Night on the Town

Friday, after I was home from Spain and mostly settled, Alex took me out for dinner in Roanoke. I had warned him while I was gone that I wanted to do something special the weekend I got back into the country. I put it in his hands to decide where to eat and what to do, so once he started making decisions, I wasn't allowed to know to the plans.

I bought a new dress and a pair heels in Spain and was very excited to wear them on our date. Lucky for me, he likes getting dressed up too. Therefore, he picked a nicer restaurant in downtown Roanoke. We got ready at his house (I had no hot water at the new apartment) and left. On the way out the door both his mom and brother asked where we were going and Alex blew it, saying "Blue 5". I had never heard of it anyway, so it wasn't the worst thing.

He parked (with his cool parking pass he gets from work) and we walked up the street. Blue 5, it turns out, is a southern cuisine restaurant, with food from the Louisiana/Mississippi area. This means fish, shrimp and chicken. The restaurant was known for live music as well and was decorated with guitars and instruments (I even saw a light made out of a snare drum). The restaurant had two floors, the second modeled after the deck of a riverboat, and that's where we sat.

Blue 5 in Roanoke, VA. The view from our table on the top.

It was too early for the live music but thoroughly enjoyed our meal. I had herb crusted chicken in a hollandaise sauce and Alex got the catfish. I tried it but it was too spicy for my taste.

Alex still had another surprise for me. We walked a little ways around downtown to a new dessert place called Frogurt in Roanoke. This place is WAY cool! You get a large bowl and have your choice of about 8 frozen yogurt flavors. You can have as many flavors and as much of each as you'd like (you pay by the weight at the end).  I got a relatively modest amount of the chocolate and I couldn't pass up the banana but I moved onto the many unique toppings. I probably ate more toppings than frozen yogurt. They have the normal toppings like m'n'm's, chocolate chips, Hershey's syrup...but then they have gummy bears, cookie bits, brownies...right on to fruit and fruit-flavored things. They even had frosted animal crackers! 

Another plus is the pricing. The two of us got decent sized ice creams (Alex's was much bigger than mine, of course) for about $5! If you're in the Roanoke area, you MUST visit this place. Apparently they opened about a month ago and business is booming.

Completely stuffed and happy, we headed back to Salem. I don't think I could have asked for a better date night. Or date for that matter.