Little Getaway

This has been a long time in the works. Before I even had Perry, I was planning a little getaway. I had hoped it would come sooner, but finding 2 consecutive days that Lane was off is next to impossible. Plus it had to be during the week because the room was double the price on the weekend. 

ANYWAY, the day had finally come. We went to this place called Seasons 52 for dinner. It's a fancy shmancy place at Northpark. Their menu is really healthy. As in nothing is over 450 calories and they don't even have butter in the restaurant. It's also based around seasonal food, so everything is always fresh. I normally would not seek out a place like this, but we had a gift card and I'm so glad we got to try it. It was really good. I got the filet mignon. It was cooked to perfection. I'm not really a steak person, but this was delicious. Lane got the  tortilla soup and shrimp & lobster roll which was also good.

After dinner we went to a movie (The Big Wedding). Not the best movie, but not horrible either. I always know that movies with a lot of stars are rarely great, but see them anyway. 

After the movie we went to Hotel Zaza. I had booked one of their concept suites, Bohemian. I'll admit that it wasn't exactly what I expected. I don't think that I truly understood what Bohemian is. I was not expecting the creepy pictures. I even thought about taking them down, but was afraid of breaking them on accident. Other than that, the room was really nice and the couch and bed were so so comfy. 

Note the 2 giant pictures above the couch. How could you miss them?

This is a picture from their website. Didn't notice those pictures that were clearly there before. But as you can see, the bedding is way better in their picture than what we actually got. And that striped chaise lounge wasn't there. I was a little disappointed because those 2 pieces were what I was looking forward to the most. Oh well.

Day 2: We actually got to sleep in! That was probably the best thing ever. Not having to be woken up and start rushing around. Then we ordered room service for breakfast. Once we checked out, we went to get massages. Oh man, I want to start getting those once a month. I didn't think I was a massage person. I've had a couple before, but never really appreciated them til now. Maybe it's because I didn't have kids when I got them before. After that we had a quick lunch at Schlotsky's and swung by Marble Slab for good measure. Then it was back to reality.

Thanks to my parents who kept the kids. My mom took the day off work so she could help my dad. I always have anxiety when we leave the kids. We weren't even gone a full 24 hours. I think it was like 22 hours. But I still feel like I have to rush to get home. Of course they were doing just fine when we got back.

And bonus, we went to see Iron Man 3 after we put the kids to bed. It was good. What a great little getaway. Who knows when it will happen again.