Happy Valentine's Day!

First of all, I want to thank everyone who participated in the live chat last Monday night hosted by Java Junkie, Big Shamu, Miss Xa-Xa, Charlus & Miss Place! It was a festive whirlwind and I had an absolute blast. It was my virgin experience in a chat room so I want to thank everyone who participated for being so gentle!!

I want to wish you all a happy Valentine's day. The Hi-Life usually has fresh cut roses on every table and the granite topped bar, but this year I've decided to go retro. In Valentine's days of old, the traditional flower was the tulip. It represented new love as Spring was anticipated with new growth and rejuvination.

Tulips don't transport or last as long as roses do, so the shift was made to roses in the 1950's. So we have gone back to a simpler and more idealistic time, a time of youthful exhuberance and hope for the future.

Tonight we will be featuring a velvety, smokey Morel mushroom soup with a pastry heart, a Thai pepper glazed filet of salmon garnished with a butterflied shrimp shaped into a heart, a heart shaped chicken fried steak and a corazon shaped sweet cream cake with a zabaglione gelato. (Do you sense a theme here?)

Wishing you all much love your way on this Valentine's Day! Stay tuned...