Oh my, I am crazy in love with anchors! Spending my summers in Superior,WI- a pretty tiny city in the very top left hand corner of WI, sitting practically on top of the largest of the 5 great lakes-Lake Supeior. Summers there have always been memorable and bittersweet. Visiting with my grandparents, aunts and uncles, old family friends...it just always makes my heart hurt to think about all the great times. We always spend a few weeks out of the summer there, swimming at the lake, hiking the vast woods, shopping in Duluth, just overall enjoying the outdoors and fresh air. For this reason I find myself in love with anchors, they seem to represent the stability that Superior has always been to me. The one place in the world that I can always go and it will be the same (even if it's just in my head), the one place where I can be me, the place where I was born, well actually Duluth, but still. It's almost a magical place to me. The whole nautical theme actually reminds me of it. I am kinda bummed though because I know that anchors have become all trendy, but luckily the trend is waning away, but still I hate that. But it will not stop me from enjoying a symbol that reminds me of all the good times from my past with the people I love. So anchor tattoo here I come...after I get some more money, I'll buy these great items from Etsy as well! 
guns, swords, soon to have up even nun chuck earrings! The whole works, that's what I mean by liking the look. I have gun necklaces too. One of which is not for sale that I wear religiously. I have wanted an old gun that doesn't work anymore but I can't seem to find a cool one that is resonably priced
...one day though. Last year my husband was sweet enough to get me a Halloween costume that came with a cowgirl hat, a holster and gun... that was really fun role playing btw-he's so thoughtful! Hee hee! And today I sold my machine gun bracelet. I am going to miss it. That thing got complements up the ass-oh well, off to Roma!!
So, a few weeks ago was our 1 year wedding anniversary, specifically May 22. My husband and I decided to drive to San Jose, CA which is about 6 hours up from us. We wanted to visit the Winchester Mystery House, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and go to San Francisco-mainly to tour Alcatraz! So we left on Monday and had a nice drive. Towards the end of our drive up we went thru this awesome farming community that smelt of garlic and onions and we even saw a sign for Garlic Ice Cream? Interesting. I shoulda tried some.
No wonder there were so many escape attempts. That view is torture!Then we went to San Fran on Wednesday. It was freezing cold, windy and foggy! But S.F is such a beautiful place that I didn't care much about the weather. We visited all the piers and the Golden Gate Bridge, it was a lot of fun. Then we spend the last part of the day at Alcatraz, that was amazing. You can basically tour the whole grounds on your own, there is no guide. You get a little recorder with headphones that tells you where to go and tells you stories but after that you can do what you want. And you can stay there as long as you want, we stayed for like 3 hours. It was great. I was really sad leaving SF I wished we could have stayed longer and meandered thru the city, but maybe one day we will!