Sunday, August 1, 2010

August 1, 2010

It's Sunday, and it's officially the last day of my vacation. I have been away from work for 9 whole days... and I want to do it all over again! I started it off by cleaning the house, bathing Sampson, hittin' the gym, studying, homeworkin', and shopping... everything I wasn't planning on doing during the second half of my vacay.

Last Sunday morning, we went golfing with Andy's boss Anthony, and our friend Aaron. I literally used 3 clubs the entire time- 7, wedge, and putter. My game was definitely "off", but I made up for it on Tuesday in Napa at Kennedy with my mom (who's awesome) and my friend Roo (who's awesomely hilarious). After laughing with them for a few hours, and enjoying a fabulous meal with Roo at Taqueria Rosita, I headed home to do some last minute studying for my 3rd exam.

On Thursday, Andy and I did some Outlet shopping in the morning, and hit the road to meet up in Berkeley with Leslie & Chris, and we headed to a BBQ at Leslie's in-laws house. We chatted it up with Bob & Cherie and heard about all their recent fun (and no so fun) events (see txtrib.blogspot.com). After crashing at Leslie & Chris's wonderful home, we drove into the city bright and early and checked into our amazing hotel room at Parc 55. We were upgraded to a room on the 25th floor with amazing views of the city. We ate some grub, did some shopping/people watching in Union Square, and then retreated back to the room for a quick nap before our night on the town.

We headed to Roy's (which we were told is one of Obama's fave places in the city) for appetizers, a few glasses of wine, and delicious meal- Andy had the steak and I had the absurdly huuuuuge herb chicken (we ended up giving half of my meal to a homeless man holding a sign that read "If you can read this, I'll let you give me a dollar"). After dessert, we caught a cab and were magically whisked away to the Orpheum Theatre to see WICKED. If you haven't seen it, I would HIGHLY recommend seeing it (and if you've heard bad reviews about it- don't listen to them..... Cindy). We went back to the hotel, had a few drinks at the bar ($$$$), went up to our room, melted into the plush bed, and were out for the count.

On Saturday, we swung by Napa to see my folks, and to see how my poor mother was dealing with her thrashed living room (remodel), grabbed a quick bite and hit the road. Which brings us to this lovely Sunday... and the fact that I want to do this entire vacation over again, one more time :). Whew! I'm exhausted.