Wednesday October 13, 2004 Just celebrated my 13th wedding anniversary (10/12/91)
In this day and age where on average 1 in every 2 marriages end in divorce (at least that's what I keep hearing in the US media), I am so very happy to have been able to celebrate my 13th wedding anniversary (10/12/91) with my best half, Patrick. We've had lots of adventures and so if you are interested, read on:How we met: Through a mutual friend at Humboldt State University in 1989
1st Date: Dinner and a movie (Stephen King's Pet Semetery)
1st major separation: Patrick graduated in 1990 from HSU, I had one more year to go so we had a long distance relationship for a year
Our honeymoon: Given that I was still in college at SJSU when we married, we didn't have much time so we spent a weekend in San Diego right after our wedding and then 6 months later, we went to Las Vegas for our official honeymoon.
His first major "stand by her side for support moment": My grandmother passed away the night of our wedding; Patrick and his family were there by my side to support me in my time of grief. They've been there ever since :) I did the same for him and his family when they lost his youngest brother at age 29, wouldn't have done anywhere else!
1st Family Pet: A black kitty that we adopted from the Humane Society, she was my graduation present from HSU and I named her "Morticia" She's been gone for a long time now but we now have Peyton, Scarlett, Ashes, & Arwen (cats) and Glory and Lycos (dogs) sharing our lives.
1st home together: When I graduated in 1991, I joined Patrick in the Bay Area - we lived in a studio apartment in Sunnyvale.
1st home we bought: We bought our first home in Fremont, by way of Sunnyvale, Concord, and San Jose
1st car we bought together: Patrick had a car when I met him (a Honda CRX), I didn't so we ended up purchasing a Toyota Corolla
1st exotic trip together: Our first trip together outside of the United States was to Germany / Austria and England...Patrick had to do an audit there for the Defense Department and I tagged along!
Latest exotic trip together: Our latest trip outside the United States was a visit to Brazil and Guatemala.
Just a sampling of what we've experienced together...here's looking to many more adventures with one of the most significant influences in my life.
Patrick, when you read this, remember, I will always love you :) ( Oct 13 2004, 09:37:39 AM PDT ) Permalink Comments [1]
Wednesday October 06, 2004 Sting / Annie Lennox Concert Review
And yet another concert review for your reading enjoyment...I went to see Sting & Annie Lennox on Saturday night (10/2) as part of Sting's "Sacred Love" tour at the Shoreline Ampitheatre in Mountain View.I tend to have to agree wholeheartedly with the recent San Jose Mercury review of this concert ... Annie should have been the headliner and Sting her opener. I had my first exposure to Annie back in the 80's when she was a member of the Eurythmics and while she had a very strong voice, now, she can only be equated to a fine wine...her voice, in my opinion, has become better over time. She sang some of the old favorites, like "Sweet Dreams (are made of this)" and "Here Comes the Rain" but she also sprinkled in some of the songs from her new album...I particularly liked "Pavement Cracks" and of course, she saved the best for last when she performed "Why" from an earlier album.
Talk about a shock when Sting came out on stage in a black suit...who woulda thunk it that the lead singer of The Police had gone "stuffy." He also performed some of the old favorites which always got the crowd on their feet but most of the time, they were right back in their seats when he moved on to perform songs from his new album. Of course, we were the loudest when Annie came back out and they did sang a duet together! I did think he went a bit far on the staging for "Sacred Love" especially since there were kids in the audience...he basically had three women in various stages of undress on huge screens behind him and they proceeded to do dances like you'd see in a strip club, not that I've ever been in a strip club!!!
One of the highlights of his set was when he mentioned that it was his 53rd birthday and the crowd proceeded to sing "Happy Birthday" to him, I think that we made his night! Besides, how often do you get to say that you've sung "Happy Birthday" to a celebrity in your lifetime? ( Oct 06 2004, 10:51:05 AM PDT ) Permalink