{"id":3683,"date":"2013-02-19T16:57:12","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T00:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=3683"},"modified":"2013-02-19T16:57:12","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T00:57:12","slug":"sweet-pea-apple-of-my-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=3683","title":{"rendered":"Sweet pea, apple of my eye ^.^"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Valentine&#8217;s Day, BH and I went for painting class at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palettesandpairings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Palettes and Pairings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was an amazing experience.. even better than standard fancy dinner followed by movie. Well, BH and I don&#8217;t really celebrate Vday BUT we try to create memories &#8211; I really don&#8217;t believe that everyday is like every normal day.. To me, everyday is special and exciting! \ud83d\ude42 FYI, I didn&#8217;t receive flowers this year.. haha.. I guess the <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=3674\" target=\"_blank\">cookies<\/a> replaced it. (Note to BH: RED roses next year!!!)<\/p>\n<p>My first painting experience was at the same venue. I painted with friends then.\u00a0 BH and I actually wanted to paint together BUT we thought that it&#8217;s silly to have duplicate paintings. When we found out that there is a couples painting class, we signed up for it immediately! The cost was US$50 for both of us ( with drinks, light snacks, painting materials) We were very excited and looking forward to it!<\/p>\n<p>Know what makes painting so\u00a0 fun and interesting? I feel that thru&#8217; painting, you get to know someone better&#8230; haha..and\u00a0 the BIGGEST challenge comes when you paint together! though BH and I are &#8220;old husband, old wife&#8221;, there&#8217;s still something new we learn about each other through painting. haha.. yes..this is our FIRST painting experience together and it is also <strong>our 10th Vday<\/strong>! yay! How romantic! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>This instructor (Elizabeth) was really detailed and clear on giving instructions &#8211; She makes painting ez!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so funny&#8230; BH took only painted 2 strokes on the canvas and exclaimed &#8221; I LOVE IT!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?attachment_id=3684\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3684\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3684\" alt=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1.jpg 404w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Erm&#8230; after which, he became such a perfectionist.. I mean.. for the rest of the 2.5 hrs.. he hardly or rather DID NOT put down his brush! OMG! hahaha.. we were supposed to paint 1 side each BUT we ended up helping each other. You can imagine-\u00a0 i would paint and he would itchy hand come and touch up on my side of the painting and vice versa. yup.. so it was like this throughout the class.. hehe<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?attachment_id=3685\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3685\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3685\" alt=\"2\" src=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/2.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/2.jpg 404w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was extra happy with the painting.. and even thought that his background was the NICEST&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?attachment_id=3686\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3686\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3686\" alt=\"3\" src=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/3.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Which couple&#8217;s painting is the best? hehe.. u judge! Btw, we were one of the last 2 to leave the place as BH just had to perfect his painting. I am so glad that he enjoyed painting as much as I do&#8230; oh yes.. he is a MORE serious painter than me!<br \/>\nSo we ended Vday.. happy, satisfied and tired! hahahaha.. what u thinking man!?!<\/p>\n<p>Overall, it&#8217;s a great experience! Bh and I agree that we have different painting styles.. and he would come back again to paint &#8211; and to paint on his own canvas! hehe&#8230; We hope to make this Vday painting an annual event! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>More photos!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?attachment_id=3687\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3687\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3687\" alt=\"10th vday\" src=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/10th-vday.jpg\" width=\"256\" height=\"531\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?attachment_id=3688\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3688\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3688\" alt=\"pic\" src=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pic.jpg\" width=\"305\" height=\"403\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Valentine&#8217;s Day, BH and I went for painting class at Palettes and Pairings It was an amazing experience.. even better than standard fancy dinner followed by movie. Well, BH and I don&#8217;t really celebrate Vday BUT we try to create memories &#8211; I really don&#8217;t believe that everyday is like every normal day.. To &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=3683\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sweet pea, apple of my eye ^.^&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3683"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}