Cafe Victoria

I love date night, especially when Matthias and I meet at Murphy’s Pub for Wednesday Night Trivia. After three years of living in Sonoma, we finally one Trivia night! I have to admit, we ususally stay for 2 rounds at the most. But tonight, we stayed through all 5 rounds plus the picture round. Our team name was “We don’t know much”. There were 21 teams. Winners were 1st, 2nd and 9th. For 9th, there was a three way tie and one of teams was us!! We also solved the mystery of team “Eurotrash”.  And guess what, two are from England, one from Spain and one from Germany. We’ve been wondering for years if they really were..you know…from Europe. Maybe next time, we’ll sit by them.

This past week there was no full moon but it sure felt like it to me. I had some lows but I also had some highs that I am really thankful for.
•    Playing the Wii Tennis and Baseball with my sister
•    Looking at all the great Victorian Houses around the streets of Cole Valley, San Francisco while catching up with Marta
•    Be reminded of how amazing Emmylou Harris and Shawn Colvin sound live in concert.
•    Enjoying a great dinner and company with Matthias at the Boon Fly Café between Napa and Sonoma and then getting to sneak into the still new Carneros Resort.
•    Being able to reach out to my Mom.

For the last couple years, when my birthday and Super Bowl would roll around, I would start telling stories about how my birthday USED to land on the Super Bowl. In college, there was my 20th birthday Super Bowl party hosted by my awesome friend Marta. Totally fun, lots of friends. The best part was for many it was their first Super Bowl. Ohh..and there was my 14th birthday that had t.v. trays, Mom, Dad and Missy, and I think it might have been the 49ers. Anyway, the point I am trying to make is I will now enjoy the break the NFL has created by moving the game to the first weekend in February. I will let my fellow February Aquarians enjoy chicken wings, brand new commercials and birthday cake. For me, I will enjoy the simplicity of the German tradition where I open presents at Midnight. Then wake up sharing my birthday with just myself and my amazing husband. Thanks NFL for the great memories.

On a fun note: Happy Birthday to me and my friends :>)
Famous people born on my birthday, Jan. 26-Wayne Gretzky (Yeah!) Paul Newman (Sexy), Jules Feiffer (Don’t know who she is but she must be awesome), Eddie Van Halen (Double Yeah!), Ellen DeGeneres (Turned 50. Hardly looks like.), Kirk Franklin (Don’t know who he is but must be pretty awesome) and Lucinda Williams (Love her music. She was amazing in concert)

Matthias picked up an iPhone, I think about a month ago. Since then, we have come up with a few things you must do if you have one:

• Start walking down the street listening to music on your iPhone so everyone can hear it. Like you are carrying an 1980’s boombox listing to Salt and Pepper. It’s way cool. Just watch…others will pick it up.
• Take photos and upload them to your Flickr photo site within minutes of taking them. Who knows…maybe somebody is wondering what you are up to. Right then at that moment.
• Have the temperature of your hometown, your current town, Hawaii, Tahoe and the beach at your fingertips. We all need to know that it’s warm somewhere.

• Sleeping in.
• Seeing Matthias try on tuxedos.
• Finding the right color blue for the groomsmen tie and vest.
• Getting my assignments back and having the instructor ask if she could use one of my papers as an example for future classes.