Greg's Pudgy

So I came home today and after the typical putzing around, I was in the kitchen making a grilled cheese sandwich. Cheryl came up behind me and hugged me. While hugging me, she felt my chest and stomach and said, "I think you should start going to the gym again."

Now I'm crying.

Chihuly @ the De Young Museum

We checked out the Chihuly at the De Young Museum exhibit over the weekend. Chihuly is an artist works with glass. His work is on display in the lobby ceiling of the Bellagio on Las Vegas. I saw his Chihuly in the Park: A Garden of Glass exhibit at the the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago several years back.

This current exhibit was really cool. It was pretty crowded, and the exhibit was smaller than we expected. It had many similar pieces to the one i saw in Chicago, but they were displayed differently. In Chicago, the pieces were displayed within a natural setting, which provided a unique contrast to the pieces. The one at the de Young wasn't set against a natural setting, which made the pieces more dramatic. There were also some new pieces that I haven't seen before, like the baskets. If you'd like to see our photos of the exhibit, click here.

After the visiting the exhibit, we walked around the park and grabbed a late lunch at Park Chow before heading back home. It was a great way to spend the afternoon.

Audrey and Alan's Wedding

Yesterday we attended Audrey and Alan's wedding. Audrey played on our Monday co-ed volleyball team, Crazy Monkeys. The ceremony was a traditional church ceremony with singing, a reading and a homily. Audrey looked amazing! Alan didn't look to bad either. =) Quite a few of our volleyball friends were there as well. It's strange seeing our volleyball friends dressed up. I almost didn't recognize a few of them because I'm so used to seeing them in t-shirts and shorts.

Audrey is a huge Mickey Mouse fan. In fact, there was a Mickey Mouse theme to her wedding. She had the Mickey Mouse head silhouette on their invitations, programs, favor boxes and menus. The favors were Mickey Mouse shaped soap. Their toasting glasses had small. frosted Mickey Mouse head silhouettes. Even the cake was decorated with Mickey Mouse!

I'm not sure if you can see it in the photo. In addition to the beads shaped like Mickey Mouse, there are Mickey Mouse sillhouettes embossed on the cake.



Here's a close-up of the top tier of the cake:















I loved all the Mickey Mouse touches because it wasn't overdone and was very much Audrey. I don't think Alan is as much of a Mickey fan, but I'm sure he's okay with Audrey's love for all things Mickey Mouse. If you want to see more photos, click here.

Our First Anniversary

It's our one year anniversary! Neither one of us can believe that it's already been a year. It seems like it was just yesterday that we were busy planning the wedding and our New Zealand honeymoon.

So, what did we do to celebrate this milestone? We played volleyball! =) The league we play in together had playoffs tonight. And since I'm the captain of the team, we couldn't really skip out of playoffs. But we did celebrate on Saturday by going to dinner at Manresa. That was definitely a dining experience. Unless you're filthy rich, I'd say Manresa is a special occasion place.

We ordered the 8 course tasting menu with wine pairings. The food was excellent, unlike anything either of us has tasted. My co-worker, Sid, asked me what type of food they served. And I really couldn't describe it. The chef creates dishes with unique flavors, combining things I would never have thought to put together. The food really can't be categorized into one type of cuisine like Italian, Greek or French. The service was also excellent and completely met our expectations for a restaurant of Manresa's caliber.