Nathan and I are back to planning our once a month dates for each other. We trade months and the idea is to plan something the other person really wants to do. We've made this year very 2009 with the goal of planning inexpensive dates (not including babysitting!). Naturally, it's a competition so we'll see at the end of the year who came up with the best date for the least amount of money. We took advantage of MLK Day and opted for a day date, which I sometimes think is more of a treat! Off to Concord we drove for breakfast at a cute French bistro, La Provence. We'd stopped there once before for lunch with the kids. Unfortunately, it wasn't as yummy as we remembered. But, hey, a quiet breakfast just the two of us, they could have served us snow! Then we went to Walden Pond to test out our snowshoes.
Snowshoes had been our 2007 Christmas present, but due to my growing belly last winter we only tested them out in the backyard. Walden Pond was beautiful. There were very few people there. We tromped around the lake and even traversed it. Let me tell you, snowshoeing is a bit of a challenge for the leader. You have to essentially march to pack down a path. Luckily, I'm married to a great marcher.
The pond was so quiet and the trees just beautiful with snow still on the branches. Date total: $22.05
Nathan and I were ready for a date night which included listening to Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan talk about their new National Parks series. We were even more excited when we arrived and were seated right behind them! How cool is that. Listening to Ken Burns is so inspirational - he oozes passion about what he does and especially about the National Parks. It was a phenomenal evening followed by some yummy Mexican food, well, yummy for Boston.
