July 24, 2008

Dreaming of Steak While Eating Frou Frou

What’s wrong with me? For those of you who know me well you could probably think of several things that are wrong with me. That isn’t what this post is about though. That would be a much longer post :)

No, this post is about food. Is something wrong with me because I don’t frou frou meals. There I said it. I don’t know of any other woman who feels this way, but I’m tired of pretending.

All my friends in my life over the last five years have all enjoyed our mom nights out to be at La Madeleine. I just don’t understand. It’s not that the food is bad. It’s that I always leave hungry. All of the food is little and dainty, and “frou frou” I like red meat. I like restaurants where a salad is part of the meal but NOT the entree.

We don’t eat out nice meals as much anymore. It seems like a waste when you have young children. We frequent restaurants with playgrounds and pancakes. So when I’m out without kids, it’s a treat. I want a nice restaurant with more than soup, salad, and tiny sandwiches. La Madeleine’s desserts almost make up for it, but not quite.

Tomorrow I’m headed to the lake with some women at church, and of course we’ll start the trip with dinner at La Madeleine. Oh yea! I’ll sit there with the girls sipping tomato basil soup and munching on a dainty chicken salad croissant while secretly wishing I was devouring a big juicy steak at Longhorn’s. I’ll try not to let La Madeleine ruin the weekend.

PS – On a side note…say a prayer for Andy. He’ll be on kid duty while I’m at the lake. Andrew has only taken a bottle successfully once in his seven months so it’s sink or swim for him. Good luck guys!