This Valentine’s Day, the ladies in the office on that Wednesday treated ourselves to lunch at Ardana in Newtown, Pennsylvania. As most days we all pack our lunches made up of leftovers and snacks from home, we always try to make it out of the office once a month for a nice lunch together. We chose Ardana as the Mediterranean backdrop for a meal together and to celebrate Love Day.

To start, we shared an order of falafel and hummus for the table, and Haley and I both ordered bowls of avgolemono soup (lemon-y with chicken) that were pretty good! After, I ordered the Mediterranean Cobb salad that came with avocado, tabbouleh, white beans, egg, pickled onion and feta, and I added chicken skewers on top. This huge salad was delicious — I finished almost all of it, as I didn’t want to leave any behind!

At the start of our meal, Hannah ordered a latte that looked amazing, so we all had to order our own for dessert. Since it was technically a holiday, we couldn’t get away without getting dessert to share. We ordered chocolate mousse and baklava, both rich and sweet.

After lunch we headed back to the office to finish out the day. Later, at the close of the day, we all headed home and celebrated Valentine’s Day with our loved ones following a great meal with our work pals!

— Aly Evans, business development and events coordinator