Phantom of the Opera

For Christmas, Alex got me tickets to go see Phantom of the Opera at the Pantageous Theatre. I had never seen this play, but have always wanted to. So, finally the time had come for us to go see the show. We drove out to my parents house this past Thursday and then left Madison with my parents on Friday, while we had a fun date night. We started the evening off with a two hour drive to Beverly Hills (should have only taken us 40 minutes from my parents house) to eat dinner at Ruth's Chris. Neither of us had been there before and we don't get to go out to dinner very often, so we decided to splurge and see what all the hype was about. We both loved our meals. Alex got the fillet and shrimp, while I avoided the seafood and just got the fillet. We also shared an amazing Caesar Salad, creamed spinach, and very tasty mashed potatoes, while each enjoying a nice glass of wine. While I can't say that Ruth's Chris exceeded my expectations, it was a very enjoyable evening and it had been a long time coming. It was so nice to just sit and talk with Alex and spend time with him. Once we were done with dinner we were only about 6 miles away from the Pantageous Theatre, so we began our journey there....glad we had plenty of time to get there because to go 6 miles took us about 45 minutes. We ended up getting to the theatre at the perfect time though. We got there, looked around for a couple of minutes and then found our seats and the show started. It was amazing. The special effects and all of the make-up was phenomenal. We had such a fun evening out and I look forward to our next outing! Due to the nature of our date, we weren't able to take too many pictures, but here is one that we took just before the play started.



Thank you mom and dad for watching Madison and allowing us to have a night to ourselves.