Tonight Mark and I had a night on the town! We went to the Tornado room down town- famous for their steaks. I had a lovely T-bone with enough marbling to make it melt in your mouth. I ate the entire steak. Mark had a hefty sirloin- that was a bit too red for the both of us. Mine might have been redder than I like, but with the dim lighting I couldn't tell- fortunately. To accompany our fine meal, we had hash browns covered in butter and some crunch veggies on ice. We also had a lovely assortment of bread including homemade breadsticks, corn muffin, and an herbed loaf.

After we were happily stuffed, we headed downstairs to the red lit bar for Burr's CD release party. Burr Settles is Mark's officemate at UW. After a bit of difficulty with the amp, we happily listened to Burr play some wonderful songs and met up with some old friends- Matt Anderson was back in town after working for a game company in D.C. We also saw Jen Beckam who will be getting married later this summer, Matt Lavine who is a regular at our game night adventures, and Natalie- Burr's wife- who is just about to leave for an artistic adventure overseas.

Overall a wonderful night of amazing food, wonderful music and great friends.