I have decided that if I were to ever win the lottery OR get married, I will rent out a small club, compile a list of 75 of my favorite dance songs, gather 100 friends and family that love to dance, and hire Kaskade to mix my dance list into an amazing 5 hour dance party set.
Snow shoeing in Tahoe with Nicole and Meagan
Hiking in Marin with Booger
Jared and Dave at Maggie's birthday
Giant's game for Lindsey's birthday with Katie
Backpacking Wawona area in Yosemite
Benny Benassi with Lindsey and Katie
Number one dance parter, Katie
Backpacking Smith Peak with Jack and Dave
Atop Smith Peak in Yosemite
Playa del Carmen with Jaime for Stephanie's wedding
Anne's camping birthday
Go karting for Joy's birthday
Another night at Bootie for Joy's birthday
Summer outing in Livermore Valley with Racepoint
Atop Mt. Whitney with friends
Mt. Whitney complete
Meagan and Kersti in town with Marcelo
Being very American with Kersti at a Giants game
Raymond and Marcelo
Atop Half Dome with Dave and my Dad
Pretty Lights with Katie and Lindsey
Wine tasting in the Carneros with Jaime
Katie's Black & Blue birthday with Lindsey
With Meagan <3 at Katie's birthday
Chicago Marathoners
Dinner with friends in Chicago
Kaskade with Lindsey and Katie
Thanksgiving at Joy's with Dave and Lola
Backpacking in Point Reyes with Dave and Jonas
Point Reyes beach shot over Thanksgiving with Nick
Just a quick little note to share my excitement for the coming weekend. My dad is coming to town (from Michigan) and Dave and I are taking him 1) skydiving and 2) to our favorite place, Yosemite. I know it’s so George H. W. Bush right now to go jump out of a plane but I’m really excited that my dad wants to do it and we’re going to have the chance to do it together. Dave is a little more apprehensive but we’re dragging him anyway.
For Yosemite we’re staying at the Wawona Hotel (Dad didn’t want to rough it in a tent, he’s on vacation after all) and we’ve got a few fun hikes lined up (Mariposa Grove giant sequoias, something in Tuolomne maybe?) Dad’s never really hiked, never been to Yosemite (or any National Park that I can think of) so it too should be a unique experience. (He bought hiking boots just for the trip!) To add to the memorability factor of the trip, we’re thinking about throwing the 16-mile day hike up to Half Dome into the mix. Are we crazy?
Stay tuned.
My mom would be in boxed meal heaven at the Safeway (grocery store) in Tahoe Vista near our ski house. It has the most impressive spread of Hamburger Helper choices I have ever seen. Beef Strogganoff, Crunchy Taco, Lasagna, Cheeseburger Macaroni, Cheesy Quesadilla… they got it all!
Ok I’ll admit… Giving from my dad’s house in Hastings without wireless internet access is tough. But I think I can safely say that today my sister, Dave and I shared (and therefore gave) my parents a new joy, that is, the joy of Wii. They seemed to get a kick out of it and it’s pretty fun to watch them learning.
Tourism just took an interesting turn…
My sister was in town with her friend Megan this weekend and I was tasked with playing tour guide for the 324th time since moving to San Francisco 4.3 years ago. Jaime has been to SF a half dozen times so she’s done it all. Megan had never been to San Francisco (not even Calif.), so she hadn’t done or seen anything. So of course I had to find some sort of balance. I wanted to show Jaime things she hadn’t seen before but still show Megan some memorable and worthy sites.
So instead of potentially scarring them for life with a visit to the Folsom Street Fair on Sunday, Dave and I slapped together a fun little agenda: the Point Bonita Lighthouse, the Marine Mammal Center and………. the Presidio Pet Cemetery! If I might say so myself, a unique little trio of activities. If you’ve never been to any of the above, you should definitely put them on your to-do list. (What can I say, I’m pretty good at this tour guide stuff.)
The Presidio Pet Cemetery was particularly bizarre. I don’t know how many of you loyal readers out there have been to a pet cemetery before but there is something uniquely strange, comforting and interesting about them. Unfortunately it seems like the maintenance and upkeep at the Presidio Pet Cemetery is on the decline. They’ve recently chopped down a bunch of trees and it seems like there has been a lot of damage to the plot markers. All of that aside, it’s still a place worth checking out and wandering through.
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