02-02-02 to 02-02-11

Happy 9th Anniversary to us!  At the last minute, Glen decided to take the actual anniversary day off work.  It fell on a Wednesday, and my mom doesn't work on Wednesdays, so we thought it would be a good day for us to get out of town.  And then we thought about it and thought if we had the whole day, why not take off after Glen left work on Tuesday night.  We couldn't decide between Tahoe and San Francisco, but in the end the cold snowy mountains beckoned and off we went.

It was such a treat.  I found THE MOST AMAZING deal on a hotel in South Lake Tahoe right across from the Heavenly Gondola (and, more importantly, right across from the Starbucks).  We checked in, and then went to a fancy restaurant for our anniversary meal.  Kalani's.  Big treat.  Overpriced for the who's who in the skiing crowd, I suppose, but for our anniversary we decided to splurge. 

We slept in, and then made our first stop at Starbucks for breakfast before wandering around the little galleries and stores window-shopping ski gear and art!  It was that kind of day... lazy, unscheduled.  We ate when we felt hungry, and walked down to the water (FREEZING), and sat chatting to people from all over the world that were there to ski.  For a while on the Tuesday we'd considered skiing, and we'd brought all the gear for it, but decided to rather just relax and spend the time together.  Good choice!!

Ended the evening with appetizers and drinks at Fire and Ice before finally heading home. 

What a great getaway.  Thanks to my folks for watching the kids!!