Spring Break, Part II

The reason my spring break plans fell through is because my parents who were going to go see ended up coming down to Birmingham, AL so my dad could work for Farmers Insurance.  Since they were there Jon and I figured what better time to have a date night!  We took the boys up and dropped them off at the motor home. It is always an adventure driving between Montgomery and Birmingham...1. people in the South consider the left lane, just another lane, its not the fast lane or the passing lane, just a lane.  This makes me cuss like a trucker, and gives me serious road rage:) 2.  If there is an accident or construction on the road a Southerner must know what it going on, this in turn backs up traffic for miles just so we can be well aware of the crew painting lines on the road!  By the time we arrived, and my kids had started fighting in the backseat...I was ready to dump them at the stop light and make a run for it!

Birmingham is a really nice little city, it has great shopping, restaurants, and lots of things to keep you busy.  We stayed at the Hotel Highland at the Five Points South.   It is a historic hotel, and was remodeled a few years ago.  We really enjoyed our stay and had a great time getting away!  Apologies for the pictures, they were all taken on my phone and some were off because of the lighting but looked way worse when the flash was used!

The best part about getting away from you children for the evening....ok, maybe the 2nd best thing;) is having a great meal without little people eating off of your plate, or taking someone to the restroom every ten minutes! In the Five Points South area, we chose Chez FonFon, it has been featured in Southern Living magazine a few times and is a Chef Frank Stitts restaurant.  Just a great restaurant, very busy on a weekend and they don't take reservations.  Their signature drink is the "Orange Thing", it was awesome....after one I could not feel the left side of my face:)  They offered lots of imported beer and the hubby chose an Old Speckled Hen.  Their wine choices were endless!

I snapped this shot of the bread, and on the right is the dessert!  A tasty chocolate mousse, desserts change nightly so you never know what you are in store for.

The meal was really a treat and so delicious.  The hubby ordered a Hamburger FonFon with comte and pommes frites, I ordered the Steak frites with pommes frites...it came with a small salad and was absolutely delightful! I did not realize that I put the bread picture in here twice, sorry about that:)

The next day we actually got back to pick up the boys fairly early....Andy really did not want to leave, this is what he did for most of the trip home because he missed grandma! and if you cannot tell...those are tears, good grief!

 Thanks for stopping by to take a look:)