Rest of my Valentine's Day

Let me get you up to speed with the rest of my Valentine's Day events. Carmen told me Tuesday afternoon to put on some jeans and a certain black shirt that she likes and to be ready when she got home because we were going out for Valentine's Day. I was logging in to play one of my favorite online games, then I heard the doorbell ring. I got up and was partly annoyed for being interrupted. As I opened the door there was a gentleman in a crisp, sharp, black and white tuxedo on. He had a rose in his hand and he gave me a hanger with some clothes on it as he said, "Sir, please put these articles on and I will be waiting for you".

In shock, I looked up and saw a beautiful white Ford Excursion limo. I was speechless! I quickly put on the royal blue shirt and black pants with matching tie that was given to me by the limo driver. As I finished getting dressed and went to the door to meet my escort, he directed me to the limo by spreading rose petals at my feet as I walked. I was still pretty much speechless he opened the door of the limo to let me in. As I stepped inside, I saw Carmen looking at me and smiling, I obviously knew the joke was on me. This was one surprise that had just blew me off my feet and I had no idea what was in store for the rest of our evening. Carmen, who started once simply as an online romance, had planned an very special night for us.

We went to Detroit which was about a 90 minute limo ride. While in Detroit we went ice skating at an outside skating rink in the middle of the city. It reminded me of what Central Park in New York may very well be like. It was only my second time attempting to ice skate, Carmen enjoyed several good laughs at my expense but that was OK. Even though, I was very unsteady on my feet, I continued to put up a valiant effort. I am the type of person that wants to learn and be exposed to just about everything, I want to learn as much as I can in this short life. So despite my insecurity on the ice I continued to push forward and actually improve quite a bit. After ice skating we went and got something to eat.

We ate at a spectacular restaurant voted the #1 romantic restaurant in Detroit, it was called the The Whitney. This dining experience was luxurious and romantic. The setting was an old 21,000 square foot mansion turned restaurant, first built in 1857. When it was built this mansion cost $400,000 to build and was built by David Whitney Jr. Who became a self made millionaire entrepreneur in the lumber industry. I thought The Whitney was a very apt setting for a Valentine's meal especially for an entrepreneurial couple such as ourselves. The service was just as luxurious as the restaurant. Our coats were checked at the door, and the wait staff helped us put them back on as we left. Even though, they were very busy as all reservations were full, our wait staff worked hard to make sure we wanted for nothing. While at The Whitney we enjoyed an elegant 5 course meal that was very delicious. By the time desert arrived I was truly stuffed but, of course I made room for desert. Don't ask me what I ate, because I don't remember the name of it but it was very good. Afterwards we enjoyed a peaceful limo ride home. Carmen succeeded in making me feel like a very special person. Thank you baby! XOXO.