Valentine's Day

Here we are on our Valentine's date night last night.

We had a great time - despite the hiccups. ;-)
Last week we had bought a coupon from Living Social Denver for a steak dinner at pretty pricey restaurant. We bought a $35 coupon so that we could spend $70 there. Looking online at their website before we went, we were pretty stoked we got such a great deal.

We dropped B off at the babysitters and headed downtown. Since we had time to spare, we walked around the 16th Street Mall beforehand. Our reservations were at 6 p.m.
When we arrived at the restaurant, we were surprised to see cameras on the outside. We knew something was up when they asked for our ID's upon arrival (it only gets worse!).
As the waiter took us to our booth, we knew right away where we were. In the center of the room there were runways and poles. And of course it smelled of smoke in the room.
We were both kind of in shock but went ahead and sat down.
After realizing where we were, we asked the waiter if there was going to be any dancing, and he said probably not until around 10ish. Thank goodness!! Our discomfort only got stronger and we knew we should just bail.
I was a little bummed we'd be losing out on $35, but then to our dismay he informed us that we HAD to get the Chef's Valentine Special which was $140 per couple. That meant since we spent $35 on the coupon, we'd be spending EXTRA $$ just to get our food.

Boo!! So needless to say, we knew we DID NOT want to support a place like this anyway, so we left and headed to Maggiano's where we had some good laughs and good food!!
It was a funny night to share with my Valentine.
**I should probably get the "best wife of the year" award for taking my husband to a strip joint for Valentine's Day, right!?! ha ha.

Disclaimer: we did get our full refund today from LivingSocial - thank goodness. I really like using their coupons and would've been bummed to have to stop. AND, we did not see any women dancing on poles during the duration of our time there!!

Double Disclaimer: CY Steakhouse is NOT just a steakhouse. At first glance of their website, it is a bit deceiving. We regret to say we did not see this at the bottom of the web page:

Q. How do I find and enter the Steak House?
A. CYSteak is located adjacent to the Diamond Cabaret, a Denver Gentlemen's Club and local legend. You may enter via the club or directly into the restaurant from Glenarm Street.