Date night is usually dinner out or maybe take out and a movie on the couch. It’s not really about the where as much as it is about getting some time together.

The dress was on the bed as he walked into the room. She was sitting at the dressing table putting on her makeup, carefully applying liner to accentuate her blue eyes.

An hour ago the chair had looked so innocent and unassuming against the hotel window. Not even a glimpse of the cityscape that was hiding behind the curtains.

We are sitting at lunch as a bus drives by with an ad on the side and I smirk. It’s gone before you see it and you look puzzled. “Go in and take off your underwear–it’s commando day.”