Dinner at Clyde’s

Friday, July 23rd, 2010 | 51 Comments

Yesterday was a sorta rough day. :F Though the doctors said I’d be done with everything before my Japan trip, they called yesterday and said otherwise. It was so distressing. So Mike wanted to take me out to dinner. To take my mind off it.

He said anywhere I wanted to go! But I couldn’t think of anywhere and I wasn’t feeling hungry because I was so upset. So instead he asked, “OK, where DON’T you want to go & I’ll surprise you!” Sadly I thought of a long list of “no’s” haahaa. So he picked me up and we drove~~ Drove to a new area I’ve never even been before.

He drove us to this establishment of the Clyde’s Restaurants nestled between these big office parks! I had no idea it was even there! It was all old school lodge/cabin style. :!: It was really nice and the food, TO DIE FOR. I only knew of the Clyde’s in Georgetown, Chevy Chase, and have only been to the Old Ebbit Grill in downtown DC. This particular one was even better! Seriously one of the best restaurant experieces we’ve had in a long, long time. Good food, atmosphere, and service!

The Food
Started off with a cold Peach and Cantaloupe soup garnished with mint!
Next was my entree of Eggplant Parmesan!
I haven’t had GOOD eggplant parm in a long, long time. This was one of the best I’ve ever had.
Ended with the Cherry Chocolate Crunch. Basically cherry cobbler with a chocolate oatmeal cookie baked inside topped with vanilla ice cream!

They gave us a really nice booth, it felt really private and far from the other tables which I truly appreciated.

Also THERE WERE NO KIDS! It never fails, you could be at a 60$ plate restaurant and DC people still bring their bratty kids! But I think because this establishment was nestled away that only knowledgeable adults know of it. That or they put kids in a separate dining room. They have 3 dining rooms here. One is by reservation only and has a gorgeous view of wooded areas.

The moment we saw the owl on the menu we knew this was gonna be good!

My makeup was really simple that night. I used the KATE brand eye palette and Dolly Wink brown eyeliner pencil I got from Yesstyle.

I think KATE eyeshadows have to be my favorite~~! They’re always so pigmented and the palettes give you a great selection for a whole look. I used the same palette on this day too. Last night I paired it with a light glitter purple shade (Grifter) from Urban Decay.

I’m really loving the brown Dolly Wink eye pencil! More than I expected! It’s a deeper brown which I like. It goes on really smooth and I haven’t seen any bad smudging and I’ve only had a little light transfer to my upper eye crease after about8 hours of wear. This is pretty good since even my Anna Sui black waterproof pencil has some transfer after about 6 hours of wear. My eyelids tend to get oily after a few hours. (I have oily type skin) It’s why I always use an eyeshadow primer with my eye makeup. :good:

A super close up on the eyemake (eyeball photo LOL) if you’re interested.

Today I just worked, studied for my cert class that’s next week, ate dinner, then ran some Target errands & hit up my favorite froyo place. Sadly they’re THE BEST in town and a year later THE SECRET’S OUT! They’re always packed now! Last summer we’d go there and have the place all to ourselves or with just a couple of teens. Now it’s always slammed with mothers and bratty kids pushing and shoving and causing me rage….

We’re gonna try a new place to see if they’ve gotten ANY better since opening. It just sucks because our favorite place really has the freshest fruits and most legit frozen yogurt. But they now have the RUDEST customers and are always “low on mix” so the machines don’t work.

Anyway.

PMS + a smelly-pooped-filled-diaper kid pushing me made me rage and pile sugar upon sugar onto my non-fat froyo (defeats the point of the non-fat I guess, LOL ) I never get sugary topping but EFF it. I’m pmsing!!!