| If you are married, you know that your | | | | should not be the place you go for your special |
| anniversary is one of the most important days of | | | | dinner. It does not even have to be the fanciest |
| the year. Some people like to build a big vacation | | | | or most expensive place around. You can simply |
| around this day, while others simply like a day at | | | | go to a place that you both love and that can |
| home with their wife or husband. Some ambitious | | | | make it special. It is usually better if you go |
| people will even don a cook shirt and make a | | | | somewhere that you either haven't been to or a |
| homemade meal for their significant other. But | | | | place that holds special meaning for you, but that |
| whatever the case, spending time is the most | | | | is a personal preference. |
| important thing. An anniversary is a time to | | | | Some people will even go to such lengths as to |
| reflect on what has happened the past year and | | | | get the employees of a restaurant to add a |
| think about what the new year will bring as well. | | | | special touch to their meal. Perhaps they will order |
| What you do during that time is secondary-it is | | | | flowers to be delivered during the meal by the |
| the connection that is the important thing. | | | | host or hostess. Or maybe they ask the wait |
| Many of us, however, choose to go to that | | | | staff to sing a special song. Some may even |
| special restaurant that they have had their eye | | | | have a prior relationship with the owner, who will |
| on the entire year, but it is too expensive to go | | | | come out and give a personal thank you for |
| to on a "regular" night out. It might be a steak | | | | coming to the restaurant on such a special night. |
| place that has $50 tenderloins. Or maybe it is a | | | | Whether it's the head chef in a woman's chef |
| seafood restaurant that serves five courses and | | | | coat or your waiter, it is nice to have a personal |
| has wait staff that all feature a crisp white apron. | | | | touch one your anniversary dinner. It's one of |
| Whatever the venue, it is important that you | | | | those things that can turn the ordinary into the |
| both are in on the selection. If one of you does | | | | extraordinary! |
| not like the atmosphere or the menu, it really | | | | |