Today marks our first wedding anniversary! Where has the year gone? New jobs, new apartment, new city, new dog . . . same love.
Brian surprised Jess with her favorite flowers earlier in the week. They also appeared on the dining room table with some seriously delicious chocolates made special by The Bald Man.
In honor of the paper anniversary, Jess surprised Brian with a new cookbook by his favorite editors: Cook's Illustrated: America's Test Kitchen. Now, this is true love, because Jess truly can't stand those pretentious test-kitchen jerks! Like she doesn't know how to cut carrots on the diagonal?! Give it a rest with the instructions!
But as usual, it was Brian's gift that was most special and imaginative. Brian bought Jess two tickets to the Frick Museum. Although, who knows if he will actually show up, given that Jess has threatened to dress like Edith Wharton for the guided tour. (There is certainly never a dull moment in this marriage.)
Along with tickets to the Frick Collection, Brian bought two tickets to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. We're hoping this tour will serve as a stark reminder that we don't have it so bad after all, here in the "slums" of Brooklyn . . . let's just hope Jess doesn't dress the part for this museum.
Lastly, Brian also bought two tickets to the new movie, Julie & Julia, which we saw this afternoon. (Highly recommended!)
To top off the anniversary celebration, Jess attempted to make Tiramisu from scratch. We served this decadent Italian cake at our rehearsal dinner and have decided to make it a tradition for anniversaries to come! It wasn't so bad for a first attempt. The mascarpone curdled a bit and we didn't have any rum on hand . . . but hey, Kahlua does the job just fine!
So here's to us! May our future together be like tiramisu: made up of layers upon layers of the best things in life.
1 comment:
What a wonderful way to celebrate! I saw Julie & Julia too just last week and loved it! So good! Happy Anniversary to you both.
Eva
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