Being the romantic that I am, I just love to celebrate this day.
Unfortunately, I had my internship out in Ronkonkoma, LI on Valentine's Day.
I left at 10 am and returned at 11pm to the City of Love. As I made my way through Penn Station, I saw bears, flowers, cards, balloons, and candy. This year, My Love and I celebrated a little differently..
Jim and I made the most out of not spending actual Valentine's Day together.
We decided to celebrate all weekend...
On Friday night, I developed an old roll of film that I have kept for a year. I waited until Valentine's weekend to develop it! Throughout the year, I snapped moments of us that I wanted to remember. It was so exciting to develop it. We had snapshots of Fire Island, Yankee games, quiet moments on the NYC city streets, moments in our apartment, pictures of the Triathalon that we did together, and pictures of us in Central Park. We live in a society that is all about instant gratification. It was so wonderful to wait a year to develop the pictures. I was consumed with that exciting feeling of anticipation!
I selected some of the pictures, and created a 'Doorway of Love' to our apartment to kick off the Valentine's Day weekend.
On Saturday, it was a lovely relaxing day filled with PJs and wedding planning!
On Sunday night, I returned to the house to find my favorite meal:
Manchego Cheese and Olives to start!
Filet Mignon, Mashed Potatoes, and Asparagus paired with Cabernet Sauvignon from the Napa Valley.
For dessert, I made a chocolate souffle with fresh whipped cream and strawberries. I tried to make it look like an Oreo-- putting the whipped cream between the souffle! It was delish.
All in all, it was a wonderful weekend filled with lots of love.
To boot, the chef was such a cutie ;)
A big thank you to Love, especially my love.
You make my world go round...
Stinkin' adorable!
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