My ideal evening really includes food and people I love (family, friends old and new) anywhere (our house, their house, outdoors, a restaurant, anywhere). And pasta of any kind is always perfect.
Every now and then during these times, when I look around at the special people I'm with, and the food is perfect, and the atmosphere is just right (this usually means simple so that the food and people are the focus), and I see how lucky we are to be together, time literally seems to stop for a moment. The moment seems perfect and I think (and often say at these moments), "It doesn't get better than this."
Every parent wonders what they would wish for their children other than good health and general happiness. For years I've wished that our daughters would have many of these moments throughout their lifetimes. And I think they will.