Nothing but blue skies

The ZooYesterday was a rare, gorgeous, blue skied day and Ben and I had to make the most of it since we haven't seen too many of those this summer. So we decided it was the perfect day to go to Como zoo. Someday we'll splurge and go to the Minnesota Zoo, but yesterday was there was no better way to spend the day then at Como zoo. There were some gorgeous flowers in bloom and Ben and I couldn't resist snapping some pictures of them.

But by far the best part of the day was the Orangutan habitat. Only one baby had been born this year and he completely stole all the thunder away from the other animals. He put on quite a show for everyone wrestling with his mama and swinging up the ropes trying to 'catch' his father.

All of this was going on while the obese Grandpa sat around glaring at everyone.

Have you ever seen such a large orangutan?

What's in a name?

Drumroll please...

Today Ben and I decided to start a blog.

I know, WOW! This is big coming from someone who hasn't even taken time to write in a journal! Anyway, as we thought up names and ideas for our blog, we were having no inspiration. We felt a name was important, it rather shows a personality. During our brain storming session names such as 'Hanging with the Ricks' or 'Ricks Picks' just didn't really make the cut. But then, completely out of nowhere, songs from my childhood dance recitals came flooding in and I started singing 'Puttin' on the Ritz' and I thought it would be so perfect for our blog. It has some past and a lot of our future in the name. It gives life to a place that will enable us to be our own unique selfs and put down our thoughts and our adventures together. So here is a link to the song that gave the inspiration behind the name.

Thanks Fred Astaire and Taco!

Here's the link to the song, sung by Taco:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_W5QnO5UGk