Our third time using our lucky dip of ideas sent us on a romantic dinner date. I chose a Turkish restaurant that had amazing reviews for quality of food and service, and we weren’t disappointed. We started with three types of hommus with fried crackers and fresh carrot and cucumber laced with paprika and olive oil. Sandra chose salmon with quinoa for her main while I went for an adana kebab, both of which were delicious. She was disappointed that they were out of the chocolate cake, but that meant I could order baklava, one of the few sweets I can eat in bulk, for desert and ended up eating most of Sandra’s share.

We laughed together most of the night, recounting more stories from our earlier lives and complaining only about the choice of music, which didn’t fit the atmosphere in any way.