Getaway with the Hot Rockin Hubby

My HRH took me away for a few days 

for our anniversary.

We said we were going to San Francisco for our little

getaway, but we forgot one key factor.

You see, even though we lived in the Bay Area for 

many years, we forgot that 

you can freeze to death in San Francisco in August!

That MAY be a SLIGHT exaggeration but only slightly.

I only packed a cute summer dress, and two pairs of capris

and a few short sleeved tops.

What was I thinking?????

The weather was like in the 50s in the city!

So, since we stayed in Burlingame near the SFO airport,

(we used Priceline so you never know exactly where you will end up.) and we both have such wonderful memories of our years living on the Peninsula, 

we decided to just mess around down there. 

So Friday night, we ate at our FAVORITE 

restaurant in Redwood City,

Harry's Hofbrau.

Harry's is not fancy, trendy or pricey.

It is just a fun place with excellent food.

We dream about Harry's roast meats and mashed potatoes and gravy.

YUM!

After dinner, we headed down the El Camino Real

to Palo Alto, where you will find the 

Stanford Theatre

on University Ave.

The Stanford runs classic films

from the glory days of old Hollywood.

Before each film, the "Mighty Wurlitzer" organ rises

from the orchestra pit and the film goers are treated

to an organ concert made up of favorite movie songs.

When Don and I were married, one of the staff organists

at the Stanford Theatre played the organ at our wedding.

Don and I were thrilled to see "Easter Parade"

and "Holiday Inn" at the theatre on 

Friday night.

 Cost is $7.00 per person for a double feature

and you can even bring in your own candy and popcorn.

Though if you decide to buy concessions there, 

the prices are really, really reasonable,

like $1.50 for popcorn!

The whole evening was a huge treat!

Saturday morning, we had planned to go into
The City
which, if you live in Northern CA, always means San Francisco,
but that was when we discovered how cold it was to be.

But Don had been looking around on line for
fun things to do in the South Bay.
Don grew up in San Jose and then
as a teenager moved to Redwood City,
so he loves the South Bay and Peninsula areas.

But Don found this!

The San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles

What a good hubby!

And it was a bargain at $8.00 per person!

The current exhibit is called
ITAB: International Techstyle Art Biennial 

That sounds really technical, and it is,
BUT each item of art
was an incredible type of quilt or
tapestry or other creation
that combined traditional methods
with computer genius!

I wish I could have taken pictures but the
docents made me promise not to, because
each item was proprietary.

But, if you are near to San Jose,
go see this incredible exhibit!!

After the quilt museum, we decided to head over
to see the San Jose Giants play.

The San Jose Giants are a Triple A team that is a farm club
for the San Francisco Giants.

It happened to be "Italian Night" 

at the ball field, so everyone 

received free t-shirts with the

Giants logo in the colors of the Italian flag.

In between each inning, there was some contest

or game with giveaways.

Once contest was a free pizza for the fan that screamed the loudest.

The guy sitting next to me won that contest and shared

his free pizza with us!

We did not stay the whole game because we had parked a few blocks

away, which was an industrial neighborhood.

Free pizza man told us that there were often 

robberies in that area, and asked if we were afraid

of our car being broken into. 

Uh.......we had not thought of it until that moment!

So, we left after about 6 innings so we could get to our car before dark.

Sunday morning, 

we drove up to Sonoma county and wandered around.

We used to live there and love it so much!

But would you believe, that I forgot to get the camera out

of the car!!! 

We visited a local church and then went to Joann's Fabrics

because I had an 80% off coupon. 

I bought a bolt of red ticking stripe.

More on this later!

But after that, we took the long way driving home

because Ahnalin was missing me and

would not go to sleep without
"Mama". 

So, that was a little getaway. 

Simple, fun, inexpensive and perfect, because

I was with the most wonderful husband in the world.