huge

this post is entitled huge because this post is huge. also, because joe took me on a huge surprise weekend for our anniversary (i thought dinner was great!). destination: san fransisco. car trip: 1.25 hrs. first goal: de Young museum to see the Dior gown that my granma wore. second goal: Palace of the Legion of Honor to see Monet. third goal: lunch. fourth goal: the Argonaut hotel, fisherman's wharf. fifth goal: dinner. that was the first day. the second day didn't have an itinerary, but bummed around and ended up in los gatos for a nap and a movie (little miss sunshine. wouldn't recommend it...funny in parts, but a lot more Godless than we expected).

the very ugly de Young museum. i didn't bother taking anymore

pictures of it, it was so ugly. like a 70's town library. here's me with my thesis.
i asked to see the dress, but they would hear of no such visiting,
and they confessed it wasn't even on the premisis and they weren't quite sure
where it was exactly, and i'd have to call the curator...blah, blah, blah...
they were very cranky and very disappointing.

the very beautiful Palace of the Legion of Honor...the very place where Vertigo was filmed.

joe art

lunch at the legion...joe trying to teach me how to blow fog horns from a bottle.

joe laughing at me trying


bird in the celarium, eyeing our lunch


guy at the legion just playing for the passers-by. said i could take a picture of him if i made him look like johnny depp.


can you see the sf bridge coming out of my head?



joe art



dinner



our louis armstrong for the night...except...no horn. ah well. he was awesome.


he's chatting it up with the kiddos


um, well, looked like a photo op

happiness is being married to a tall swede who planned this surpise getaway for me

joe's dessert...with a little bailey's.

my dessert. perfect.

our hotel, done up in a nautical theme. they take very good care of you.

hubby already enjoying its full amenities

leapard print?

here's me carrying all the junk while hubby walks around looking dashing and waits for our car

lunch at union square. awesome, awesome place. went here with my parents last october. it's a gem.

some city sights

just 'cause i love the name

palace of fine arts...kinda looks like a space ship.

you're just goin' along, minding your own business, and then whoa!

it was being worked on, hence the fence

do i hav'ta say?

at the park, los gatos...ye english bloke!

reading flannery o'connor (yes, that is the appropriate face)

reading billy collins

random baby, but totally cute

babe, you did awesome. thanks for such a well-thought out surprise. (you know you're gonna have to top it next year, right? that's the danger with these things). love you.