Quite Wonderful 8 hours

To suffice, the date was quite wonderful.

In the beggining there was nervousness and awkwards pauses, but things flowed along wonderfully.

As planned, I met him @ starbucks. He was having straight up black coffee, and I tried the ice blended lemonate tea (passion.)

We sat and chatted for a bit, it was nice. We later went by Barnes & Noble to see if we had a book a friend of his recommended. They didn't have it. I got hungry, and we swang over to the Mall. He was wearing a shirt, long sleeved, so we stopped by the gap, and he bought a new one. Then, we went to Ruby Tuesdays, were he had a nice lunch. He didn't seem to eat much, and told me he was simply nervous. Although, he did say it was good, because if he didn't care about the sitatuion, he would be acting different. We both had pasta. His was brocolli and cheese, mine was shrimp alfredo. It was quite tasty, and I was surprised. I didn't expect the food to be so delicious.

I did go for the desert, and he along with me. He had a carb lite cheesacake, and I ate the delicious brownie, which was topped with vanilla ice cream. My my, so delicious. The waitress was a hoot, and very nice. I was shocked by the tips that Mike left. Generous indeed.

We beelined to Discover Mills. We played some poll at the Jillians over there. I gotta say, I think I won one game, the others Mike made some errors with the 8-ball. I won by proxy, but it was interesting. It's good that we are both not wonderful at it, since there was a nice friendly competition. Really informal, it made me confortable.

We went to another bookstore to see if we could find the book, and then to some clothing stores. I think Kenneth Cole, Neiman Marcus, and Saks. It was an overwhelming amount of clothing. The prices high in the sky, but I just had to urge to splurge. *grins* It was fun to have a companion to look at nice clothing. We say a 5k sofa, which, btw, we could not sit on. Ha, as if.

After we left, Mike got the wonderful idea to swing by Chateau Elan.

Wow, it was sheer awsome. The place is beautiful, and quiet. I left completelly at peace over there. We walked in through the main entrance, and visited the upstairs art gallery. Mostly acrylic paints, of flower and such. There was one painting that I would put in a living room. It was a yellow flower, with bubbles around it. So pretty, and livelly. Mike showed be a picture full of earth tones, that were the colors similar to the furniture he is picking for his loft.

We then talked a bit, he showed me the main inn, and we walked along a nature trail. On the way back we stopped by paddy's pub. Mike had a cigar, and we both ate some Bailey's Mousse. It flavor was enjoyable. Yes, I do love mousses.

After a bit more walking, it was time for him to take my back. So to starbucks we went, 8 hours later.

The date ended with a... firm handshake. Very polite of him. As always, taking things at a healthy pace is the name of the game.

My, I was simply smithen. He was interesting, handsome, friendly, and besides, his scent was captivating. He has a wealth of qualities, to which I was glad for each one. He was a gentleman at all times, and courteous always.

We have a second date on the line, but more on that at a later time. Now let me finish walking on sunshine.