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Time Capsule

I’ve had a roll of black and white 120 film sitting on my shelf for a couple years now.  I also had another roll in my Holga, which I finally finished earlier this month.  On my random day off, I took the two rolls to the photo store and have only gotten around to picking up the prints this afternoon on my way home from the gym.  I had the film processed, scanned onto a CD, and the photos printed.  Here are a couple of my favorites.  Times like these remind me of how fun film can be.  There’s no time stamp, there’s no screen to see if your photo came out well or not, and you have prints that you can hold in your hand.

South Lake Tahoe – March 2009

Fort Funston – Fall 2007

Jack in the park – 2008?

Koa – 2007?

Happy Dog

Dog had a rough week.  I don’t know what he got his nose in but Jes came home on Tuesday to find crap (YES, ACTUAL CRAP) all over the house.  He was pretty bummed out the rest of the week and was looking better today so we took him to Fort Funston.

He ran, sniffed, and peed on everything.  He was a happy happy dog and it was great to see the ocean.

Ah…the ocean…

Wine and Sunshine

On Saturday after lunch, we drove up to Napa and brought the dog along for the ride.  We got an early check-in at the Westin, dropped off the dog, and headed out to Far Niente where they were holding their Cabernet Release Party.

We got there at about 3 pm and spent the afternoon tasting lots of wine and snacking on a variety of appetizers that were passed around.  It’s a fun event since it’s in their maze-like cave system where there’s either another tasting station or a server with a platter of goodies around each corner.  My favorite was their 2006.  Of course at the end, we got a glass of Dolce dessert wine and an assortment of petit fours.  Mm…

Afterward, we went outside to enjoy the late afternoon sunlight with a cappuccino provided by the servers at the exit.  They have a nice grassy area down the hill and it was so nice to be outside in warm weather for a change.

For dinner, we went to Ad Hoc.  Our reservation was at 9:30, which was perfect considering we had stuffed ourselves so late in the afternoon.  We had a great time and everything was delicious!  Here’s the menu for the evening:

The prime rib had a nice salty crust and the buttermilk onion rings were so yummy. Dog even got to have some when we brought back a box of meat scaps for him.

My favorite was the apple tart…it was perfect.

On Sunday morning, we went down the street to The Model Bakery, which was featured in “The Best Thing I Ever Ate: Local Favorites”.  The episode featured their famous English Muffins and it’s true…they’re tasty.  The muffin is fluffy and chewy – different from your usual Thomas’ English Muffin.  Mine was used to make a breakfast sandwich of canadian bacon, egg, and cheese.  Yum.

Here are the rest of the photos from our overnight trip.

More Post-Christmas Meals

On Tuesday, we had an impromptu lunch with the family including my parents, Jes’ parents, the Suminos, Jason and Jia, and Marie’s parents!  Good thing we planned on having dim sum because they can accommodate a table for 13.

It was so much fun to see the boys again and Brandon sang “Joy to the World” for me.

I promised that they’d get a surprise if they ate all their food and were so excited to open their Christmas gifts. Cole even gave his Uncle Jesse a big thank-you hug.

After lunch, we took Jason and Jia to the airport and then spent the afternoon just kickin’ it in the Magical House.  Later that evening, we met up with the Sokol-Juns who were sans children.  We shared a big meal of Japanese BBQ with at a taste of almost every part of the cow.  It’s a place called Tsuruhashi and it’s hidden away in Fountain Valley.  Good times…

On Wednesday morning, we headed out for our drive back to SF.  It started out pretty rainy and hit a little bit of traffic in Commerce but once we were out of the Grapevine, the rain stopped and the sun came out.  I think we saw 4 rainbows on our way home! Too bad I was driving while it all happened so I have no photos to show for them.

Dog did a good job just hanging out in the backseat again but seemed relieved to be back in his bed again.

Here are photos from our Christmas Vacation in Southern California.

Post-Christmas Festivities

On Sunday, I picked up Holly and we spent the afternoon at Huntington Beach for a long walk and some catching up.  Afterward, we headed to Irvine to visit Patty and Johnny’s new house where a bunch of old friends from Whitney were gathered with all their little children for the evening.  It was a brief but very cool reunion.

For dinner, we drove back to Cerritos for a dinner gathering.  We shared pitchers of Hite, chicken wings, and bulgogi pizza.  It was so fun to have everyone together in one place.  Times like this make me miss our Christmas parties in Irvine.

On Monday, I drove to El Segundo with Joy to pick up Brother for lunch at Simmzy’s.  We spent a couple hours in Manhattan Beach where the sun was shining and it was pleasantly warm outside.  We took Koa along for the ride and after sniffing and peeing along the beach, we had to tie him up outside of the restaurant.  To minimize the barking that usually occurs when strangers try to pet him, I posted a sign on him.

I spent the rest of the afternoon in Cerritos at my parents’ house until it was time for dinner.  We met up again that night and had some tasty Korean BBQ at Shik Do Rak.

Early Christmas

Koa got an early Christmas present from his buddy, Little J.  We named him Señor Fluffball.  Here’s a video of the dog opening his gift.  He loved it so much that within the first 5 minutes, he killed the squeaker.  Señor Fluffball has been silenced.  WHA. WHAAAA….