Weekend Round-Up: Domestic Bliss

This weekend was so quiet and relaxing! Compared to our normal jam-packed weekends, Rob and I were practically hermits these last two days.

Friday, we came home a little late from work. After our really long and busy week it was so nice to just have a quiet evening in our PJ’s with some bean tacos and a movie.

The sun was shining in our neighborhood Saturday morning, so I made a pot of coffee and joined rob in the back courtyard while he waxed the new car. It was relaxing to be outside with a New Yorker watching the neighborhood wake up. When he finished, we drove down to the used gear sale at REI and had a nice lunch on the bay at Jelly’s. Rob is gearing up for a canyoneering trip with his friends next weekend.

Rob worked on installing a Thule roof rack on the car (can you tell that he loves his new Fit?) while I relaxed and read upstairs. At 6:00, we were preparing for the outdoor movie but decided at the last minute that it would be too cold. Instead we had a romantic anniversary dinner of Chinese takeout and champagne at home.

Sunday morning, we woke up early for a bike ride across the city. The sun was gone and replaced by a soupy mist blanket over the entire city. We pedaled through the park and over to the Presidio for the Aloha Festival. We watched Rob’s ukulele teacher perform and ate filipino lumpia. After a few hours, we were freezing and pedaled back home. A 10 mile ride!

On our way to parking the bike, our mean neighbor and a friend tried to harass us about our noise complaints and threatened to take us to court. So strange because he’s actually been really quiet lately. I was a little shaken up after that encounter but I calmed myself down by polishing all the silver in the house, taking a nice long bath and painting my nails.

Rob and I had a nice dinner of mushroom ravioli followed by apricot and blueberry tarts. We tucked into bed early and slept like logs all night long.