Hiatus with the Hubs

Yes, I'm a little behind again. Yes, I'm a little slow.  However, better late than never, right??

The hubs was here over Labor Day weekend.  We thought we'd be really smart and use the only time off that we have in common until Thanksgiving to visit each other.  But alas, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.  We were able to spend time each other but the time went much too quickly.

I introduced Esteban to In and Out Burger upon his arrival to California.  However, some of you may know that my husband grew up in the Oakland area when he was younger and then returned when he was in the military. So California is not as foreign to him as it feels to me. But needless to say, he had never been to In and Out Burger before. 

On Saturday, I introduced Esteban to my other love, Philz, and Esteban, too, had a coffeegasm.  Hmmmm... love me some Philz! :-)  I also introduced Esteban to my girlfriend, Pamplemousse, where we chowed down on some yummy French pastries in the glorious sunshine.  Speaking of sunshine, I find it so incredible how gorgeous the weather always is!  I think this must be the weather in heaven because it doesn't get any more perfect than this.

We drove up to San Francisco and hung out with the boys, Mikey and Brett.  We all went to gay beach at Dolores Park where I saw more than my share of nakedness - pictures were sent to a select few. ;-)  In addition, I got sunburned again... no surprises there so I don't even know why I mention it. ;-)  However, you all should feel kind of sorry for me because it blistered and now I have scabs on my back - not sexy but that's life.

Then we met up with some boys who were in town with the gay rodeo. (Note to self: I don't think I will ever escape from my Texas roots.) ;-)  Apparently they liked me and started giving me free jello shots.  I think it was only 5pm or 6pm and I was already schnockered... to the point where Esteban said I was just saying random words like "bubbles" and "rainbows" and "puppies."  I think I was living in my own fantasy world.  But I don't remember a thing about that... maybe he's just teasing me.  But if not, when I go crazy, at least we know I will be a happy crazy. :-)

We ended the evening with some yummy Mexican food and a drag show.  I made Esteban hold my purse during the show so he would fit in with the rest of the boys there. ;-) Hahaha!  The only problem is that now every time I hear the song "Extraterrestrial" by Katy Perry, I think of the drag queen who performed that song.  I can't get that performance out of my head.  So my apologies, Katy, but a drag queen upstaged you. ;-)

Both Sunday and Monday were pretty low key.  We visited Esteban's dad and stepmom in Oakland on Sunday.  I was surprised at how pretty Oakland is!  I just assumed by the bad reputation that Oakland has and the ghetto people I witnessed at the 49ers/Raiders game, that Oakland would be the armpit of America.  But that's not true.  It has the hills of San Francisco and lots of green.  It's actually quite beautiful.  We enjoyed dinner at Le Cheval, a Vietnamese/French restaurant that Esteban has been telling me about since the day I met him almost 11 years ago.

On Monday we enjoyed more Philz :-) and hung out around Palo Alto.  I thought that by having Esteban here, it would help make me feel more at home.  However, the longer I stay in Palo Alto, the harder it is for me to imagine myself here.  I think San Francisco might be a different story but can't quite say for sure since I don't live there.

So there was my Labor-less Day weekend (for once, a weekend that I didn't work!).