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Last week Chad and I legit skipped our way out the front door to attend the 20th anniversary of Red and White on Thursday Night — a food and wine event to benefit The Arthritis Foundation.
I’ve said before that this event is truly our favorite event of the whole year. It’s something we continuously look forward to, year after year. In prior years, Chad and I have entered together, but split up and gone in different directions.
This year was so different. It was clear — more than ever — that we truly needed this night to reconnect with each other, at one of our most favorite places. So we made it a point to stick together nearly the entire time!
We headed straight to the VIP Lounge when we arrived, which was more glorious than ever! Dante Boccuzzi and his team were serving up the most delicious sweet potato and shrimp skewers!
I’m honestly not even a big fan of shrimp, generally speaking. But these were beyond amazing, ya’ll. Chef Dante is just amazing.
After eating several of the shrimp and sweet potato skewers, we refilled our wine glasses with red wine and headed over to the VIP dessert table, which featured this incredible creme brûlée from West Side Bakery.
Here’s my moment of truth: It had dairy. AND I ATE IT! Honestly? It was absolutely worth the cheat. Truthfully, one of the only reasons I ‘cheated’ with dairy at this event was because it’s hard to tell if something has a bit of dairy in it or not. That being said, I totally passed up cheese and pizza and other just plain ol’ cheesy things. (Le sigh…)
The rest of the event was spent meandering around, trying new-to-us wines and sampling foods from some of our favorite local restaurants!
Some of my personal faves from the night were the tacos and guacamole from BOMBA Tacos & Rum, the bacon-wrapped-dates from The Twisted Olive, and the goat-cheese and berry donut from Hudson’s Restaurant!
And my all-time favorite wines from the night came courtesy of Filia Cellars in Wadsworth, Ohio! This local winery stood out amongst it’s competition!
All in all, it was another perfect event. We ate, we drank, and we reconnected in a way that we truly needed to do. Thank you, again, to the Arthritis Foundation for inviting us to attend this event!
Looks like ya’ll had a good time!
This looks like such a fun night, and that wine looks delicious!
I recently moved to Ohio, so was excited to learn about Filia Cellars!
This sounds like such a fun night out!
Would love to try these wines!
What a great event! Looks like you two had a very enjoyable evening! Woo hoo to wine and food!
This looks like such a fun night!
What a fun night. Those foods and drinks looked so yummy!
My New Year’s Resolutionis to spend a night out every so often with my hubby, just to reconnect, as you mentioned. When you have kids, you forget sometimes to make that time for each other. I’m so glad you had such a fun night.
It sounds like y’all had a blast! That food looks amazing! You have way more willpower than me in staying away from the dairy! I would’ve indulged (shame on me, lol).
Looks like such a fun night! Glad you guys got to spend some quality time with each other.
Looks like so much fun!
That really looks like a fun evening!
Looks like an awesome event! I completely understand how necessary it is to get one on one time with your spouse. It can be so hard with two kids!