8:12p

11 years in the making
just got back from our delicious dinner at Venezia.
mmm mmmm....torte gelato, green salad with asiago cheese dressing and linguine with
grilled prawns...mmmmmmm
I could go on and on about the food, but I think that will take me at least 2 chapters.
I just love that restaurant. the food is simply delicious!
You honestly can't go wrong with any order. In fact,
tonight my bf tried their roasted chicken w/ spinach and potatoes....mmmm...to die for!

so intead of an expensive get away to one of our favorite resorts, Seascape,
we decided on a different way of celebrating 11 years together. Actually, our anniversary
date is Feb. 2nd, but we celebrated today since he'll be on a photography field trip tomorrow.
Anyhoo, besides dinner, we checked out the Sebastiao Salgado photo exhibit at Santa Clara University.
Wow...I was simply in awe the whole time.
The focus of his photo journalistic style revolves around globalization.
He is also an economist, who grew up poor in Brazil, and all of this gives
him a truly unique and whole perspective, which comes out clearly in his photographs.

Walking around the exhibit made me feel at peace...the quiet and solitude
helped to clear my mind so that I could focus all my attention on this man's
amazing work.
The images displayed focused on the effects of globalization on children
as well as the migration of people out of their homelands.
*shakes head*
I cannot begin to explain how gracefully this man captured
the pain, suffering, yet hopefulness experienced by these displaced
peoples. Wow.

My bf and I talked for some time after walking through the exibit.
I could not help but express all the different things that went through my
mind as I saw those pictures.
It's amazing how photographs conjure up so many memories and associations.
One particular thing that stood out for me was this picture of a boy standing in a field
with a passing train in the background.
Apparently, there was a refugee camp that was composed of people living in abandoned train cars.
But this particular group of refugees were not considered so by their government
because they fled Serbia before the ethnic cleansing and civil war broke out.
Thus, the government did not include them in their efforts to transport
refugees via trains out of the camps.

...reading about this and seeing the image, reminded me of my trip to Montreal this summer.
while walking along the waterfront, I noticed that some of their little stores
were actually train cars.
Juxtaposing that with what I mentioned above just made me think how ironic life is.

after the exhibit, we headed off to Berkeley.
My bf did some photography shopping at a local art store and then we headed off to Venezia for dinner.
Later tonight we'll end our evening by catching up on our usual taped shows from Thursday night.

anything but ordinary please
yippee skippy...I'm actually gonna watch a concert in April.
'haven't been to one since Janet's "Velvet Rope Tour" a couple of years ago.
Tomorrow, I'm meeting my friend at the box office to buy tix for Avril's concert.
My bf and I keep joking that we will probably be the oldest ones there, which we probably will.
But, it'll still be worth it.

after getting tix, my friend and I will check out the Vietnames Spring Parade
and then do a little shopping. 'Still got a few gift certificates I haven't used, so
I plan on getting something to wear for work.
I even have a gift certificate for Origins makeup! woah.