pretty perfect weekend

This past weekend was one of the best yet of all 2009. I’ll start with Thursday evening, when I dined at Terra Sur Cafe with Dayo and local photographer extraordinaire, Hampton. I opted for the Tallarin Saltado, which was muy bueno! We talked about Nigeria, D-I-Y photos on canvas, and the recently past Clearwater Jazz Festival. (Hampton always shoots the fest.)

Friday morning was plagued by responsibilities, but the evening was deliciously fun even having not had dinner. Rebecca, my mummy and I went out to the St. Pete Times Forum where we caught the season five dancers from So You Think You Can Dance live. Becky drooled for young Phillip and I screamed like a little pre-teen for Kupono, Jason, Ade and Brandon. (Note: I was never really boy-crazy when I was younger, but if I was a pre-teen today I might be.) After the show, we waited for an hour with high hopes of nabbing some autographs on my program, but the pre-teen spirit which lived inside the forum had died outside and we retreated without a single signature.

My original plan for Saturday was to check out the Reading Festival. It would have been a great opportunity to connect with other local and national authors and to see what’s shaking in the book world in general. This didn’t happen. My boyfriend had kindly requested my attendance at his water baptism and in knowing how important it was for him, I happily changed my plans to support him. Following the baptism we took for to grab groceries from Whole Foods and Parksdale Farms.

Later that night after my boyfriend made a very tasty seafood pasta dinner with wine and the works, he proposed and I accepted. That being said, don’t expect much wedding chatter from me here or anywhere for that matter. I may occasionally post something on twitter, but that is ALL! I’m happy, excited and can’t even begin to think of what I really want or what will really work out for me in terms of a wedding. I will tell you this much: I’d really love to wear the Petra gown in this bridal collection, I’d love to tie the knot some where here and I will probably do something very, very small and semi-practical. P.S. The ring is very pretty. Smile

Sunday was as pleasant as the days before. A fruit smoothie to start the day for breakfast and off we went to church. From church we popped into Jasmine Thai for a nice light Thai lunch and then, get ready for this…DINOSAUR WORLD. I finally got to go!!! (I think Dayo was secretly afraid that I would renege on the engagement thingie if he didn’t go with me.) We thought about heading to the beach after Dinosaur World, but decided to visit a friend of his in Bradenton who had just had surgery. We ended up having Thai for dinner and left for Tampa an hour after dinner.

Simply magnifique from start to finish! Hoping to do it again and again and again.