Russ and I had a really fun mid-week date on Thursday!

Russ had 2 tickets to see “The Art of The Brick”, which is an exhibit with over 100 sculptures made entirely by LEGO bricks, by artist Nathan Sawaya.

We started our date at Panera since we had a giftcard to use.  I’ve only been there once before, but people seem to love the place.  We both agreed the food is good, but not great.  I did, however, gobble that Broccoli Cheddar down like nobody’s business ;).The Soba Noodle Bowl was a good attempt at something healthy and Asian-inspired, but it was lacking….flavor?  I’m not sure what it was missing, but it was missing something.  After dinner, Russ gave me an (opened) box of chocolate because romance is his thing.  We proceeded to try every single chocolate in the box and spit the pieces that weren’t worth the calories.  So…all of them.  Panera is begging us to come back soon!

We had 5:30 reservations and it took us a little under an hour to get through the entire exhibit.  It’s really incredible how each piece is made entirely with LEGOs, many taking weeks to complete with thousands of pieces each.

My favorite pieces were the ones that replicated paintings or were super colorful.

Many of the sculptures had motivational sayings or messages accompanying them, which I really thought was a little over the top and annoying, but that’s just my shining personality. 😉

“Tamara just doing what she does best, ripping out his heart” -Russ

We both agreed that we enjoyed it, but wouldn’t recommend that someone pay full price.  We would like to see Body World, though!  That looks super cool.  He also has a new year-long membership that provides unlimited access to the SkyBike…. so unlimited fun.

A successful little date, I’d say.