Swimming Pretty in the Glass-Half-Full 2012: Day 133 -

A fabulous Saturday night out (after spending the day at home, while Steve worked on his tax, mopping floors, reading and napping) with Peter, Fahmi and my gorgeous guy.

First stop, a curiously near-empty funky, brightly-coloured Bench, a micro bar on King Street for cocktails, and honey-coated macadamias and olives before dinner...

... at Smash Sausage Kitchen where I had reserved a table. It turned out to be a funky red 1970s table which was so much fun. It was a little cold with a vent dumping cold air onto me but as always service was a joy - the owner, a fellow gay boy, was delighted to see us twice within the week and was wonderfully warm and friendly, as he always is - the food was delicious (I tried the chicken, cheese & spinach sausage with sweet potato mash - so YUM!; the sticky date pudding - yes twice in two nights was divinely sweet), and we had a wonderful time catching up.

I love these kinds of nights out with friends.