Loving San Francisco

I love San Francisco. I can walk everywhere, albeit they can be long walks sometimes, but I love the fact I can walk everywhere. Running is great of course - whether flat along the Embarcadero or running Nob Hill. I love the restaurants, art galleries and the sightseeing opportunities. I also have a lot of great memories from San Francisco and every time I come back it refreshes them.

Last night I hit one of my favourite restaurants. Fino's is a little Italian place - good food, great staff and somewhere I always try to go when in town. Last night I introduced three colleagues and friends to it and they loved it as well. Tomorrow I will get to go for a run with another old friend who I have not seen in a while. A great trip so far and as you can see from the picture, taken from my hotel room, the weather is perfect.

Happy Valentine's Day

I know I have said this to you today already but I wanted to say it again.

Happy Valentine's Day

I know I can be a challenge but I am so happy that you have stood up to the challenge. I promise a wonderful dinner for you, with a nice bottle of wine and a dessert just for you.

I love you baby!

Some pictures from our trip to SLC

Just click here and you will be taken to the album

A Night at the Opera .... house

It is not very often I get to use a Queen song reference in the title of a blog.

Last night Laura took me to the Kennedy Center to see the National Ballet of Canada perform their Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It was wonderful. I had never been to the Kennedy Center so just being in the Opera House was wonderful. The ceiling is beautiful. Laura had gotten us front row seats in one of the best boxes so we had a fantastic view of the performance. When I checked the playbill I found out that the Artistic Director was Karen Kain, one of Canada's most famous, if not the most famous, ballet dancers. I think it showed in the performance. Their interpretation of Wonderland was fabulous - truly no dialogue needed to fully understand the story. The dancing of course was fabulous. It was a wonderful night and I give Laura all the thanks for that.

Thank you sweety

Some pictures for you to enjoy

Some pics from my last trip

This week I was in Vancouver for a day and a half - almost spent as much time flying and in airports. Anyway I did grab a couple of shots that I thought you would like to see.

Pictures from Laura's Birthday Weekend

Just a few pictures. I would have taken a picture of her cake but it is half-eaten now.

Happy Birthday Honey!

Laura pointed out to me that today is the 13th day of 2013. In my mind that is the luckiest day as it is her birthday.

Yesterday, what we now call Laura's Australian birthday, we went to Barrel Oak Winery somewhere we will go every now and then to enjoy a glass of wine and to just relax. Well yesterday was a bit different as I had worked with the people at the winery to have a Barrel Membership set up and ready for Laura. She was quite surprised and happy. We spent the afternoon having a personal tour of the barrel room with one of the vintners, had a picnic and some nice wine. It was especially nice that it was a warm sunny day and we could sit outside.

Today the girls and I will celebrate with Laura at one of her favorite restaurants in Georgetown ... and we may have some other surprises for her too.

Happy Birthday Honey!