It's July 18 and this marks 16 years of marriage for us

Just can't believe its been 16 years already.  We've never been happier, stronger and more in sync with each other, than we are today.  We've certainly been blessed all these years.  We celebrated at one of the best Japanese restaurants in DC.  Makoto.  It is pricey, but worth every penny, as long as you don't do it very often.  Below are some pictures of our evening.  We dropped Lillie off at a friends house and we really enjoyed ourselves.

The restaurant is a tiny little place in the heart of Georgetown in DC.

It's as if we stepped back into Tokyo.

First course was greens with bonito flakes and quail egg.

Second course was eggplant (top left), grilled peppers in miso sauce (lower left), clams (top right) carpaccio in dashi (lower right).

Sashimi course.

Chilled fuji apples with cucumber gel as a palette cleanser.

 Soft shell crab fried in rice cracker with sea salts.

Misoyaki butterfish.

Steak.

Shabu shabu course.

Sushi course.

Everything was so great, but the best part was the company of course!