anniversary weekend

last saturday was our 17th anniversary!

(that makes me feel old writing that since sometimes i only feel about 17 years old. ha!)
anyway we spent the weekend downtown and had a great time.
(sorry for the picture overload--either i don't blog at all or i post a bazillion pictures!)

this was our hotel--the joule--in some historic building.

it was pretty cool--very historic on the outside but very modern inside.
here's the lobby. loved that gear turning around!

even though i'm not much of a wine person, this was pretty.

here's some pictures of our room.
cool bed--not the most comfortable ever.
isn't the carpet awesome?

cool bathroom--even though i would never decorate this way, i really liked it in the room.

glass doors everywhere

cool sink

here we are before we decided to walk around downtown before dinner

love the shot of this building

love, LOVE this old building. you can't see too well, but it was crumbling on the bottom & it looked so neat!

nestled in among all these tall buildings was the cutest little hamburger stand.
(chris said for me to post that this is where he took me for our anniversary!)

another cool building--i think this was a native american museum.

of course we had to walk down to dealey plaza and see where president kennedy was shot.

here's the infamous grassy knoll.
(we felt like such tourists, but i had never seen it before. although we weren't as absolutely ridiculous as people who would run out into the street and have their picture taken at the exact spot he was shot. you can barely see the X in the street. what are people thinking?)

the school book depository

reunion tower
(one anniversary we had dinner at the top--awesome!)

and here we are squinting by the tulips!

another building shot because i love old buildings

then we got dressed up a little and headed out for dinner

we ate at the tower club here at thanksgiving tower up on the 48th floor.

once i got used to the altitude (ha!) the view was amazing!

chris with his dinner

me & my salad

these were the little appetizers they brought out--we never quite knew what they were but they tasted like tuna & were delicious.

chris took this picture & i'm not sure exactly what he was taking a picture of, but i thought it was cute! (i'm thinking it was the bread!)

this salad was fabulous! big hunks of goat cheese, raspberries, almonds, cucumbers & a wonderful raspberry vinaigrette--yum!

and this beef tenderloin was quite possibly one of the best things i have ever put into my mouth! i can't describe the way it almost melted in your mouth. and that marsala sauce was yum! that triangle is actually sheets of potatoes that was wonderful as well!
the best dinner we have had lately!

for dessert we had a molten chocolate cake with pineapple sauce--oh my!

then we went back to the hotel up to the 10th floor (you can see the pool hanging over the edge)
it was so pretty with huge lounging couches/beds around the pool. we had drinks and just relaxed and talked up there forever. it was a beautiful night and i truly could have slept right there!

here are the cards we gave each other & some of our chocolates

we slept late and then went down to eat breakfast--really pretty place.

here's my little morning appetizer.

the fans were propellers--so cool!

enjoying our breakfast and the last few minutes of our weekend

then we headed home

as we drove home, we passed this & just died!
(is that cheesy or what? i guess that leaves no doubt as to what this is!)

we had a wonderful weekend--so nice to spend time together & not worry about any day to day things for a little while.

if you've made it this far--bless your heart!
i've got a ton more pictures from spring break so get ready :)