We've been asked, "So how is married life?"
EJ says: "'Well, I guess it would be weird if I'd married someone I didn't know, but I married my girlfriend, so it's pretty good."
I say, "It's great! Much more than I could have expected!"
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Six Month Anniversary
Six months ago today (exactly - it was also a Saturday), we got married.
We've been asked, "So how is married life?"
EJ says: "'Well, I guess it would be weird if I'd married someone I didn't know, but I married my girlfriend, so it's pretty good."
I say, "It's great! Much more than I could have expected!"
We've been asked, "So how is married life?"
EJ says: "'Well, I guess it would be weird if I'd married someone I didn't know, but I married my girlfriend, so it's pretty good."
I say, "It's great! Much more than I could have expected!"
Friday, April 1, 2011
Flashback Friday #2: The Digs and Environs
We booked a room at the Queen Anne Hotel for the week of our 'moon. It's right on the corner of Sutter and Octavia; our room faced Octavia which is apparently a slightly less-used street, so we had very little street noise, but a nice view.
Our room was on the second floor, all the way at the end of the hall.
The bed. Took up 90% of the room.
We had a mini fridge, fireplace, and TV (we watched a bit of cable here&there, nothing major.)
A new fireplace log was delivered every morning; we used the fireplace five times over our six nights; it was very cozy and relaxing.
We also had a bidet (which EJ had never seen before, I had to explain it but didn't demonstrate LOL) and a phone in our bathroom. I didn't think to use the phone in the loo, woulda made a great photo.
The hotel itself was very nice; three stories, with a reportedly haunted room (you can't book it specifically, they tell you when you check in if you get it; we didn't get it), and the SF Ghost Walk starts in the lobby every evening. I got to see the Walkers in the evenings when I was hogging the free desktop to upload all of our pictures (which is how I managed to use just one memory chip for the camera and also keep my flickr pretty well updated while on vacation). There was also a fairly nice free continental breakfast every morning; we tried to sit with different people each morning, which is how we found out about the albino alligator at the Science Museum.
Every evening the hotel also hosts a Tea, Sherry, and Cookie happy hour; EJ *really* enjoyed this. I ended up picking up some NSA cookies for myself so I could join in.
The hotel is full of Victorian antiques, and the main rooms were very nice to sit around in, chat with other visitors, and enjoy their fireplaces (as well as use the computer LOL). All the staff were very friendly, and since we stayed for a week they got to know us very well; EJ even shared some of our wedding cake we had brought along with one of the guys from the kitchen.
Once we got settled in (and slept), we headed out to start exploring. We were literally two blocks away from Japantown (and the local Vons, where I had to buy new camera batteries, boo).
We actually visited twice, our first full day and last evening in town; we did some shopping at the dollar store, the bookstore, and knife store (windowshopping there)
as well as getting some good eats (lunch, dessert, and grabbed bentos for our train ride back home). We got frozen yogurt both days we visited; on our second trip the owner remembered us (we had gotten in the habit of telling people we were on our honeymoon, got lots of "congrats!") and gave us a "special 20% newlywed discount" which was super awesome, and totally not expected!
Our room was on the second floor, all the way at the end of the hall.
The bed. Took up 90% of the room.
We had a mini fridge, fireplace, and TV (we watched a bit of cable here&there, nothing major.)
A new fireplace log was delivered every morning; we used the fireplace five times over our six nights; it was very cozy and relaxing.
We also had a bidet (which EJ had never seen before, I had to explain it but didn't demonstrate LOL) and a phone in our bathroom. I didn't think to use the phone in the loo, woulda made a great photo.
The hotel itself was very nice; three stories, with a reportedly haunted room (you can't book it specifically, they tell you when you check in if you get it; we didn't get it), and the SF Ghost Walk starts in the lobby every evening. I got to see the Walkers in the evenings when I was hogging the free desktop to upload all of our pictures (which is how I managed to use just one memory chip for the camera and also keep my flickr pretty well updated while on vacation). There was also a fairly nice free continental breakfast every morning; we tried to sit with different people each morning, which is how we found out about the albino alligator at the Science Museum.
