Cheese and Dough

Russ and I tried a date night in January. But it didn't really work out beyond eating at Red Lobster.

So- Take 2: Valentine's Day!

Russ and I went to the San Antonio temple and it was wonderful.

Then, off to pump at the Babies 'R Us.

Finally! Dinner at a little place called Dough! 

We heard about Dough on Diner's, Drive In's, and Dives about a year ago. We've planned to go and eat there and it never worked out. But it was worth the wait- and we're not the only ones willing to wait.

The restaurant was packed. We could have waited 30 minutes to eat inside, or we could eat outside right away. We chose to eat outside- even though there was a chill in the air.

Here's what we ordered:

Mozzarella cheese, stuffed with 2 other cheeses (Ricotta and Fountaine)

One of the 90-second oven pizzas. Yum.

It was oh so good. Each dish was about $15-20. Not cheap- but you get what you pay for. 

The thing that makes this restaurant unique is the giant- imported from Italy- brick oven. The oven is so hot, the pizza only goes in the oven for 90 seconds. 

If you're in San Antonio- check this place out. But beware- it will be busy!

Proud to be on the Worse-Dressed List

GQ did a list the other day about the 50 worse-dressed cities in America. It seemed to me like every city was on the list. (SLC and Provo were somewhere near to top).

I eagerly scrolled to see where Austin would fall. And here we are:

#18. But I am sort of proud of it. Austin prides itself on being weird and non-conforming. It's an eclectic city where hippie meets cowboy- and we like it that way. 

So Congratulations Austin!

 #18 is pretty sweet consider the style you're rocking!

Trattoria Lisina

Russell is a master of Groupons. He finds the best deals and then takes me to these fancy restaurants that are delicious. Before we saw the Arcade Fire, we used a Groupon and we went to Trattoria Lisina.

This restaurant is owned by Damian Mandola, who co-founded the Carrabba's restaurant chain. Mr. Mandola has a few shops in Austin as well. Trattoria Lisina is in Driftwood, Texas- sort of by the Salt Lick. The food at Trattoria Lisina is A-MAZING! I can still taste the white truffle oil from my risotto. Check it out:

My Risotto.
I forgot to take a picture of it before I delved into it, and so this is the picture of it after I was stuffed.
So Good.
Can I go back right now please?

This is the only picture I got of Russ's dish. He got the linguine and it was also perfect.
He ordered some polenta, pictured on the side.

 Sadly, we were too full for dessert. But if we had space, we would've had some gelato and biscotti. Instead, we headed to the Backyard, the concert venue for Arcade Fire. Much to our joy, the venue offered trailer food including food from Mandola's! This is the food trailer owned by none other than Damian Mandola! So we had some dessert after all from Mr. Mandola! Although they didn't have gelato, so we had a cannolis (cannolies?) instead:

Here are a few more photos of the grounds around Trattoria Lisina. If I shoot bridals,  I'm choosing this place as the shoot venue. So beautiful. I felt like I was in a foreign country.