… I’m back!!
“So Lisa B, what have you been doing during your rather ahem lengthy blog hiatus?”
“Thanks for asking oh-curious-unnamed-blogger! I suddenly looked up and months had gone by. How in the world did THAT happen???”
Anyway, here are a few of the highlights:
HCFG and I celebrated our one year anniversary. I truly can’t believe it, it’s almost hard for me to remember when he wasn’t a part of my life. And yes, we are still nauseatingly, blissfully, shmoopily happy.
We went to San Francisco on business and took an extra couple of days to celebrate. Lots of fun, but what’s with those darn hills everywhere?! Quite aerobic, anyway. We saw a couple of friends, including the lovely Kailyn. One of the highlights was a special anniversary supper at Boulevard. Quite chichi and absolutely delicious. We hung out all over the place including: Chinatown, North Beach, Union Square and San Jose. We were also complete tourists and went to Alcatraz. HCFG had been many years before with his son, but it was my first time. It’s quite something, all those old crumbling walls, along with the “to die for” view of San Francisco. The audio tour by the former inmates, guards, and families who used to live there was fascinating, and made it very easy to visualize what it was like back in the day. Next time we’re going to go on the presumably spooky as hell night tour!
We now have 8 bottles of SF’s most affordable finest wines sitting on my table. I had almost forgotten how much I like California wines! At the rate we drink we will still be enjoying them in time for next year’s trip.
We also went to Texas to celebrate our dear friend John’s birthday party. HCFG met the rest of my family, not to mention many of the Tea crowd. Of course everyone loved him and several of the older ladies whispered to me, “He’s so handsome!” I thought I was going to have to arm wrestle one of them cause she was definitely on the prowl. MEOW. One of the funnier moments was when I noticed all of my family was inside the house while all of John’s family was outside. I whispered to my Mom that it felt like “West Side Story.” MEOW IN STEREO. Hey, it’s me, remember? You know snarky remarks happen on my blog!
What else? Well, I got an iPhone. Which I love more than you should love any inanimate object. Best. Toy. Ever. All hail the mighty Apple!!!
Alrighty then.
I’m feeling creative again so you will probably be seeing a whole lot more of me ’round these parts. Hope to see you as well!
It’s great to see you here…welcome back
All sounds good!
What is it with those older cougars anyway?
Welcome back to blogland
And of course, I’m back too… A couple of further details Lisa left out of the above post:
When we went to SF, one of the highlights was a tour of my old stomping grounds from oh so long ago. We wanted to go to Napa but the schedule didn’t really have room for a really long day-trip. So we went to the vineyard that makes some of the world’s best Zinfandels and Cabernets: Ridge Vineyards, located not in the hills of the Napa Valley, but well-hidden in the hills overlooking Silicon Valley, in the town of Cupertino, most known as the home of Apple Computer (And, yes, I drove Lisa past the headquarters since she’s a Mac fan-chick, but even more importantly, past “Bandley Three,” the nondescript office building where the original Mac development team labored in secret to build the first version of the revolutionary machine).
Anyway, the road to Ridge Vineyards, which I used to ride on my mountain bike, is narrow, steep and twisty. It has an incredible view if one can take one’s eyes off the road for a second as you ascend. Lisa is none too fond of heights and threatens to get carsick when it gets twisty. And to my dismay, the wines that I could afford 30 years ago now go for hundreds of dollars per bottle, as Ridge’s reputation has gone global. Ack! But the wine was incredible and the weather was great, so it was still a successful trip.
It was indeed fun to visit Texas for John’s birthday party. The food was almost as good as the food at Lisa & her mom’s annual tea party, so it was pretty easy to withstand the assault on all the southern belles who wanted to check me out. Now I know how prize specimens feel at a horse auction, being prodded, checked for glanders and having my molars examined repeatedly. Fortunately, I seem to have passed since I was admitted back for the annual tea more recently, but that’s a story for another day.
–HCFG
Welcome back! You and HCFG make a great couple so I’m happy to hear you’ve hit a milestone! Wishing you two crazy kids many more years together.
HEY! HEY! Welcome back to the sphere!
dude, does this mean I have to start blogging again???
Good to see you’ve checked in at least a little. I haven’t been doing much better. I love my new 3GS more than I should too. See how much we have in common?
Lisa B: I have missed your blogging, as you are one of the original blogger’s I became friends with when I entered the blogworld. I’m very happy for you, just catching up a bit!!!!!! lol!
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