Original Commentary

For some reason, I could have sworn panel two's back ground was facing the same was as panel one's. I had drawn no blank poster or calendar in it's background. So I had to track down one of the larger versions from a previous comic and copied and pasted it in. Considering Robert's geekish macho rant covered up most of it anyway, I doubt anyone would have noticed if I hadn't brought it up. -Isabel

Modern Commentary
I don't see Robert and Jane as dinner-reservation people. Jane is going a bit outside of her comfort zone, going somewhere fancier than she and Robert normally do, in part because they don't get to do this often and she mistakenly thinks that going somewhere fancier means they'll have a better time.

That and "we have to get there in time for our dinner reservations" is a classic sitcom trope that we've absorbed and stolen and it's a bit better than "Applebees closes at 10 so we need to leave in an hour or two" - Terrence