Rather than leave for the honeymoon right away, we stayed in downtown Seattle on the first night at the Inn at Harbor Steps. The room was spacious and luxurious, complete with a teddy bear on the bed! The bathroom was also well decorated and featured a 2-person Jacuzzi jet tub. The building that housed the inn joined a few other high rises in surrounding a lush garden courtyard area. Just below our window was a bench, designed to look like a toppled Roman arch. We ordered pizza for dinner because our caterers failed to follow through with their promise to send us off with some food from the reception. That night we also jacked into the hotel wired Internet so we could update Myspace and Facebook accounts to list us each as “married” :) [Read more…]
Our Honeymoon Journal
Engagement Weekend + Photos
As promised I’m now going to share some photos from the weekend Theresa and I promised to spend the rest of our lives together. I had planned a romantic weekend in Leavenworth for some time before we went, but a nasty windstorm threatened to derail my plans. This storm left Seattle and the entire Puget Sound region without power for up to seven days. The island was also hit hard, leaving homes without power for four days, including my own. To further complicate matters, I had to finish grading my students’ final lab report the day the storm hit. I ended up taking Theresa with me to UW so I could finish it in the computer lab there. UW was unaffected by the storm – at least until I arrived. Soon after I started work the EE servers went down and Theresa and I were left wondering if we’d make it to Leavenworth that weekend at all. [Read more…]
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