I have been married to my best friend for 25 years today! I could go on and on about all the wonderful, fabulous things about my hubby, but I have told you about those things already…but what I will say is I can’t imagine loving him more than I do now!

To celebrate we took a long weekend to San Antonio since our trip to Ireland isn’t till May we wanted to do something special to mark the occasion. Special it was! We had a corner suite at the River Center Marriott on the 28th floor. We had great views, the window from the dining room looked over to the Alamo dome, the another huge window in the living room looked over the Riverwalk, it was gorgeous!

The first night we went to Mi tierra, a favorite of ours! It’s a landmark in San Antonio and so there was a hour wait, which we didn’t mind…the margarita’s are fabulous there! Big D asked the los trovadores(strolling musicians) to serenade me with a love song, they sang ”Amor, amor.” He’s a big romantic!

Mi tierra also has one of the best bakery’s….we stopped by there before we left town and picked up some goodies!

Sunday we spent the day doing the tourist thing. We went to the Alamo, it’s beautiful and it’s history is rich.

We watched two girls get ready for a photo shoot for their Quinceanera…

After the Alamo, Big D surprised me with a buggy ride around the city. It was a great opportunity to get some great photos and that I did! We happened to get a really sweet driver, who decided he would take the “long” way, which was fine with us, we enjoyed chatting with him and seeing the sights. “Jesse” our horse did a wonderful job too!

Isn’t he gorgeous?!

Just one of the gargoyles on the Smith Young Tower, amazing piece of architecture!

I took a lot of photos (about 450 I think), from our carriage ride, our boat ride down the river and our walking tour, LOTS of photos! I will put some on my Flickr page, in the next day or so if you want to see more.

On Sunday night we had reservations at a place called Fig Tree. It was a delightful experience from the time we walked up to the door till the moment we left….they greeted us at the door by name, wishing us a happy anniversary, then showed us to a very quaint table on a balcony overlooking the River. It was gorgeous! Our tuxedoed waiter brought us champagne to toast the occasion, courtesy of the owner. At this point my husband surprised me with a small package out of his pocket! Now he wasn’t suppose to do that because he already gave me my gift a few months ago…but he’s a sweetheart and loves to surprise me and he did that! Inside that little package were the most beautiful 1 carat diamond earrings! It was one of the best dinners we have ever had! I had the Lobster Bisque which was so creamy and rich! We both had the Beef Wellington with grilled asparagus and roasted garlic mashed potatoes. For dessert we treated ourselves with the Bananas Foster, which was out of this world! If you are ever in San Antonio and want a meal that will knock your socks off, make reservations at Fig Tree, you will not be sorry! 

To make the dining experience even more perfect, we could hear a bagpipe being played somewhere further down the Riverwalk. Our waiter said there was a gentleman who plays every night and the music drifts down the river…it was beautiful! On our walk back to our hotel, we found the bagpiper and listened to him play for awhile…who would have thought you’d find that in San Antonio!

Monday before we headed home we drove out to Lackland Air Force Base, I wanted to see where my son was when he was in boot camp. The place is huge and I only saw the front! Then we circled by our old townhouse, Brandon wanted a picture, he couldn’t remember where we lived. We lived in San Antonio 17 years ago. This was the first time we had been back. This was a wonderful weekend getaway, and the best part….I spent it with the person I love the most.