On November 2, 2002, we tied the knot.  That was ten years ago!!  We’ve also been together for 17 years now.  Sheesh…1995 was a long time ago.

To celebrate, we both took the day off work and Mirian came to watch Kumquat while we spent the day hanging out together.  After I got a long-overdue haircut, we headed out to Hog Island Oyster Co. for one of our favorite meals.  We ordered almost everything on the menu (again) and walked out of there stuffed and buzzed happy.

Then we walked down Market Street to the Apple Store.  The iPad mini came out today so we went to take a look.  This is always a dangerous move for us and once again we left $300+ poorer and Jes had a new toy to play with.

Next stop was Tiffany & Co.  No, I didn’t get anything shiny.  It’s our tradition to go there to get our rings cleaned and polished.  It’s one of those courtesy things that we take full advantage of every year.

One of the other traditions we have every anniversary is taking out our notebook and writing down all the things we did or happened over the past year.  Obviously, one of the biggest things to happen was the birth of our baby girl, which was a major life-changing event for us.  So, it was nice to have the day to just the two of us to reflect and enjoy each other’s company without a stroller or feeding/nap schedule to worry about.

For dinner we went to Coi.  It’s a Two-Michelin Star restaurant that we’ve had on our list for a while.  Jia came over to babysit Kumquat and we had a long 3-hour-12-course meal with a shared wine pairing.  All the dishes were good and some were really interesting in presentation and flavor.

We were greeted with champagne and a little starter, which was their take on chips and guac.  It was toasted brown rice “chips” with an avocado mousse.

The most beautiful plate was a beet rose on goat cheese and a bed of rose ice that was intricately assembled using very thinly sliced beet “petals”.

Jes’ favorite was the grilled abalone on nettle-dandelion salsa verde.

This was one of our three desserts: grapefruit with ginger tarragon meringue.  There was also a little dot of essence (on the left) that we had to rub on our wrist to smell while we ate the dessert.

My favorite dessert was a really yummy frozen lime sorbet covered in a lime marshmallow.  It was also toasted on top.

Meanwhile, Kumquat was home with Jia and they played, took a walk, and had her usual bedtime routine.

Happy 10th Anniversary, Jes!  I love you and can’t wait to see what’s in store for us in the next 10 years.