….and revisit 2006, we lived in Virginia. One of our all time favorite restaurants located in downtown Norfolk, Monastery, was superb. The atmosphere was very elegant and the food delicious. These images were taken on my cell phone (Palm One) at that time, not the greatest quality of pictures back then for cell phones. On the other hand, you can check out the link to the restaurant. If you are ever in that area, you must have dinner there.
Now jumping forward a bit, while living in Italy, BJ went back to the states (Norfolk) for command training at the Naval Hospital a few different times, and each time he went back, he made sure to go and have dinner at Monastery. The crazy aspect, his first visit back late 2007 early 2008, they remembered him (we had been gone nearly a year), so as you have guessed, we ate there often.
The staff would giggle often at Jayce, because at 11 years old he was ordering filet mignon and savoring each bite. He loved it! It was my favorite too. BJ liked the chicken cardinal meal (pictured above). Just thinking about this is making me hungry.
We are so cute!
It was a very charming and intimate place.
Pure poshness.
This was Jayce’s Harry Potter phase; people would often comment that he looked like Harry Potter.
(lol)
I had bangs back then… I like.
We are an adorable couple.
We lived in an apartment in the downtown area & Ghent, alongside the Elizabeth River. It was wonderful because we were in walking distance to fabulous shopping, and many other great clubs and restaurants like Monastery’s. Often we would just walk around and take in the sites near our apartment.
As usual, BJ is a goof and Jayce doin' his thing.. Check out the pictures below of some of the sites around us at that time.
Great memories!
