Happy Anniversary

Rene and I have now made it 6 years! It has been a hard couple of years but it felt REALLY nice to have an anniversary that matched those of our earlier years.


We sent Ruby to Kathleen's (her daycare provider) and went out to dinner at a luxerious restaurant called Blanca (a very Top Chef experience). We started the night with some cocktails and a horrible appetizer of "Yellowtail Two ways". I'm not kidding when I say that one of the ways smelled like a really bad fart - NOT an appetizing odor. Rene was a doll and ate all of the offensive smelling poached radishes immediately so we didn't have to smell it anymore. This was the ONLY bad part of the meal/experience. We then moved on to a can't-go-wrong of Oysters on the Half Shell. Then came the entrees...I had a corn crusted halibut on a bed of bacon risotto and Rene had bacon warpped scallops. They were both to die for but Rene's was slightly better :) Then, oh then, was dessert! A sampler of Meyer lemon Cheescake, warm Rocky Road chocolate cake w/ marshmallow cream, chocolate ice cream, and butterscotch pot-d-creme (pudding) w/ salted carmel on top. Dessert was absolutely hypnotic!

We then picked up our beautiful daughter, took her home, read her a story, and put her to bed. And for the first time she repeated back to me what I have said to her everynight of her life as I lay her to bed, "namaste". What a perfect evening!

Rene and I discussed the future and what we want for our relationship and our family. This time next year, we might even be talking about a sibling for Ruby. for now, we are just enjoying each other again...and leraning how to communicate with eachother in a more evolved way. And even though we both still get under eachother's skin from time to time, we really are in love again!

I love you Rene!

san francisco weekend

What an amazing weekend!!!

We went to my cousin's wedding on Friday (congrats Lindsay & Tony!!). It was so beautiful. We had to leave early though since we are now the parents of a youngster past her bedtime when the champagne was rollin' out. After putting Ruby & I to bed Rene partied with my family until the weee hours of the morning becoming the peace keeer for the inevitable drama that reared its ugly head after too many cocktails. Oh, family drama is so much fun! It was such an amazing visit with my cousins, aunts, uncles, mom, siblings. We really got to spend some valuable time just hanging out. It reminded me that no matter how much I may bitch about my family - I would not be complete without the connection I have with all of them. I want Ruby to have that strong sense of family where you can truly be your most authentic self and still be loved by this strange grouping of people that share your DNA. Family rocks!

Then there was the other side of the weekend!!!!

G-ma was amazing and took Ruby up to her house for the night so Rene & I could have a little fun. Saturday was my dear friend Sabrina's birthday. Rene & I, along with Sabrina & her husband Joshua & her brother Jonathan, went to the coolest place called Supperclub. We laid in beds in an all white club/restaurant while eating a 5 course dinner, sipping champagne and extravagant cocktails, and feasting our eyes on some very avant garde performance art. The menu tried to be something of a Top Chef tasting and on some levels it succeeded; here's how the course broke down:

1. Heirloom tomato and bread salad with fresh mozzerella (super yummy!)
2. Tuscan white bean soup with cheese crostini (boring)
3. Diver scallops in some tomatoey compote served in a metal dog food bowl (super yummy and fun)
4. Seared duck with bread stuffing (stuffing good but dry, duck was sweet - I'm not a fan of duck so I was mildly scared)
5. Chocolate mousse with sweet cream atop a thing chocolate cake - aka Adult Ho-Ho (super yummy & decadent)

There was a dj spinning all kinds of music from old jazz vocals (Sabrina's set list when she sings) to house music that gets you moving. We were dancing on table tops, eating in bed, getting massages at the dinner table, and otherwise having the time of our lives. It honestly took me no time at all to forget for one evening that I was a mom and enjoy myself as a human. There was an opera performance, drag extravaganzas, bloody renditions of U2, a conga line (yes, I conga-ed), and interesting visual displays of light. I tasted yummy food & drink, listened to butt shaking tunes, watched crazy performances, smelled beautiful food as each course was prepared, and felt the floor with my bare toes as I danced all night. I tickled all five of my senses (the mission of Supperclub). I felt super sexy and flirty all night. We finished off the night by walking back to our hotel several blocks away (in true SF style) to change our clothes and go out for latenight dining at Mel's. We sat in the window overlooking the elevator lobby of a hip-hop club that had just closed - serious people watching!

I am madly in love with San Francisco. It feeds my soul to spend time there - to experience the gems and treasures of such an amazing city. I can't wait to share SF with Ruby as she gets older. I still remember taking my sister to the Haight Street Fair when she was young where she saw her first 3 foot high blue mohawk.

We stayed at beautiful hotels and ate room service and had sex and played and really took a bonafide vacation. It was the break I was looking for - craving really. Rene and I feel much better about the demands of being mom & dad now that we had a glimpse of Heather & Rene again.

Thanks a million Mamma Mackin!!

Thanks a million Ruby!!!

Thanks a million Mo-bergs!!!