Through the Looking Glass: Valentine's Day in the City

This will be a longer post and pretty much a big photo dump.. B and I had a great time and I took bunches of pics.

Originally I told B that it was fine if we didn't do anything much since this would be Valentine's Day numero 9 for us.. But I swear, he's such a closet romantic. He refused to tell me anything he had planned other than I might want to bring a warm coat and whatnot.

I was finishing up getting ready when he presented me with a beautiful bouquet. The man knows I'm not a big roses girl, so I loved this arrangement.

He also gave me a card, a box of chocolates, red Swedish Fish (my faves) and $150 to go clothes shopping. :) After the gifts we hailed a cab and headed out. I, of course, snapped a few pics in the cab as I am wont to do.

We arrived at Rockefeller Center, which is always beautiful. B led me up to Pulse, a restaurant that overlooks the ice rink at Rockefeller. It was voted one of the 10 most romantic restaurants in the city.. And I definitely think it deserves the title. It was gorgeous and the food was ahhh-mazing.

We bought a bottle of wine which (go figure) was from Washington. I move across the country to enjoy NYC life and I end up drinking a bottle of wine from home. :) At least it was delish and gave me what I like to call "Wine Bottle Philosophy" Observe:

(Reads as follows

next: 2008 washington riesling

next: is a statement

next: is a question

next: reminds us that

we always stand

at a crossroads.

that we are all poets,

all philosophers,

the makers and keepers

of our own dreams,

that we bring wine to our friends

that we might share both

wine and words together,

folded into a moment

on the edge of the next.)

How's that for a beautiful thought to carry you thru VDay and the rest of February? I thought it a wonderful sentiment.

After dinner came the dessert and the complimentary champagne. The waiters were great and they really liked us so they kept sneaking us refills. We would have complained but the man and I are complete lushes.

(coming soon)

After dessert we bundled up and B led me across the street to enjoy in some romantic night skating. We skated around the rink, held hands and listened to 80s music with all the other couples. Around midnight we called it good and hailed a cab back home.