Today was my parent’s 37th wedding anniversary. They spent it like any other day – my mom went to work. My dad stayed home and did chores around the house.
I went into Sonoma to walk around the plaza looking for good omiyage ideas. It’s interesting to walk through with a tourist’s perspective. Lots of stores and lots of shopping. I went into the Cheese Factory for some free cheese, popped into lots of art stores to look around – it was fun.
I ended up finding some cool stuff at the Mexican folk art store in Boyes Hot Springs. I also stopped in at the Imagery Winery to taste some wines and pick something up for Mr. Hayashi. I ended up picking up the Malbec – it was delicious. It was fun to see all the new labels that they’ve done since I had been there last – some really cool ones!
Mark and I had planned to cook dinner for my folks to celebrate, so we put together a serious meal. We had steaks, risotto, green salad, baked beans, and some great wine.
After dinner we had some desserts that Mark had picked up down at Glen Ellen Village Market, and then we took a short walk before retiring. It was a lot of fun, especially for a Thursday. Tomorrow we’re going to go to Costco to do a little shopping – I’m stocking up for my trip back to Japan.
