I took this photo of the park just after 7pm in excitement that the sun was just setting. I’m from Utah, and I always loved the time of day when the valley is in shadow but the sun is still hitting the mountains. The same thing happens in New York, it’s just with the buildings instead. Pretty.

So, of course I need to give you this: Oh Texas. Thanks. There are a lot of great performances of the National Anthem on YouTube. I considered posting Whitney’s version, but we’ve probably all seen that one. This video had very few views so I went with it instead. There was also a YouTube video

So I know it’s totally super romantic, but I bought these chocolates for myself. My life is awesome. I was then able to surprise myself with what was actually inside each chocolate. I’m sure I looked mostly like this: Except…not depressed. For Valentine’s Day I was thinking about romantic songs and some of my favorite