Christmas Tree Lane

[thoreau]

Christmas Tree Lane, Palo Alto, CA.

We're putting dishes away after dinner and David lights up suddenly and exclaims 'OH my god - Christmas Tree Lane!' suddenly and with no context. Apparently a street in Palo Alto is all done up in lights - and well - apparently David almost committed a mortal sin against the holiday by not taking us there. He got very excitable... putting Miss Kate into a circle dancing dirvish of excitement. LOL!

So - very quickly we had Miss Kate gussied up - and off we went. it was charming - right out of the 50s - with each house done up in obviously kid designed ideas - with the trees along the street done up in matching lights. There was everything from caroling smurfs to a single star put at the top of a prolly 100 foot high tree. It was very adorable - and of course, I loved it. So there is a nice cap to a great day with Dave - strolling hand in hand - with Miss Kate - down Christmas Tree Lane.

Comments

[cellboy.livejournal.com]

Gads! I forgot all about Christmas Tree Lane! I used to visit that over and over for yrs, when growing up down there. It is truly a treat.

[wescobear.livejournal.com]

Isn't photographing holiday lights at night a bitch challenge? Sigh; well over half of my Longwood Gardens pictures were unusable.

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

all of our christmas tree lane photos were marginal at best. :) yeah - it was pretty sucky.

[apparentparadox]

We used to go there most years when living in Palo Alto. It's definitely fun. Glad you got to see it.

[citycraig.livejournal.com]

Hey, if you're ever down in Monterey during December, they have a street they call "Candycane Lane", where residents go all-out every year, trying to outdo one another. It's cute, in a Monterey County kind of way. Candycane Lane is actually in Pacific Grove, but I'm not sure of the real street names. :-)

[septimuswarren.livejournal.com]

I forgot about Christmas Tree Lane! Used to go all the time when I lived there. And I love that it was a Jew who had never received a stocking who thought of it :)

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

yeah - his instantaneous giddyness at taking me there was powerfully adorable.