Last night, I had one of the best dinners I’ve ever had. Sheryl and I ate at Tinto, which is Chef Jose Garces’ pintxos (Basque tapas) restaurant in Center City. I’m going to write up a 5-star review on Yelp, but suffice to say that I’ve eaten at some really great places in my life. This was one of the top 5 meals ever.
After dinner, we went to the Pennsylvania Ballet’s production of “Love and Longing.” The first piece was exquisite — 24 dancers working in fast-paced, frenetic dance that left the audience gasping and yelling when it ended. The second piece had 12 “roses,” which I would call Dance of the Beautiful Bodies. And the final piece was 9 short pieces danced to the music of Frank Sinatra. You know the audience went nuts when My Way was done as the finale.
You ever know how every once in a while things come together? The dinner far exceeded my high expectations. I was prepared to be crabby at the ballet because it was one of the shows at the Merriam Theatre, which has the seats crammed together from back in 1900. But once the show started…wow.
I can’t wait to go back to Tinto. Two words: Jamon Iberico.
