Our Newest Creative Addition to Our Humble Abode

This past weekend my parents invited us over to browse through some items they were getting rid of and we struck GOLD with a plethora of frames. I've been wanting to do something creative for our upstairs hallway and I though I could paint these and hang them up for an abstracty design and I think I pulled it off!

The Plethora of Frames BEFORE

The Plethora of Frames AFTER 1st COAT OF PAINT

OUR NEW CREATIVE ADDITION!!

The blue oasis that you see is our bedroom

So, what do you think??

Good Friends & Good Wine - Napa 09

One of Geoff's college roommates, Mike, came to visit us last month and we had a blast! We drove the hour and a half to Napa on a rainy day and it was my favorite trip to wine country thus far!!

Our first stop was the Castello Di Amorosa, it's a authentic castle created and built by Dario Sattui. It was breathtaking!! And, in fact, it was so wonderful and the wine was utterly sinful - Geoff and I decided to become members . . . Yep, the Castle of Love is our first (and only) wine club membership. How appropriate :)

The Dungeon

The Banquet Room

The Courtyard

Lovely Lis and my SF home away from home

Back in March my friend Barbara and I went to go visit one of my best friends . . . The Lovely Lisa! She has an amazing condo in Milbrae which is right outside of San Francisco. We ate at the best asain restarant EVER, went to the the best bar EVER and took a relaxing drive along the coast. I LOVE visiting Lis!!

The view from Lisa's balcony

Here comes the fog . . .

YUMMY!!!!!!

Bourbon & Branch is the BEST bar! You have to have reservations and it is a glimpse back on the 1920's and the era of Prohibition. It holds true to the ambiance of that time in and it's located in an actual speakeasy that operated illegally at this location from 1921 to 1933!! There are house rules that must be followed and the drinks are delectably strong. If you are ever in the SF area and are staying the night make reservations and GO!!

One of the "House Rules" is no photography but I snuck these in without using my flash . . .

"The Library"

The Palace of Fine Arts . . . at night

The beautiful Cali Coast

San Fran from the 80

The Bay Bridge

What a Difference Trees Make

We bought our house a year ago next month - yahoo! When we moved in we focused on the inside and then the wedding took up all of our time so our front yard was left totally neglected. And if I am being completely honest, it looks CRAP-PY!!




We decided that since we have been in the house for a year it was high time to make it look just as wonderful as the inside so for our first year celebration we are going to prettify our front yard. We are very lucky to live in Sacramento County where they have a shade tree program to help cut energy costs. We met with a representative today and we are getting six trees for FREE!! Yep, completely and totally FREE!!! Yeah!!! Now we won;t have to spend $1000 plus on trees and we can focus on the plants and flowers :)

I downloaded a landscaping program and here's a pretty close representation of what our yard will look like (when the trees have grown a little) . . .


Isn't it lovely??? You just gotta love trees!!

Ta Da!! The Final Entertainment Center

As I said before . . . my dad is amazing!


and yes that us the hills on the TV . . . it's my guilty pleasure.

It's Britney Bitch!

Last Saturday Geoff and I were at his parents celebrating Easter when his brother and is sister-in-law said they were leaving early to head to the Britney Spears concert. Though I hate to admit it - Geoff and I are fans of Britney (at least some songs) and we thought she would be fun to see. We tried to get tickets online but it said the only tickets availible were $150 plus . . . um, no way!! Well after talking for a bit and getting more and more jealous by the minute we decided to be spontanous and head to Arco and try to scalp tickets.

Parking at arco arena . . . $12

Buying scalped tickets to a sold out show from a man on a corner. . . $120

Deciding to take a last minute ranmdom adventure, get seats next to Misty and Aaron, and shaking our booties to Britney Spears . . . PRICELESS!!!

The stage


An acrobat circus performer

"Just like a Circus"

Britney does a TON of prancing around

more prancing

THAT's ALL FOLKS!!