Need

Thanks to babysitting grandparents, Paul and I had a date night on Saturday. With the kids sick all week, I definitely needed a break and some time out of the house. However, I had picked up the cold as well, and I resembled a zombie instead of a fun date.

First we stopped by Celebrate Nashville for some dinner. I grabbed some Greek food, planning to get a tasty chocolate dessert on my way out of the festival. After all, a sick girl needs her chocolate to survive the evening. I was considering Maggie’s Mobile Slab, but they didn’t have the brownie sundae for which I was pining. A search of food stands turned up no acceptable chocolate at all.

We decided to head to our next destination, Bridgestone Arena for the Predators game. After a fruitless search through the concourse for brownies (cookies just weren’t going to cut it), Paul brilliantly suggested we hit the Patron Platinum Club and sit down for a nice dessert during the first period. (Let me make sure he gets full credit for this — he was willing to MISS PART OF THE HOCKEY GAME to make sure I got my brownie.) Unfortunately, the club is now a all-you-can-eat buffet, with no a la carte dessert option. It sounded great for another time but didn’t fit our purposes. We walked around both club levels in a fruitless (brownie-less?) search for something to fill my craving.

Giving up, I decided that chocolate frozen yogurt with M&Ms sprinkled on top was going to be my best bet. Paul and I headed up to the 300-level and grabbed a gargantuan cup of chocolate yogurt. I took the yogurt, turned around, and came face-to-face with the BROWNIE CART OF AWESOME.

“OH, NO! THEY HAVE BROWNIES!” I shrieked. The guys running the cart weren’t sure if they should laugh or run away.

After a quick detour to grab cash from the ATM, I returned to claim my brownie prize…only to discover they also had hot chocolate! and fruit smoothies! Best Bridgestone Arena concession stand ever! I went for 2 out of 3 and grabbed a brownie and hot chocolate. The smoothie would have to wait until next time.

I thought I would be sending Paul and Ian to most of the hockey games this year while I stayed home with David. But now that I’ve found my friends at the brownie cart? We’ll just have to see about that….

(No, I don’t get out much. Why do you ask?)