Every evening the hotel also hosts a Tea, Sherry, and Cookie happy hour; EJ *really* enjoyed this. I ended up picking up some NSA cookies for myself so I could join in.
The hotel is full of Victorian antiques, and the main rooms were very nice to sit around in, chat with other visitors, and enjoy their fireplaces (as well as use the computer LOL). All the staff were very friendly, and since we stayed for a week they got to know us very well; EJ even shared some of our wedding cake we had brought along with one of the guys from the kitchen.
Once we got settled in (and slept), we headed out to start exploring. We were literally two blocks away from Japantown (and the local Vons, where I had to buy new camera batteries, boo).
We actually visited twice, our first full day and last evening in town; we did some shopping at the dollar store, the bookstore, and knife store (windowshopping there)
as well as getting some good eats (lunch, dessert, and grabbed bentos for our train ride back home). We got frozen yogurt both days we visited; on our second trip the owner remembered us (we had gotten in the habit of telling people we were on our honeymoon, got lots of "congrats!") and gave us a "special 20% newlywed discount" which was super awesome, and totally not expected!
Friday, March 25, 2011
Flashback Friday (#1)
Now that everything has pretty much settled around the homefront (although, we did welcome a new cousin this morning - happy birth day, Elwood!), how about an overview of our honeymoon? I'm going to stretch this over a few Fridays, which will give me time to figure out which of the 800 photos we took to post...!
We honeymooned in San Francisco. After cleaning up from Wedding Weekend, we left from LA Union Station on Monday morning. Almost missed our train, but quick feet (and stress-induced hero-like strength!) got us on board just in time.
our tired feets
leaving Los Angeles
We took the Amtrak Starlight, which runs up the west coast from LA to the tippy-top of Washington state. The train is double-decker, and some of the cars' top levels are "viewing cars", with clear walls and roofs for some great viewing.
the viewing car
We had a packed cooler for the ride up; 12 hours of travel (straight through to Oakland, then a bus across the bay to San Francisco) and we didn't want to waste our food monies on train food.
snacks
some of the sights
It was rainy a bit in the morning; we saw a lot of farmland, then the coast (up around Santa Barbara), then more farmland and what I call "middle America nothingness". It was beautiful, and by the time it got dark there wasn't much to see anyway.
We transferred from the train to a big bus that dropped us off in the center of San Francisco (landmark for me to remember our bus stop: the GAP store), where we sprung for a taxi to get to our hotel, since we had no idea where we were headed. Our taxi driver was the first to wish us a happy honeymoon!
Next installment: the hotel and local neighborhood.
We honeymooned in San Francisco. After cleaning up from Wedding Weekend, we left from LA Union Station on Monday morning. Almost missed our train, but quick feet (and stress-induced hero-like strength!) got us on board just in time.
our tired feets
leaving Los Angeles
We took the Amtrak Starlight, which runs up the west coast from LA to the tippy-top of Washington state. The train is double-decker, and some of the cars' top levels are "viewing cars", with clear walls and roofs for some great viewing.
the viewing car
We had a packed cooler for the ride up; 12 hours of travel (straight through to Oakland, then a bus across the bay to San Francisco) and we didn't want to waste our food monies on train food.
snacks
some of the sights
It was rainy a bit in the morning; we saw a lot of farmland, then the coast (up around Santa Barbara), then more farmland and what I call "middle America nothingness". It was beautiful, and by the time it got dark there wasn't much to see anyway.
We transferred from the train to a big bus that dropped us off in the center of San Francisco (landmark for me to remember our bus stop: the GAP store), where we sprung for a taxi to get to our hotel, since we had no idea where we were headed. Our taxi driver was the first to wish us a happy honeymoon!
Next installment: the hotel and local neighborhood.
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