Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo: Still Going Strong

When two people are madly in love, you can just tell. For instance, Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo were spotted leaving Maestro’s Steakhouse in Beverly Hills last night. And they looked every bit the happy couple.

The “What’s Left of Me” singer and his former-MTV veejay girlfriend were wearing matching jeans and white shirts as they held hands outside the restaurant. They just returned from a Costa Rican holiday, and it looks like the fun in the sun did them plenty of good.

But it almost got ugly. In another Gossip Girls story, we told you that Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz were having a little post-New Year’s fun in Costa Rica as well. And Ashlee’s sister Jessica almost joined them.

Talk about awkward! Thankfully, Jessica and her Dallas Cowboy boy toy Tony Romo elected to vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico rather than Costa Rica. Otherwise, they may have had an interesting situation on their hands.

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Enjoy the pictures of Nick and Vanessa vacationing in Costa Rica, and back in LA last night (January 9).

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