Often when he suggested they go out to Olive Garden for dinner, she turned him down and instead went to the Publix grocery store.

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One aide told me that Obama was planning to go out for a nice unofficial dinner with first lady Michelle Obama in Prague on Saturday night but it was canceled because they simply needed some sleep.

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In the early part of the 20th century, when people began to move off the farm and into town, they wanted to listen to Bessie Smith on their new Victrola, and they wanted to go out for a Saturday night dinner and a movie.

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Moreover, this year, you might be one of many, planning to make healthier selections when you go out for dinner.

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Maybe they could go out for dinner on their way to the hospital.

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She told me that after a recent blind date, the guy demanded she reimburse him for half the price of dinner because she declined to go out with him again.

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