Sunday, February 6, 2011

Birthday Week Begins

Happy Birthday week to Stein! In honor of the birthday boy, here is a list of some of the great memories that we have made together. And because I am feeling some cabin fever and in need of a vacation, this list has a vacation theme, too:

  • Being in Seattle, afraid of heights (me) on the Space Needle.
  • Drinking wine with Chris, Steve and Kate in Napa.
  • Skiing in Colorado and eating lunch outside on the sunny mountainside at Winter Park.
  • Sitting on the deck of the USS Missouri in Honolulu, eating dinner and listening to a big band play.
  • Eating the best paella I've ever had and getting sunburned in April at an outside cafe in Madrid.
  • Tromping around Gaudi Park in Barcelona.
  • Walking on hardened lava cautiously (me) and watching flowing lava in Hawaii.
  • Being the only people on a beach in Naples, FL because the temps were too low for the locals.
  • Cubs spring training games in Arizona.
  • A day in Sedona with a Pink Jeep tour, a drink at the Enchantment resort, and a beautiful sunset on the red rocks.
  • Eating pancakes at Pamela's in Pittsburgh.
  • Laughing with our friends while eating crab in Maryland.
  • Watching a football game at Penn State. Twice. One time arriving in style in a metallic green Mustang.
  • Sitting in adirondack chairs on the lawn of Mission Resort on Mackinac Island.
  • Walking around the monuments of DC at night. On more than one occasion.
  • Eating dinner on the grounds of the union at Marquette on a beautiful summer night.
  • Watching sunsets for five consecutive days up north, each night different than the next.
  • Sitting on the beach in Maui for hours reading, sleeping, sunning, swimming.
  • Cruising down the mountain in Maui on bicycles, shedding layers of clothes as we went.
  • Wandering around Quebec City with nowhere to go.
  • Watching a game at Fenway Park in Boston.
And the list goes on and on...

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