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Letter N Date Night

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Are you iN a rut when it comes to dates with your significant other? If so, check out these dates that start with the letter N!

Christian Brabec

We recently enjoyed a new place to us—North Italia in Leawood. They have locations in 12 states, and while we generally steer clear of most chain restaurants, this is one we highly recommend! It’s open, airy and casual with excellent Italian food. We started off with the zucca (zucchini) chips; grilled cauliflower with a fried egg and baby asparagus; and grilled bread with olive oil. We devoured the bread and chips. They were super yummy. And the flavors of the cauliflower blew us away. For our entrees, we ordered the burrata tortelloni with cherry tomato, basil, pecorino and rustic tomato sauce and the grilled wild striped sea bass, served with roasted cauliflower, fennel, zucchini, and broccolini. Dessert was a shared order of the Italian butter cake with wild blueberry preserve, whipped lemon creme fraiche, cinnamon crumble and basil. WOW. Everything was so delicious. We can’t wait to go back!

For a fun activity, head to Family Tree Nursery to create a holiday container. They have locations in Liberty, Shawnee and Overland Park that offer an excellent selection of trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, edibles, plants and gardening supplies. Plus, they have gifts and home decor. Their employees are always readily available to help with anything you might need—and we were definitely in need of help when we put together our holiday container. We chose a small pot, which was pre-filled by the nursery with potting soil and sand. Then, we chose a spruce top, a skirting bundle, two bundles of greens and two berry picks. We were also able to purchase additional picks. Be sure to check out Family Tree Nursery’s website and Facebook page for information on when the workshops are being held. This year, they will have in-person workshops (by appointment), as well as take-home kits.

Northland Symphony Orchestra is a group of approximately 65 student, community and professional musicians that performs free concerts in the Northland. We recently attended a concert that was basically an homage to humor in music. It was a fun performance to attend, that’s for sure! In the first half, NSO performed all four movements of Haydn’s Symphony No. 45. During the final movement, one-by-one, the orchestra members stopped playing and left the stage, which was a nod to what inspired Haydn to write the piece. And it was the perfect segue into intermission! The second half of the Northland Symphony’s performance included 14 variations on the “Happy Birthday” song (imitating Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, ragtime, tango and various other composers and music styles), wrong notes played on purpose, meandering strings scales, a cat opera solo and a tune played entirely by plucking the strings.

Hannah Berry is a freelance writer who lives with her husband in Kansas City. They enjoy regular date nights and love trying new restaurants and activities.

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