An evening Downtown...

Last Night I went to dinner with Mom and a friend of hers downtown. It is kind of funny that I live 15 minutes from Downtown Jacksonville and I rarely go there. One of the main spots to go downtown is The Landing. The Landing is a combination of restaurants and shops, but since downtown is not one of the best places to go they have a hard time keeping places open. There are only a few times a year when you will find a large group at The Landing and those are events like concerts, the Gator Bowl or the infamous Florida vs. Georgia game.

The Sun Setting Over the Bridges

Another View

The Landing

A friend of Mom's was in town for a work related conference and since her and my mom hasn't seen each other in a while they decided that we would meet for dinner. Since she was staying at the Hyatt right next to the Landing we decided that might give us the best options for food. So when we got down there we all decided that we would go to The American Cafe because it had the most variety of food on the menu. One thing you will learn about me is that I LOVE pasta and some of my favorite pasta dishes comes from the American Cafe. So for my dinner last night I had the Original New York Pasta Pie. I have had this before, but it was amazing! It is Penne Pasta tossed in mariana sauce with pepperoni, italian sausage, mushrooms, black olives and diced peppers. Then it is topped with mozzarella and parmesan cheese and baked! YUM!

The Original New York Pasta Pie

After dinner we walked my Mom's friend back to her hotel and as they were talking I found this to be a good time to take a few more pictures!

The pretty trees lit up outside the Landing

The Main Street Bridge lit up at night.

A view of the other side of the river.