So after spending a good hunk of the day being lazy, reading my daily comics, watching the daily show and Colbert report, and then a large chunk of Super Paper Mario, we got all dressed up and headed down to Centro for dinner. We met up with Chris & Holly and Patrick &..uh...I should know her name, but it's not coming up (Patrick arrived shortly before we did and Chris and Holly were a little late).
We sat down, and it was a good thing we came around 5, rather then closer to 6 our meal took quite a while, though it was delicious. I had a prosciutto wrapped pork loin (delicious), Shannon had a wonderful Truffle Mac & Cheese (Penne pasta with Niman Ranch Applewood Smoked Ham and a truffle cheddar cheese sauce, topped with toasted bread crumbs). I don't remember what Patrick had, but he did say that it was the best version of it that he's had in Des Moines. We also started off with some fried calamari too. Patrick bought and shared two bottles of wine (Thanks Patrick!). It started off with a white, which I am pretty sure it was a bottle of 2005 Robert Mondavi Winery Fume Blanc Napa Valley (which was on the dry side, but still good) and then moved on to a red, 2005 Zinfandel The Monster (which was spicy and delicious). It was nice to go out with people and have a nice dinner.
Afterwards, we walked down to the Civic Center and saw Monty Phython's Spamalot. This was remarkably silly. There were parodies of other famous broadway shows, along with scenes from their movies and a few extra silly bits added in. I laughed a whole bunch. Shannon enjoyed it as well. Much silliness. We even bought some things as well. Interestingly enough, a seat away from Patrick was Kevin & Mollie Cooney (local TV news reporters).
So after the silliness was done (including a joke about Harry Potter and a comment about the butter cow), we headed outside.
The evening had lost the mild heat of the day and we grouped up outside the building and started to walk back to Centro. Chris and Holly were meeting up with some friends of theirs (since this was their first children free night in a while), and we decided not to join them (they headed to the royal mile). We enjoyed the night! The only detracting thing was that we weren't able to be joined by the Mattas, but it still turned out great.