I love spending time with my pea! I don't get to see her enough since we both have crazy schedules, lives, we live across town from each other and well, timing doesn't always work. (A year later and still that way...but we do try!!) But when we can make it work ~ we have the best of times and so much fun. Like our Texas trip last year! Was SO MUCH FUN!!
She had gotten us tickets to the Dimondbacks game, so she wanted us to do dinner before the game. What an awesome way to spend the evening with my best friend for my birthday!!
We started the early evening with drinks at The District at the Sheraton Down Town. Had never been there before and it was close to the ball park so it was perfect!
We started in the bar for happy hour for a bit since dining opens at 5pm (see a pattern?? -LOL!!)
Happy hour is from 3-7 and then 10p-close Mon-Sat.
Our bartender Mitchell was great!
There are so many options for drinks from beer, wine to hand crafted cocktails and cocktails is just what we girls were wanting...but what to get?!
After telling Mitchell what we liked and were looking for we made our decision. I enjoyed the Jeremiah Peach Tea (let me tell you that this drink goes down REALLY smooth and quick!!) and Prickly Pear Mojito for Chrisie.
They were the perfect recommendations!!
We still had a while before dinner and the game, so we ordered another round (DUH!!) and looked at the bar menu for some lite munchies. :)~ What we loved is that most of the items on the menu are from local growers which is awesome!! We decided to try the tuna ceviche and the tepary bean hummus.
While we were waiting for the appetizers, I decided to wander around and check out the space.
I really love this space! It has just about everything for everyone. By that I mean that it can be intimate, social, casual or formal. There's so much space for what suits your occasion as you can see by some of the pictures, but you REALLY need to check it out yourself to fully get it ~ especially if you haven't been there before.
After I was done taking pictures I returned to enjoy the apps that had arrived and looked amazing!
The presentation of the hummus was so farm to table! You know that the Chef takes pride when the presentation makes you say "Ooooh..."
Loved that the veggies were in ice in a mason jar. (great idea!!)
The hummus was SO GOOD!! It had a little drizzle of Queen Creek Olive Oil and the pita chips were crisp and well....we ate it all!!
Notice that they only brought one fork for the tuna ceviche?? (BIG problem!! ~ LOL!!!)
LOL....they did bring side plates and an extra fork...otherwise I would have had to use my fingers to fight my pea for some!! We should have ordered another but we didn't wanna ruin our appetite for dinner. :)
It was melt in your mouth good and yes..just as with the hummus....we ate it all!!!
Perfect bites to hold us over. On to dinner!!
This was our server Ian and he was amazing!!
So many yummy choices it was hard to decide what to have for dinner. Chrisie decided to have the short rib stroganoff.
It may not look like much but the bowl was deep and she had 3 HUGE chunks of short ribs in that bowl.
The noodles and the short ribs were cooked to perfection. Not a bite went to waste!!
Me....I chose the salmon cedar plank with the asparagus parmesan risotto and I WAS NOT disappointed.
The salmon was so moist and tender it was SO GOOD!! And the risotto?? Well....let's just say that it looked like I licked my entire board and pot clean!
WHAT?!?! It was good!! (don't judge!!)
So...you would think as much as we had to eat and drink that we wouldn't have room for dessert, right?!
WRONG!!! LOL!!!
Now typically I'm a creme brûlée girl, but we both saw whoopie pie and of course we had to get it!!
They were SO cute and SO yummy!!! Had a nice strawberry flavor with a hint of rhubarb. AND it came with a strawberry shake!! (that green stuff is pistachio)
With dinner done it was time to head over to the game. You would think that after having such an AWESOME dinner that the night was perfect- RIGHT?!?! NOPE!!!
Aside from getting to spend the day with my best friend, an incredible dinner and going to the ball game, the piece de resistance?!?!
That was the night that the Dback's were playing the Oakland A's and we were losing 6-8 at the bottom of the 6th. 7th and 8th inning came and went....no score for either teams. Top of the 9th and the A's are up to bat...no score. (bitting nails at this point!!) Bottom of the 9th ~ I think at that point Dback fans were hoping for the best but preparing for the worst.
First two Dback players struck out. (need another drink!!) Then Chris Young was up to bat, he was walked. Next up was Aaron Hill ~he swings to get on first, moving Chris to second. (GULP!!!!) Batting next was "Tatman" Ryan Roberts.....HOME RUN BABY!!! He brought in the runners scoring all 3 runs to win the game 9-8!!
It was an AWESOME way to end the night!!!
Best memories, best times, best friends!!!
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