And then there was a cow.
Ahem. Isn’t this just um… fantastic? It’s a cow. A real… cow. It didn’t moo or anything, so on the excitement scale it wasn’t like… a 10 or anything, but come on! a Disney-Cow!
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Midway Museum
So the Midway is a carrier that was retired in ’04 and made into a museum. Pretty neat. Lots of people around.
The Midway was especially cool for me because it was one of those uncommon opportunities to see what sorts of things jon is working on. From the Midway you can see the Nimitz, which is where he spends his time.
We’ll call this one the … “flight deck”.
Various… do… hickies:
And you know, the obligatory “jon and michelle take a picture of themselves” shot:
Perhaps jon will be kind enough to leave a comment and tell us more? 
But wait! There’s more!
If you thought a super-date was just a gondola ride and a nice dinner, you’re totally missing out on the SUPERdate. This was a weekend long extravaganza. Pre-Gondola, jon and I went to the farmers market and then to Balboa park! Balboa Park is this *magical* place… oh, wait. No. Balboa park is (as it sounds) a park, about the size of the entire downtown San Diego. It holds the Zoo, quite a few museums, and a lawn bowling club among other things. It’s rather incredible that two miles from the very center of downtown, you can be surrounded by squirrels, old people and bums. Oh… wait.
Okay, I’m not giving it enough credit. Balboa park is amazing. We spent the day there, saw this GIANT fig tree. (it’s so old and protected that there’s a fence surrounding it so picnicers can’t get to close and kids can’t sully it up with their playfulness.
Saw some flowers, laid in the grass, played frisbee, drank some wine, ate some cheese. yada yada.
All and all, I live a very charmed life. And I’m incredibly in love, as much as that makes you want to puke. I don’t care.
So. As I’m rereading this, I’m remembering that some of these events happened on saturday and some on sunday. I can’t… remember. And jon’s still asleep to verify so you’ll have to deal with my faulty sense of time. Saturday we hit up the market in the morning, picnicked our hearts out at balboa and then went to Pops in the Park (symphony out on the waterfront). Sunday, we went to the midway museum (more on that coming), then the gondola rides and then dinner. Regardless, it was all cool.
Dinner in j&m-land
To continue the superdate, after the gondola ride jon and I went to Chez Loma. Chez Loma is an adorable (and well reviewed) French restaurant on Coronado. In general, I love restaurants in houses.
Dinner was awesome. Wine was awesome. I can’t remember what we talked about, but I remember the conversation being awesome.
All and all, a really good ending to a great day.
More from j&m-land
In the mood for one of those sickeningly romantic stories? Jon and I went on a gondola ride. It was really, really awesome.
Previously in our adventures, j and I stopped at J Winery in Sonoma and picked up a really nice bottle of sparkling. That, combined with some chocolate dipped strawberries and a really lovely setting. Here are a couple photos:
So this was “Thomás”. When asked, “Thomás” said that a bad day at work included a marriage proposal gone awry. Which leads me to two thoughts: 1. ‘awh, what a *romantic* setting for a proposal!’ and 2. ‘jesus, if she says no.. you’re just kind of stuck out on a boat in the middle of the water.’
Thomás is also a natural at posing for photos. What a ham.