San Diego is a multi-faceted town, it's a family town, a college town, a military town, a sports town and yes... a lover's town. The city itself, is a picture of romance and idealistic tourism. Oh I know I sound like a travel agent, but I can't help how much I love this city; full of lights, laughter and love. Where dolphins sometimes surf the waves alongside you and you can spend the entire day just lazing at the beach under your beach tent reading a book or spending one on one time with your kids at Sea World.
Sometimes it can be so easy to forget what an amazing place I live in... so on occasion I just have to grab the hubby off we go. Tonight's destination was the waterfront. Hand and hand we stroll past the ships, along the boardwalk with the colorful pedi-cabs cruising past. Some giving tourist information (Catering to "The Family"), some blaring their "hip" tunes (Catering to "The Party" class) and the wiser ones playing the kind of classics (like Frank and Dean) that slide into your heart and nest there (Of course catering to "The Lovers"). I would have to say that "The Lovers" are my favorite, because you can imagine the most romantic tales for each couple with very little effort.
I know that if I chose to, I could also be very cynical and instead make assumptions of one-night stands, torrid affairs and all other sorts of infidelities, but alas, my heart would never survive that type of cynicism so the romantic in me prevails. For me, it's the walk itself that is incredibly dreamy, the sun is setting and a light but brisk wind picks up, giving you the very valid excuse of cuddling closer as you walk, occasionally stealing a quick kiss or two. It's the perfect night, the perfect walk with the perfect man.
So we wander into the night, knowing that we can never repeat this moment so we try to fully appreciate it. The lights dance off the water and against the backdrop of city lights, ships slip almost silently along the water. As George Strait would put it:
Life's not the breaths you take
The breathing in and out
That gets you through the day
Ain’t what it’s all about
Ya just might miss the point
Try’n to win the race
Life’s not the breaths you take
But the moments that take your breath away
Tonight? Tonight was a moment that took my breath away.
