A Romantic Getaway (August 2023)

 

Nothing makes a Romantic Getaway romantic quite like a box of Happy Shapes. 

We didn't even buy the cereal! Still romantic.  

This post is comprised entirely from phone pictures I took and texted to my children while John and I were on an overnight trip to Rome. I suppose I should try to edit them someday since they're the only evidence of our trip, but when pictures are this terrible, why bother?

John surprised me with a trip to Capitolfest! We watched classic films for a day and a half straight and ate ice cream in the dark. The only thing more romantic than Happy Shapes is eating ice cream with your best friend in a movie theater. I loved every minute of this trip. John is the greatest.

I took a picture of ice cubes for Millie, who exclaims, "Aren't they just so cute?!!" over ice cubes like no one else I know.

Book earrings, also for the Bumpkin.

The theater was gorgeous and full of lovely architectural and art deco details. I couldn't help but take crummy snapshots to send to the girls.

All of the silent movies had live music as their soundtrack, with professional organists and live sound effects, and the curtain opened and closed over the screen for each show. ROMANTIC.

I caught John using the working phone booth to call me...while we were on the same floor. 

Also romantic. 

And here's a picture of a handsome, defeated man. While waiting for the first show, he pulled out some board games. Anyone who knows my history of gaming with John knows that I win one out of every hundred games, and that only if I'm lucky. 

Guess what, folks? Not only did I get to spend time alone with this gem of a man, but he let me beat him in one, solitary game. I'm the luckiest girl.  <3

And if you find it funny that this, of all games, is the only one at which I beat John, it's okay. 

I think it's funny, too.