It's Amore!

Love is in the air- it's Valentine's Day weekend! Valentine's Day was always so much fun as a kid. I loved decorating a shoe box with sequins, felt, doilies, glitter and whatever else we had laying around the house for our party at school, and going to grandma's to get a big heart shaped box of chocolates from my Grampy. It's still fun thinking back to those days!

Last year was our first Valentine's Day as a married couple, and we wanted to make it fun! With our first "married couple" Valentine's Day falling on a Saturday, I got to cross something off my bucket list when the mister came home from work and surprised me with a spur of the moment trip to New York City for the weekend.

Here is a little hint:



Sleepless in Seattle! For almost 17 years (already?!), I've wanted to go to the top of the Empire State Building on Valentine's Day. While I'll admit that I originally got the idea from "Sleepless in Seattle," it was this movie that made me really want to do it.



If you've never seen "An Affair to Remember" go rent it/Netflix queue it now! It's such a classic.

Anyway, early afternoon we got on the elevator and rode our way all the way to the top. I was so, so happy! Here's our pic. from the screen when we were waiting in line to ride up:

We spent about a half hour with hundreds of other tourists checking out Manhattan in the freezing cold, but it was amazing! Now I can say that I've done it on Valentine's Day. We spent the rest of the day walking around the city just taking it all in. We stopped by J's alma mater and the little pub in the Village where we met on our first real date.

We tried to go to Serendipity just to add to the romantic movie goodness, but there was a loooong wait, so we went shopping at Bloomingdale's instead. Fair trade, if you ask me. It was such a perfect weekend!

This year will be a little more low key, but fun. I'll, of course, be watching "Sleepless in Seattle," "An Affair to Remember," and maybe sneak in a Sunday matinee of the new flick "Valentine's Day" too. Other than that the weekend will include some of this, a little of this, and a whole lotta this because we love it! Looking forward to it all! Hope you all have something fun to do this weekend. Any special plans or traditions you'd like to share? Give me a shout out below!


Happy Valentine's Day!

Yes, please.

Photo found on Flickr here

Feliz Cinco de Mayo! I am hoping to get me a grande margarita today in honor of the festivities. Feelin' it? May try to convince husband to take me here for dinner for a cactus flower margarita-mmm... Their drinks and guac are to die! Guac is made onsite, and my favorite is the blue crab/corn/chile variety but they are all so good! Check it:

Anyone have a favorite Cinco de Mayo tradition? Or how about a favorite mexican dish?

Monday...

What a gorgeous, sunny weekend! Temps were in the upper 80's - rare for Cleveland this time of year. We went to dinner here with some friends on Friday to watch the Cavs take on Pistons. On Saturday, J had a "boys day" and took in some Indians baseball and the NFL draft while I enjoyed the afternoon solo in the great outdoors. I walked down to the park, sprawled out on a blanket, soaked up the sun and read a great book, " Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert.

Now, it is Monday. It is already 77 degrees and beautiful outside. I drove past Edgewater on the way to work and I think the outdoors are calling my name again. Contemplating taking a half day vaca to get outside and spend some time on my 101 list. Itching to get away from my desk top and it is only April. I think it's going to be a long summer...