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So, our anniversary night out Saturday night was a bit of a letdown

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Oct 15 '12, 08:40

I'd bought tickets for a little boat ride on the Potomac. You buy tickets for the day, not a particular time, but the tickets say that the boat goes out at 6:30, so that's what I was planning. We got to the dock and the boat is coming in, and the guy behind the wheel said that he'd been told by the owner not to go out again b/c the day was so slow so far. I argued a little, but he was just doing what he was told, so there wasn't any point in going Jovian. I'll want to get my money back (the guy we talked so basically said good luck with that, but we'll see). We had a nice walk along the river, which was nice, but it would have been nice to be on the water during sunset.

Then we went up to dinner, which was a big disappointment. This place was supposed to be one of the restaurants in the city, but I was completely unimpressed. The waitress had little interest in dealing with us. The best part was the marrow bones appetizer, which was pretty terrific. But I ordered duck confit, which I'd never had. I guess I built expectations up to far, but it was slightly below average at best - kind of dry and not very flavorful.

Heather and I don't get out together much, so it was nice just spending time with her, but, especially considering how much time I'd spent getting things lined up, it was pretty disappointing.

Responses:

You want help sinking the boat, you just say the word. -- nm - Max Oct 15, 08:52
Sorry to hear. This is why we usually don't try something new for occasions. We like to go 'where everyone knows our name'. ;-) -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 15, 08:45 2
- Yeah, but just about everyone in at least two counties "knows your name" :) -- nm - Meg Oct 15, 08:49 1
  - L4 - yeah, "Spielberg" -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 15, 08:50
Sorry. Reality has a way of undermining these things, doesn't it? -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 08:45 2
- PS I would make it my mission to get a refund for the boat. -- nm - Spawn Oct 15, 08:51 1
  - Yeah, I don't think it's going to be that difficult - prayformojo Oct 15, 08:53
good for you to make the best of it though and not let the disappointments ruin the nigth -- nm - JenBro Oct 15, 08:43
any nudity? -- nm - oblique Oct 15, 08:43
Well, with your courtship and marriage up to this point being so damn exciting, I can see why this was a letdown. - kelly Oct 15, 08:43 2
- Thanks. I'd hired a whole team of writers to put that together, so I'm glad it was well received -- nm - prayformojo Oct 15, 08:44 1
  - It was great. -- nm - kelly Oct 15, 08:47
Sorry to hear :-( Where was dinner? -- nm - MDH Oct 15, 08:41
:/ -- nm - Epiphany Oct 15, 08:41
sorry to hear that. Congrats though! (What restaurant?) -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:41 5
- Buck's Fishing & Camping -- nm - prayformojo Oct 15, 08:44 4
  - Sorry to hear. Shoot me a message next time, I'd be glad to offer suggestions. The mgmt there is awful. - MDH Oct 15, 08:45 1
    - ooh, I'll have to hit you up in the future. -- nm - loosilu Oct 15, 08:48
  - *googles* Hmm, you weren't making that up! -- nm - Don Homer Oct 15, 08:45 1
    - it was down hil ever since john candy died -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 15, 13:00

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