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February 17, 2008
Night In All-Suites Hotel Proves Relaxing for Local CR Practitioners
I read this article about how doing something new together, as opposed to just having a date per week, is a good way to keep a long term relationship interesting. MR and I have been religious about keeping a weekly date, in our case we spend Sunday lunch and afternoon together, and we do all kinds of interesting things, none of which need detain us here. But yesterday we decided to do a special Valentine's Weekend event. We hadn't gotten to do anything on the actual day since I had negotiations in Scranton and Danny and I didn't even get home till after eight. So this weekend, after hitting the King of Prussia Mall to buy my Valentine's Day present, we checked into the Marriott Residence Inn just a few blocks away from our house! It's the perfect vacation: suites hotel with full kitchen (minus oven) just a short drive away. No need to go through security, buy a ticket, or do any pesky sightseeing. Yea!
We had a lovely time. I packed up our dinner in advance, salad with yougurt and flax for me, and an interesting dish for me containing mushrooms, cauliflower, and Quorn (and a little eggwhite) marinated in tarragon vinegar with garlic and a few dashes of chipoltle Tabasco. On the side I steamed some yellow squash in tarragon vinegar with tarragon on top. High volume feast, made with love. Other years I've made Valentine's dinner pink and red, but I just wasn't up for that this year.
After dinner I soaked in the hotel jacuzzi. We needed a relaxing weekend... I haven't been home for dinner all week, and rarely home before 9. This week will be wild as well, but aren't they all?
Posted by april at February 17, 2008 11:00 AM