vote yes for nonna's

so... I have lived in Branson nearly all my life and eric, well he has lived here alot shorter time comparatively, but that is NO EXCUSE!

Neither one of us has EVER really been to Springfield. Last night we went to the REAL Springfield for the first time EVER! We went with some friends from church, N and his girlfriend, L.

Every first friday of each month Downtown Springfield has what is called ARTWALK. New artists...or OLD artists with new exhibits hang up, open up, and speak up about their form of art...whether it is canvas, guitar, camara, or video- there were all different ARTISTS last night in the downtown square of Springfield.

We started the evening with a little ITALIAN. It's a local place called nonna's. YUMMY!! (nonna is italian for grandma). I know that when you hear what I ate you are going to be JEALOUS. Tortellini with red bell pepper sauce. It was DELICIOUS!

my vote is that we make nonna's a regular eating place...say, the first Friday of every month?!

And no evening is complete without a little coffee to get you through the rest of the night. We stopped at a rustic coffee shop called 'the coffee ethic'. Eric had his first taste of french press coffee. He may become a conoisseur of FINE coffee yet...

but in his words...'that cream soda is a whole lot better.'

We had a GREAT time and definitely plan on going back to the REAL Springfield again sometime very soon.