{"id":29,"date":"2005-09-03T23:57:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-04T06:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=29"},"modified":"2021-03-17T19:41:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T02:41:07","slug":"romance-on-rails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2005\/09\/03\/romance-on-rails\/","title":{"rendered":"Romance on Rails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For our first wedding anniversary celebration, Aaron\u00a0took me out on the Spirit of Washington dinner train.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2005\/09\/romance-on-rails\/train\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7315\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7315\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2005\/09\/03\/romance-on-rails\/train\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/09\/train.png?fit=640%2C480\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Romance on Rails\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;our first anniversary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/09\/train.png?fit=640%2C480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7315\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/09\/train.png?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"train\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/09\/train.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/09\/train.png?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He thought of everything. Before we boarded the train, he helped me complete my look with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollyyashi.com\/\">Holly Yashi<\/a> necklace and earring set. Then there were roses waiting for me when we got to our table on the train.<\/p>\n<p>The food was excellent. I had prime rib, and he had the salmon. The wines were exquisite &#8211; I particularly enjoyed the whidbey port.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2005\/09\/romance-on-rails\/first-anniversary\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7316\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7316\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2005\/09\/03\/romance-on-rails\/first-anniversary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/09\/first-anniversary.png?fit=640%2C480\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Romance on Rails\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/09\/first-anniversary.png?fit=640%2C480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7316\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/09\/first-anniversary.png?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"our first anniversary\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/09\/first-anniversary.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/09\/first-anniversary.png?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aaron, my dear husband, I don&#8217;t have enough words to tell you how much I love you. You made me very, very happy tonight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2005\/09\/romance-on-rails\/judy-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7317\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7317\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2005\/09\/03\/romance-on-rails\/judy-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/09\/judy.png?fit=640%2C853\" data-orig-size=\"640,853\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Judy Schwartz Haley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/09\/judy.png?fit=640%2C853\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7317\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/09\/judy.png?resize=640%2C853\" alt=\"Judy Schwartz Haley\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/09\/judy.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/09\/judy.png?resize=300%2C399 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI love you more every day, and I&#8217;m so thankful that I get to spend my life with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>our first anniversary, celebrated on the Spirit of Washington Dinner Train<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[768,138,697,1041],"tags":[549,645,702,29,13,685],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventure-living-well","category-parenting-living-well","category-seattle-living-well","category-life-skills","tag-adventuring","tag-food","tag-marriage-2","tag-romance","tag-mr-h","tag-washington-state-2","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/09\/train.png?fit=640%2C480","blog_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/09\/train.png?resize=150%2C150",150,150,true],"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/09\/train.png?fit=640%2C480",640,480,false]},"categories_names":{"768":{"name":"Adventure","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/category\/life-skills\/adventure-living-well\/"},"138":{"name":"Parenting &amp; 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