Greg's Turn for Date Night

Last night Greg took me out on one of the best dates ever! We drove down to the Pike (near where he and I both work) and decided on Bubba Gumps for dinner since he had never been before. We had some incredible sauteed shrimp loaded with butter and garlic as well as fish and chips (because Greg's never had that either). We enjoyed the sunset outside on the patio just opposite the Long Beach marina and Aquarium of the Pacific. It was gorgeous! Greg dominated the Forrest Gump trivia - if you've ever been to a Bubba's then you know what I'm talking about :)
About half way through dinner Greg notified me that we had ten minutes to be somewhere! So we finished up our meal and headed out over the water towards the Queen Mary. The plan was to catch the last tour but we were about fifteen minutes late, so we chose to give ourselves the self-guided tour. The ship was absolutely beautiful and simply humongous! There were twinkle lights hung probably fifty feet up from one mast to the other. There were so many different decks it took us a while to find the bow. It really was a romantic spot though :) Walking through the hallways to some Frank Sinatra and Glenn Miller style music we left quite satisfied with our own tour of this Long Beach landmark. Marching back down four levels of iron stairs we gave some good whistles just to hear the amazing echoes, only to find the hotel lobby manager and a group of tourists staring at us as we round the corner :P Oh well...
We drove back to the Pike to catch the movie Abduction (which was really awful, but we laughed and decided we would be better actors). We had a wonderful time.
Driving back to our apartment I was still amazed that we live together and don't have to go our separate ways anymore. I love this no-goodbye-thing! Once cozied up on our couch we cracked out the cookies and ice cream and read a little before bed. It really was a fantastic date night and I'm not sure I can out-do him on our next one! Hope you enjoy some of the pics :)