date night tonight. it was my turn to plan it. choose each other’s outfits and then go to joe’s crab shack, where we’ve talked about going forever. and wow, it didn’t disappoint. the interior was so fun, and pretty empty due to the rain and the fact that it was an off-season thursday night. a table right in front of the window as the sun was starting to set, it was perfect. we were overwhelmed by the menu and talked excitedly for ten minutes about all of the possibilities we could order. we decided to get the crab dip appetizer and snow crab bucket (when in joe’s crab shack…), and I was literally giddy about how good everything was going to taste. as we waited for our food we decided to pull out the would you rather cards we had brought, but just as I took them out of my purse a man in a suit approached our table and started performing magic tricks at us. we were like, what the heck that was the greatest thing ever. our appetizer arrived as he was performing, so we dug in and it was so delicious. we answered some would your rather questions. then our crab legs arrived, bibs and all. hunter had never eaten crab before, and he literally said “wow” every time he took a bite for at least the first five bites. suddenly we heard clapping and then an epic sailor’s birthday chant. when another birthday celebration happened five minutes later, hunter looked at me and asked if we were in heaven. “look at us,” he said, “we’re wearing bibs, eating crab, there’s a magician, and it’s everyone’s birthday!”
then we had fifteen minutes of intense crab leg eating. and just as we were finishing up our meal, a drunk man fell to the ground and started seizing. at that point we and two older ladies at the bar were the only customers left. the crew crowded around the man on the floor and someone called an ambulance, which took forever to arrive. it was the most bizarre scene to be a witness of, this guy suddenly in critical condition on the floor of joe’s crab shack. once the ambulance arrived and took him away (I think he’ll be okay), hunter and I finally left and the staff apologized profusely, to which hunter replied that this had been the most entertaining dinner we’d ever had and we would certainly be back. It was a great night! literally joe’s crab shack lived up to everything I was hoping it would be. photographic evidence:
we were SO HAPPY
p.s. we spent our entire eating-out budget for the next two weeks, but it was WORTH IT
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