We went to San Francisco over the weekend, and upon our return I realize I only took ONE picture. Argh! Don’t you hate when that happens?
Anyway, this is our one picture memory from San Francisco - us in front of the Bay Bridge. And yes, Kevin is in fact growing a little beard. Pretty cute, right? According to Vogue, beards are in. I am glad Kevin can be so trendy.
Did anyone else just completely LOVE seeing Tina Fey on the cover of this month’s Vogue? It is just so refreshing to see someone so outside the cover girl norm. Tina Fey is representing a new kind of female celebrity that crosses boundaries of all kinds and proves that someone really can become famous by being genuinely smart, funny and entrepreneurial. The article about her could not have been cuter and made me love her even more. Team Tina!
Yowza. $34k AVERAGE in Seattle?! What the what? Does that seem high to anyone else?
Over the weekend this happened:
(photo by the talented Michelle)
Okay, let me back up a bit… :) In my last blog post, I mentioned that Kevin and I were going on a very random luxurious weekend to Alderbrook Resort. I was under the pretense that this was a ‘free’ weekend given to us by a partner at Kevin’s firm who bought the weekend package at an auction and then couldn’t use it so he gave it away to us. Turns out that there was no partner, no auction package - that was all a little fib. Kevin knew I would be SO onto him if he took me on a random, out-of-the-blue weekend away. Well played, Kevin! I had NO idea. I even tried to invite friends to go with us not once but twice - after all the package included a TWO bedroom waterfront cottage - we had room for friends! Luckily the friends I invited were in on it so they didn’t take me up on my offer! When we got checked into our cottage, I took the picture below of our view and uploaded it to Facebook. What I didn’t notice was that little white tent at the end of the dock that we would be under in about 15 minutes…
Kevin suggested we walk around to explore the resort before it got dark, so we walked around and out to the dock. Just before we got to that little white tent (which still didn’t tip me off), he got down on one knee and gave me this:
Yes, the url is part of the proposal thankyouverymuch.
After he asked, and I said “of course!” Kevin had celebration drinks waiting for us.
We sipped on champagne to celebrate before making a few quick calls and texts to friends and family (along with a few ecstatic Facebook updates) and then headed to a wonderful dinner at the resort.
Kevin filled the next day with breakfast room service, massages and a manicure/pedicure for me. Before we left the resort, we headed out to the dock to take a few pics at ‘our spot’ before headed back to Seattle.
The happy Krevin with our cottage in the background…
I just can’t take my eyes off that bling!
And… before I wrap up, just one more GPOMR (Gratuitous Picture Of My Ring) because A. I like to look at it; and B. because Michelle takes great pictures!
This weekend Kev and I are headed to Alderbrook Resort for a night of luxurious pampering. We got a fantastic deal on our stay here and I couldn’t be more excited!
A few weeks ago someone in Kev’s office sent out an email offering up his weekend package at Alderbook Resort which he purchased at an auction and could no longer use. Kevin just happened to be the first person to respond so we got it for the bargain price of $100! The package includes a one night stay in their 2 bedroom waterfront cottage and a couples massage appointment. I’m really looking forward to our luxury weekend! I’ve even already picked out my dinner -ahi tuna with wasabi creme fraiche - yum…
To start of Valentine’s Day, I made Kevin Heuvos Motulenos with fried plantains, his favorite breakfast that he ate daily while we were in Cozumel. They turned out fabulous!
Last Monday Jamie sent me a post about what my boy Paul’s been up to - he started an environmental campaign called “Meat Free Monday” encouraging meat-eaters to take a day off meat. I’m mostly meat free but I still have intense cravings for certain meaty comfort foods. A craving for a burger or meatloaf can sometimes put me over the edge and send me indulging in a carnivorous treat.
Monday just happened to be one of those days of meat cravings after a not-so-great day at work. All I could think about all day long was meatloaf and mashed potatoes - my ultimate comfort food. But I just couldn’t indulge on the one day Paul asked me not to! So, I went searching the webs for a great alternative.
You might remember when some friends and I made The ‘Meat’ Mountain. Which was good, but made entirely out of faux meat, which doesn’t always feel so healthy. I was looking for something less fake. So I found the best recipe for meatless meatloaf I’ve yet to find, based mostly on lentils. I added more onion and carrots to give it a bit more texture. It was great, and completely sufficed my meatloaf and mashed potatoes cravings. Excuse the crappy iPhone picture, however it would be tough to make meatloaf look pretty even with an incredible camera.
Oh, and just in case you were wondering - Paul did write a song about Meat Free Mondays, why not?
On Saturday, Sarah and I went to the Columbia Winery to see Creme Tangerine perform (again!) and also to see Ken Mansfield, the former US Manager of the Beatles.
It was a fabulous afternoon - Creme Tangerine played down in the cellar of the winery surrounded by barrels of wine and we had unlimited tastings during the show (and a free tasting in the winery afterwards!) Then Ken talked about his experience with the Beatles - it was so great to hear his stories! Ahhh… only one degree from Paul now!! Ken was with the Beatles for a number of years and was even on the rooftop during their famous last performance together.
…When we were getting our picture taken with Ken, the bass player from Creme Tangerine leaned over, while playing, to get into the picture. We had no idea until later when we checked out the picture - so cute!
At the Creme Tangerine Beatles Rooftop performance - so much fun! Already looking forward to next year.
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