Emily and Matt

Over the weekend, we celebrated my birthday. Which was actually in August. With all the activity we had this summer, it’s okay that we put off going out to dinner. It was well worth the wait as we trekked out to Walnut Creek to eat at Bing Crosby’s. I was in absolute heaven: I wore a new dress; was greeted by a piano, bass, vocal trio; and was surrounded in celadon colors and pictures from Bing Crosby musicals. For those of you who may not know, I grew up watching musicals and have ever since been enamored by all they encompass. Only one other time had I felt truly enchanted in a restaurant, and that was when Matt took me to a restaurant I would love on his birthday–what a guy!–and you may sense a theme here, but it was called Celadon in Napa.

Unfortunately, I forgot my camera, although I know I would feel really awkward using a flash to savor the memories that seemed pretty standard to the rest of the diners.

This was my awesome martini, the June in January. You can hardly tell in the picture, but it has dry ice in it, so it smokes and bubbles!

I ordered the Signature Filet:

While Matt had the Surf ‘N Turf

Happy Birthday girl:

Matt also surprised me to see “Bolt” in 3D. I love me a cute Disney movie, especially with cute dogs! Here, we model our rockin’ 3D glasses:

It was a sweet way to start a laborious weekend. But more on that later!