marathon weekend update

okay...ready?
i took david to the parker to celebrate his birthday. i went back in august and had a blast stuffing myself silly. now it was david's turn to be a glutton!

*candlelight ambiance at Mister Parker's

*we started off with crusty sourdough bread with butter....which on a later trip to disneyland realized a whole loaf has about 1800 calories. mmmm

*david's all time favorite cut of meat is the rib-eye. he loved this dish. i suspect it was the foie gras jus that put it over the top.

*i got pork tenderloin with a buttery corn souffle. it came in a cute individual dutch oven

After dinner, we decided to go for a swim in their heated pool. I don't know who's idea that was...the water was warm but coming out of the water to 38 degree crisp air wasn't smart. Star gazing was kinda fun though, and with the steam coming out of the water, it felt like you were flying as you were looking up.

*David changed in a blink of an eye!

Since we got to the Parker late in the day, we only had so much time to use our food credits. We decided to use room service and found out that ice cream was the only thing available. We ordered mint and chip only to find that they use real, fresh mint as the base for the ice cream. It was GROSS, therefore it did not deserve a picture. Room service and ice cream were probably the only negative points at the Parker.

David willingly woke up early to eat breakfast at Norma's. I was so proud of him! We ate like kings.

*strawberry banana smoothie in shot glasses, with my little friends

*very berry brioche french toast
*potato pancakes with apples
*look familiar?

*this is what it's all about

After checking out, we went to....DISNEYLAND! I haven't been there since grad night...so that would be 11 years. I've never been a big fan of Disneyland but David heard from his coworkers how awesome it is during the holidays. So off we went to Anaheim for more adventures!

*david, me, & ellison, our tour guide (also david's occasional boytoy)

Some rides we went on:

*Haunted Mansion

*Pirates...with david's snack
*two cropped pictures put together...on the rocket ride! everyone in line ahead of us must have been under 10 years old.
*tower of terror
*toy story at California Adventures
*David beat me
*tai fai on the teacups

*twice! lol
*space mountain...i was busting up the whole time

*our last and worst ride, jungle cruise

Some pictures for my idea book:

Of course, we had the "musts" of Disneyland: dole pineapple whip (too foamy), clam chowder bread bowl (when we discovered the calories), cream cheese filled mickey pretzels, and the fireworks display at the castle:

*kaboom

Beignets dusted with powdered sugar from downtown disney should be added to that list :)

It was a fun afternoon and we took turns playing third wheel:

*geez, get a room

*this picture is actually funny cuz david took it himself and managed to crop himself out of it. no, you're hot ellison!

*david and his new friend

We ended the night by walking through the castle and seeing illustrations from the Sleeping Beauty movie. Kim, Ellison's sister and disney fanatic, told us that this was a rare occasion that the castle was open.

Okay, i'm not even done with the weekend update. But i'll spare you and will be back tomorrow!