Bottega Cafe - 2 Thumbs Up!

Saturday evening, Scott and I were in the mood to try something different and possibly sit outside. So, I hit Google and found a list of places you could eat outside! I had never been to Bottega or Bottega Cafe, so we were excited to venture that way for an early dinner!

We didn't opt to eat outside ( I think because the inside was so pretty!)

I don't eat any seafood, so the menu options are usually fairly limited at nice restaurants! But, we lucked up on this appetizer!

Homemade chips with a charred onion dip! YUM! If you like Barber's French Onion Dip, you'll love this!! (I hate to compare Bottega to Barber's, very different but both good in their own respects!)

I have to be honest, I looked the menu up before I came and knew we HAD to come when I saw this on the menu...

Cafe Macaroni & Cheese with a salad! YES PLEASE! The pasta was penne with three cheeses! The salad was simply greens tossed in their vinaigrette! DID THEY CREATE THIS FOR ME? I could go back everyday and eat this!! AWESOME!

Scott will eat just about anything, so he opted for...

The Pork cutlet sandwich. This came with a "green tomato mostarda, arugula, and caramelized onion". It came with some more of the delicious homemade chips!! I took a bite and loved the pork!

Scott and I NORMALLY do not get dessert (unless he is stalling trying to propose to me!)... but we couldn't pass up dessert after how great everything else was.

Strawberry Cake - featuring Alabama grown strawberries! AWESOME! The sauce was to die for! Scott and I had NO trouble finishing that off!

We were also very impressed with the price! I would have thought with an appetizer, two entrees, and dessert, we would have racked up a ticket. But, all that was $41! I think that's just about as expensive as Zaxby's!

Click here to learn more about Bottega and Bottega Cafe! I am so glad we ventured out and tried something new! We cannot wait to go back again!

Take me out to the ballgame (Corndog Style!)...

So, Scott loves baseball and I do too! So, I agreed to go see LSU (aka-Corndogs!) play FL in the SEC baseball tournament for a date night. Scott is a HUGE LSU fan, so it was the least I could do, right? :)

Scott got a sweet parking pass..right by the LSU bus...

And got us AWESOME seats...that just so happened to be by the LSU dugout

So I have a confession (I told Scott first!)...baseball players are SO hot!! Great seats Honey!!!

(He told me to take this...the "next upcoming MLB"..per Scott!)

I really enjoyed watching baseball and I have to admit, I'm glad Scott enjoyed watching his favorite team in our own backyard!

Funny story - this lady in the picture drove Scott CRAZY during the game. She was an obnoxious FL fan. Every time Scott would cheer a LSU guy on during a play, if FL did better, she'd almost taunt him! Scott SWORE he'd say something to her, but he took the upper road. But I did have my camera ready, just in case! :) 

The quote of the night went as follows:

Scott - "That food smells good!"

Lindsey - "Yeah, it smells kinda like onions!"

Scott - "Come on, that has NOTHING to do with LSU corndogs!"

Lindsey - "Defensive about the corndog thing, aren't we?"

Scott - "Yes!!!"

We had a great time watching LSU pull out a win over #1 seed FL! We had so much fun that we are going back this afternoon to watch AL play Ole Miss and stay around for LSU vs. Vandy! I'm pulling for both LSU and AL so we can play one another!!