A couple of years ago it felt like Jenn and I were going to restaurants with Groupon's or Travelzoo's every weekend. That's tailed off tremendously as fewer restaurants have offered up these deals. A couple of weeks ago I stumbled upon a deal to go to Oak Grill at the Island Hotel only a couple of steps away from our new apartment, so we of course obliged. 

I've been meaning to write this post for a couple of weeks now. That's the problem with so much going on in the World of Joel I just have far too much to write about. One of the big reasons I hadn't written about this great date night was that I had a ton of blog posts already written and scheduled for the last couple of weeks. Once those caught up with me it gave me a great excuse to write a quick recap on an incredible date night.

Since purchasing & selling the house all in the same year we haven't had a ton of time to try our new restaurants. Which is a shame because even more then cooking meals I love having professionals cook for me. What's even better is to go to a restaurant that makes things I'd never dream or have any desire to make like Sushi. This past weekend Jenn and I were out and about on Saturday and headed to Fashion Island (our old stomping grounds). We were thinking of hitting up Wahoos when Jenn proclaimed that she wanted Sushi for her birthday.

A couple weeks back Jake came down on a Friday night which brought up the age old question, what's for dinner. We were really contemplating going to some of our favorite staples like The Crow Bar and Spaghetti Bender. But we finally landed on doing something different and went with Sol Cocina on PCH in Newport. 

Buying a house was expensive. For almost two years Jenn and I buckled down and saved a ton of money to purchase our home. As such I haven't had a lot of these restaurant review type of posts. The last dinner post I wrote was back in February at SWSH Shabu Shabu (although I did two breakfast review posts in March/April). This past Friday night Jenn and I decided we needed to get out and try a new place. So we went to what is considered on Yelp one of the best places to eat in Newport Beach, Juliette Kitchen & Bar. 

This past Friday Jenn and I got to try a new restaurant at Fashion Island, and it wasn't on purpose. Jenn got home around 5:30 and we walked over to Yard House to enjoy their Happy Hour. We go probably once every month or two more for the Wine/Beer then the food but its always a great time and their Happy Hour deals are great. However this past Friday it was not meant to be as the wait was a half hour which would take us over the Happy Hour time and the bar was completely packed. So we decided to make an executive decision and try a restaurant we had been wanting to try for a while, Lark Creek.