everybody!!
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