It's been almost a year since our last spare change date, and our date night jar overfloweth. Between a year's worth of change, and our stoop sale haul, we had $175 to work with. After rolling the coins, and collecting up the stoop-sale-singles, I cashed in at the bank.
With money in hand, it was time to make a plan. Ryan and I have been wanting to try Frances. It's supposed to be amazing, and it's only mere blocks from our apartment. Sadly, it was completely booked for the Friday selected for date night. Plan B: Foreign Cinema.
Although Ryan and I have both been to Foreign Cinema, it had been a while and worth a revisit. Plus, Yelp claimed that vegetarians go nuts for this place. After taking one look at the menu, we realized this couldn't possibly be true, with only one vegetarian entree, Ryan's decision had already been made. I had the seared tuna, which was light, fresh, buttery, and delicious. The portions were small, especially the vegetarian pasta, so be warned. Ryan was still hungry post meal. To save a bit of money, we opted to pay the $20 corkage fee and brought our own bottle of wine, which was gifted to us for our wedding.
With dinner over, it was time for some arty entertainment. After scouring the SF Weekly, I found a show at the Marsh Theatre in the Mission. The Scion is a one-man-show examining how societal rules apply to some, but not others, all through the lens of the San Leandro sausage factory murders. I had never been to a one-man-show before and was definitely curious. I enjoyed the show, although Ryan wasn't completely sold. The actor relied heavily on lighting and voices to delineate characters, which I thought was interesting. It runs about 75 minutes and cost $25 per ticket, which, in my opinion, was a bit pricey for the venue.
Post theatre, it was time for desert, with only $10 in our pocket, we had to be frugal. We headed back to the Castro and hit up our favorite cookie joint, Hot Cookie. Seriously, the best chocolate chip cookies in town. We grabbed two, then headed home.
On our walk home, we passed the street string quartet. This foursome is often in front of Cliff's Variety on Friday evenings. Standing there listening to chamber music, you momentarily forget about the frenetic energy swirling around the Castro, and you can just be a part of something beautiful and soothing. They moved me so much, I put $1 in their tip jar.
Once home, it was down to milk and cookies. All in all, a pretty fun date. Plus, we had money to spare, which went right back into the date night jar.
Dinner: $110.00
Show: $55.35
Cookies: $5.40
String Quartet: $1.00
Total: $171.75
Back in the jar: $3.25
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