Richmond Night Life

With the last couple of days having been long ones on the computer and tomorrow a long wedding shoot, which means more long hours in front of the computer, Kim and I were happy to entertain her family while they are in town for the weekend. One of our favorite things to do for visiting friends/family is to take them to any one of the multitude of incredible restaurants in Richmond.

Tonight we started talking about Tapas for dinner and then could not get it off our minds. So decision made. Tapas for dinner. That left only one place to go. Europa. One of our all-time favs. This is the restaurant where I took Kim on our first date almost 10 years ago. We still love eating there and thinking about our first date.

The food has not changed much (which, is a good thing - a very good thing) even though the menu has expanded a bit. A great wine selection and even better food. Ah, the choices are almost too much. The more people that go to dinner, usually the better. Everyone orders a couple Tapas and everyone else gets to try a taste. Such varied flavors, and very satisfying.

After dinner we took a stroll around downtown to see 'Inlight', an annual event usually associated with First Friday's - also known as Art Night where downtown galleries open their doors and a street festival takes shape. As usual, there was some interesting sights and entertainers out for the night. Nice material for some urban photography. We didn't stay long, but were able to walk around enough to burn off most of our delicious dinner and wine.

Richmond certainly has it's share of things to offer if you just look around a little. I am looking forward to another season of First Fridays this fall with new art and lots of sights on the streets.Check out some of last year's usual entertainment - Richmond Burners.

Aloha.