more SuperWeekend pictures… for the guys

Trevor & Dave enjoying pizza that’s as big as your head at Pizza Mart in Adams Morgan

L.o.v.e.

The Evening Star Cafe in Alexandria is one of those restaurants you walk by and think “ooh, that looks like a nice place!” and then you see the menu and think “ooh, wow, it’ll have to be a special occasion…”. Thanks to a generous gift certificate from the couple Danielle babysits for, we were able to enjoy a romantic, delicious dinner at Evening Star to celebrate Valentine’s Day! We started off with BLT mac n’ cheese as our appetizer (a-mazing!), followed by entrees of pork tenderloin with garlic potatoes and fried onions, and an Indian inspired red snapper dish. I ordered the fish to be daring, and ended up swapping meals with Geoff when I didn’t like it. Thanks Valentine :)

After our delicious dinner, we realized we needed dessert for later! So, off to our favorite bakery: Buzz! Geoff got the chocolate “love” cupcake and I got a caramel/Snickers one. De-lish!

Geoff also bought me this beautiful yellow rose. So sweet :) It was a sentimental gift, a reminder  from college. Our first unofficial Valentines, when we were in that {liked each other but not dating yet}stage, I went away over the weekend to see my family and Geoff schemed with one of my roommates to have a pretty red rose on my desk waiting for me when I returned. Awww. So special that we have these memories to look back on, to remember the beginnings of our love and see how it has grown over the years. Not that we need a special day to remind us of it, but it is a good excuse for a fancy dinner and a beautiful flower :)

Roomie

Meet Diesel, my roommate for the week. He may look big and menacing, but he is about as sweet and laid back as you can get...except for the constant whining when you stop petting him...

"Super" Weekend

So basically if you have not been living under a rock the past few weeks, you know that the Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl. And, if you know my wonderful husband at all, you know that he is perhaps the biggest Packers fan of all (ok maybe besides his brother).

yes, that is cheese on my head... the things you do for love ;)

Anyway, beyond the fact that the Packers beat the Steelers to be the #1 team in football for the 2010 season, four of our friends from college came to visit over super bowl weekend. Good friends and a Packers victory pretty much made it the best weekend ever- a "super" weekend if you will :) Here are some pictures of the weekend's festivities, both football and non-football related.

Good Stuff Eatery for burgers & milkshakes

playing Sheepshead with Lincoln

the guys @ Good Stuff

the Washington Monument! (its there...really...behind the fog)Thank you guys, for coming to DC for the weekend. It was a blessing to spend time with some of our favorite people, to relive college memories, and to have something to distract Geoff from the stress/anticipation of Sunday's game!