I think you can just hit "view slideshow" if you don't have a login or want to sign in. I know there are a zillion pictures but hope you enjoy them.. really pretty scenery and what a great time of year. I took mostly scenery at first but then perfected the art of self-portraits.. . I didn't take any at the restaurants/bars, was afraid it'd mess with my "locals" image . OK really I forgot my camera but... nontheless, I mostly got scenery and a few of myself.
I put a few of my favorites up on the fridge tonight so I can look at them regularly. Some of them look so good printed out!! I plan to put them in my room (aka sanctuary) once it's all set up.
Jak Thank you.. yes, I totally know what you mean. Wish you were here too!! Sooo much fun. Hope you're doing ok, need to check in on you.
husband That would've been fun to meet you! This was SO spur of the moment (even day by day)... but I plan to visit again soon, so maybe we could get together. If you're ever in downtown Sonoma the Swiss Hotel is great.
care Aw thank you. A retreat, I like it!
RHW Thanks... me too. Now that I think about it I was kind of sad tonight. Even with the dinner party thing I was thinking "Aw man last night was so fun! Meeting people, being crazy..." It got me thinking.. if I can go out by myself in a strange town and make myself "welcome" why not here at home?? Just gotta think of a good way to frame it in my head (and when people ask). It's easy to tell the "road trip" story, a little weirder to be at "home" and say "Oh I just couldn't find any friends to come out with so here I am."
ST Last year? I might have... but in desparation, not the same as this time. Within a half day I was having fun and within a day I felt very "real" - last year I might have gone, but felt disconnected with myself and the world the whole time. If that makes any sense.
That would be so cool if you could come out sometime!!
My friend up the street said I "better" go with her at least once, and soon, back to Sonoma.. so that's really cool. We went to the dinner together tonight. She's thinking of going to Sonoma for Thanksgiving now instead of spending it here with her other neighbors (they were originally doing sort of an "orphaned and can't get home this year" dinner).
I may not have mentioned the dinner party, it's the once a month cooking club I'm in. This month was "cocktails and appetizers" theme. It was a great way to come home actually - instead of come home and no plans on Sat, it was rush home to get ready for the dinner party. Made it easier to come home, that's for sure!
I see what you're saying on the good friend thing.. that makes sense. Heck I was hugging people I just met the last few nights as "new friends" so I can treat it that way right? When I got home after the party H was already home and in bed - sooo early for either of us, it was only 9:30 or so. I accidentally woke him up when I came in (mostly from the dog going nuts) and he stumbled out to say hi, we had a quick hug, that was about it.
Tonight I've been working on editing/sharing pics from the last month just trying to catch up. It's odd how in hindsight you can see the difference in our faces... in some from a few weeks back H is looking at me with almost pity while I look either "forced happy" or oblivious. In my trip ones, IMO, the early ones look a bit forced but the ones later in the trip are real smiles. I dunno, just funny how that is.. how you can see it when you think it's not obvious.
It's funny, Fall isn't really my favorite time of year (and even less so with two "fall" bombs in a row)... but now that I've taken a couple of Fall road trips I'm starting to like it more. I like the warm weather but the colors in fall are so pretty!! I LOVE some of the pics I took. Maybe I'll start liking a whole new season, eh??
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. I didn't take any at the restaurants/bars, was afraid it'd mess with my "locals" image 
. OK really I forgot my camera but... nontheless, I mostly got scenery and a few of myself. 
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