Jazz at the Hyatt

I was unpacking tonight from a trip I just took to San Francisco when a Polaroid fell out of my bag from that trip. One may wonder, in today's world, of digital cameras and camera phones, why would I have a Polaroid from two days ago. Simply, my friend Amber, while having a regular camera, and a digital camera, likes the Polaroid, and looking at the picture now, I know why.
My friend Stephanie, Amber, and I went to San Francisco Friday night and we ended up getting a suite at the Hyatt. We had originally intended on staying in a far smaller room in a far cheaper hotel, but (to make a long and complex story very short) we were persuaded otherwise, and we found ourselves in an amazing room, with an amazing view, that was well beyond our means. This was no ordinary outing though, but rather a very special occasion. We were celebrating not only Amber's birthday but we were having what will probably be our last "girls night." Amber flew to Hawaii a few weeks earlier and married her Marine boyfriend and in 3 weeks she will be moving there herself. So after freaking out (in a estatic sort of way) about our way too expensive, but totally worth it suite we ran off and did some silly tourist things. We returned to the room and we lined up our accumulated polaroids taken thus far. I had also beeen using my camera but there something else about the polaroids that a regular picture seems to lack. I opened the sliding glass door to the city and I could very clearly hear a saxaphone player somewhere out there. We listened and drank and laughed. Eventually he stopped and we ordered a pizza to our room. The next day, before checking out Amber took 3 pictures of the view and gave one to each of us.
While I have other pictures of this trip, there is something about the polaroid she took that invokes a different kind of emotion. It makes me a little sad, but it also gives me hope. My boyfriend thinks that once she moves, she'll be gone, but steph and I know better.
I think I might buy a Polaroid Camera though. I love my digatal Camera, but there truly is something different about a Polaroid.