Late this afternoon I heard some wonderful news from my dad. He was in town for work and had the evening free to spend with me and Ryan!
After work, Ryan and I took Sadie on 40-minute walk before heading to Maitland to meet my dad and one of his colleagues at Sam Snead’s for dinner.
We arrived around 7 p.m. and started the evening with a round of drinks. I opted for a glass of Riesling which I enjoyed as we chatted and waited for our appetizers.
When the appetizers arrived, I dug right into a crab cake that was full of lump crab meat. I ate about 3/4 of it (I was supposed to be sharing) before nabbing a large shrimp from the shrimp cocktail.
For my entrée, I opted for the cobb salad which came with lots of toppings, my favorite being the avocado.
I cleaned my plate!
We had a great dinner with some very amusing conversation. Stay tuned for a post based around our dinner talk tomorrow. I’m anxious to hear your opinions!
Almost time for bed…
P.S. The Fashion page was finally updated this evening!
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Everything is better with avocado! 🙂 Curious to see what the conversation was all about!
surprises like that are always nice! glad you & ryan enjoyed your dinner date with dad! 🙂
I can’t remember the last time I’ve had a real, delicious crab cake. I need to remedy that. Stat. 🙂
All of this food looks so good! Cobb salads have my heart…all the toppings!
P.S. Cute outfit!
I’m glad you had a good night with your dad and Ryan!! My dad and boyfriend are actually my two favorite dinner dates. I’m glad they get along!
Riesling is always a good choice prior to appetizers !!! 😉
I love me some cobb salad! So glad you were able to have dinner with your dad!
Dinner looks delish! I always order Riesling, it’s my favorite type of wine.
I tried a crab cake for the first time a couple of weeks ago and fell in LOVE! They’re amazing! Glad you had a great night 🙂
LOOOOOOOOVE crab cakes! I just had some at Bonefish Grill on Saturday night. Nothing is quite as good as crabcakes eaten in Maryland though 🙂
My dad always says the same thing. 🙂
Dinner looks amazing!!! I miss Sadie! 🙂 I have a funny story for you. My boyfriend and I absolutely have fallen in love with the vizsla breed and every time I get my google reader open he runs over and asks “puppy pictures?!” and just loves seeing Sadie!! Well now we are on Spring Break and you posted a few Sadie pictures that were adorable and he calls me on the phone and says “I looked at puppy pictures today!” and I was like “really? Sadie pictures?” and he was like “yeah I typed in peanut butter fingers into google and found it!”
Oh goodness he is so adorable!! So obviously you can tell what dog we are getting out of college 🙂
Awww!
You better send me puppy pictures when you get one!!
Of course you will be the first one I send them too!! In fact I would probably tweet the pictures to you as we choose one. I would send via text but I obviously don’t have your number haha! It’ll be a few years but I’m sure you’ll still be around blogging for sure! 😀
Aw, that is THE cutest story!! Your boyfriend sounds like an absolute sweetheart 🙂
Aww!! He really is!! I love this commenting system. The emails are great. I never know when there is a response on my comments! I need to figure out how to get a good commenting/reply for my blog!
I love getting a Cobb Salad — for the avocado! I just had one tonight and it was lovely.
You have me in suspense! Great looking dinner! 🙂
That shrimp cocktail looks yummy. 🙂
oh i love avocado in a salad from a restaurant.
That dinner looks yummy!!!! Love avocado!
I love Riesling, its the perfect wine for a dinner out, sometimes the red wine is better on the weekend , at least for me!
Love your salad, it looks good!
You get me a wee bit jealous every time you post about fresh Gulf seafood. I can handle it though, so keep it coming.
I’ve never heard of Sam Snead’s but the food looks awesome, the crab cake in particular!
That dinner looks delicious! I love crab cakes!
I wanted to say that last night I made fish tacos, after seeing them on your blog the other day. They were SO simple to make and oh so delicious! Thanks for the inspiration!
what a great surprise!! and lovely dinner!!! ima go check out the fashion page now! i love it!
I love fancy spontaneous weeknight dinners out. 🙂 they make me feel like I’m on vacation!
That salad looks great! I love avocados. They add so much to whatever you put them in or mix them with. I am a huge fan of crabcakes and that one looks really tasty! I can’t wait to hear what the conversation was about! 🙂
Sam Snead’s is great! I worked at the one in Sarasota for a short time. Great food!
Your crab cake looks delicious!! I love all things seafood and really wish I lived in a place where I could eat fresh seafood all the time.
mmm crab cakes 🙂
I have been enjoying Chia seeds on my hardboiled egg whites. They stick really well and give the eggs more visual appeal. (peel! lol!)
I think of you and your fun blog every time I eat Chia seeds!!