{"id":349,"date":"2008-08-07T23:08:41","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T05:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/?p=349"},"modified":"2011-02-18T03:19:08","modified_gmt":"2011-02-18T09:19:08","slug":"date-night-during-restaurant-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/?p=349","title":{"rendered":"Date Night During Restaurant Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before Brenden was born, Jenny and I agreed to go out to dinner alone within the first 2 weeks after he arrived. We want to keep our marriage a priority amidst the constant demands of parenting a newborn. We postponed our first date night slightly because so many of our wonderful friends are bringing us dinner this week and next, but we finally have a plan! Since this is a very special occasion, we decided to go somewhere we would NEVER go on a normal date night.<\/p>\n<p>Each August, KRLD organizes Restaurant Week, a chance to try some of the best restaurants in the DFW area for a fixed price of $35, which includes appetizer, entree, and dessert. Even better, it&#8217;s a fundraiser for the North Texas Food Bank. We made reservations at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pappasbros.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pappas Bros. Steakhouse<\/a> for August 16 at 5:00. The plan is to feed Brenden at Grammy&#8217;s house, enjoy dinner, and pick him up before he gets hungry again. This will be our first time to leave him alone with someone outside the hospital and Mom&#8217;s first time to watch her grandson alone, since my dad will be on a plane returning from Alaska. If you&#8217;re looking for a nice restaurant, Restaurant Week is the way to go. Just don&#8217;t try to meet us at Pappas &#8211; this is a solo date!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before Brenden was born, Jenny and I agreed to go out to dinner alone within the first 2 weeks after he arrived. We want to keep our marriage a priority amidst the constant demands of parenting a newborn. We postponed &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/?p=349\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5287,"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions\/5287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andybox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}