We're still over the moon from Thursday ...

Thursday's outing inspired by Dining Out for Life was an absolute success of a grownup night out. Ambling through our meal, our wine, conversation, then through a calm but lit-up dowtown as we window-shopped for future inspiration and chatted with our pals is lusted-after bliss for those with young kids. And Thursday did not disappoint. Over the Moon, where I'd been for lunch many times but dinner never, was absolutely divine. Three out of four of us indulged in the giggle-inducing halibut cheeks and those of us who could taste -- poor ill Elle -- were moaning and groaning through half the meal. My gluten-sensitive sweetie enjoyed the scrumptious duck dinner and was pretty pleased as well. After dinner, we gorged ourselves on window shopping. Ok, the girls giddily walked hand-in-hand from window to window, peering into vintage and toy shops drooling like our munchkins drool over lemon drops and lollipops. We peered into Glenna's cache of dare-to-be-different designs, into the soon-to-be-closing Trouve of French goodies and also-closing Beauty & the Beast Antiques (FYI: currently anything left is 50% off), into the never-ending shop of gifts and goodies at Ever After, and drooled as if we were our kids at the bevy of beauty at Learning Sprout. (The guys kindly followed us and held up their end of the banter.) We almost made it into Paddy Coyne's for one last drink but the "baby sitter" called us home. (We love grandparents.) But we appreciated having the dilemma of WHERE we were going to have that one last drink ... as there was also Meconi's, Vin Grotto, Matador and so much more just in that end of town alone. (Sadly, the Link stopped at 8 or we were going to walk along the bridge of glass and meander the other half of downtown as well.) Ahh. I'm still lingering in the dreaminess of it all ...