M and I decided we would celebrate Valentine’s day on Sunday since Monday, is well Monday.  Yesterday we went to brunch at Coquette in North Hills.  It is a delicious French restaurant and their brunch was amazing.  After brunch we headed downtown to Father and Sons antiques.  I was really excited having read a few reviews.  The place is 3 stories and I figured would be loaded with fun stuff.  I must say I was quite disappointed.  They have very few “antiques” and a lot of clothing.  I guess my idea of antiques is different.

I worked at an antique store for a while when I was in AL and I have to say, our store had really nice antiques.  But we also had several other good stores in the area.  Very little clothing, that’s what clothing stores are for.  Point being, I was disappointed.

Anyhoo, after the disappointment downtown we headed back to get our dinner.  We decided we would cook a nice dinner just like we always do.  I guess it is becoming a nice little tradition.  One I really like.  After a trip to Earth fare (or where ever we were) we had 2 nice New York Strips, sweet potatoes, dessert and one lovely orchid.  Since M didn’t plan well I ended up picking out my own flowers.  And since the orchid was the same price as flowers I decided to give it a go.  I talked to the girl in the floral section to make sure I had a good idea of what this plant would need.  And then I was set.

Once we got home we decided to open the windows and take a little snoozer.  We then got up and started working on dinner.  M prepared the steaks and I worked on the sweet potatoes.  I’ve never actually just cooked sweet potatoes so I wasn’t sure as to what to do.  Once they were cooked I threw them in a bowl and started mixing away.  I added this and that and I must say they were pretty darn good.  *pats self on back*  🙂

M threw the steaks on the grill and before we knew it we had a nice dinner.  Steaks, wine, sweet potatoes and of course the world’s largest cupcakes.  

I didn’t make them but boy were they yummy.  And we didn’t do much to put a dent in them either.  Looks like we will have our cake for a while.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

~k