So we initially were going to go have dinner at La Mie, but apprently they are not open for dinner on Saturday Nights, so instead we headed downtown and went to Centro. We got there, without reservations, and even though there were many many empty tables, they made us wait for about a half an hour. So we sat at the bar. I had a beer, Shannon had a coke, and we chatted while we waited, and I complained about all the empty tables and apprently none for us.
After about 30 minutes, we got to sit down.
We ordered an appitizer of fried calamari and it was pretty good (I've had some better and a lot worse). It was Shannon's first experience with calamari (squid) and she liked it, but she didn't think that she would like it if it weren't lightly breaded and had a dipping sauce to go with it.
Then we got our "Centro" salads, which were: Italian greens, toasted pecans, shaved red onion and Gorgonzola cheese tossed with balsamic vinaigrette. I really enjoyed it. Shannon didn't much like the cheese. The vinaigrette was quite tasty, I thought.
Then came our dinners. Shannon had a Lobster Ravioli and I had a Veal Marsala (mmm baby cow). I had some of Shannon's ravioli, and it was quite good, the insides were very creamy and the taste was very good. My Veal Marsala was good. Not great, but good. The veal was a little tougher then I thought it should be but the sauce was very good. One of my comments to Shannon was that I thought that I could understand why people liked mushrooms so much, although I still don't think I could eat mushrooms by themselves.
During dinner, I had a couple of glasses of wine, a Syrah (good) and a Zinfandel...The Zinfandel was actually quite good, it was called "Seven Deadly Zins", silly name, good taste.
Afterwards, we headed down to the Civic Center to watch Cats. I learned a lot of things about Cats and how it was based on the poetry of T.S. Eliot. Shannon really enjoyed herself, and the musical was pretty good I suppose, for not having a real plot. I don't see why it's so popular. But Shannon had a good time, so that's what matters.
Afterwards, we headed home, I saw that Stam Gellatarie was still open, but Shannon just wanted to go home, so we did.