Browse Month: May 2010

I’m in the mood for jello…

On Saturday morning, we took Koa to Fort Funston. Koa had a great time and as Jes said on our way back to the car, it was “nice and very restorative” for the both of us. I’m so relieved to actually have Memorial Day off this year.  I was in need a good “stay-cation” and it’s starting off well.

Later in the evening, we met up with the Masayas for an evening of Lakers Basketball at the usual place and in the usual seats.  We sat in the corner that we took over last season when the Lakers won the Championship.  Must have been good luck for us because the Lakers had to squeak out a win after going into the 4th quarter leading by 17 points.  By the last minute and a half of game play “the game [was] in the fridge: the door [was] closed, the lights [were] out, the eggs [were] cooling, the butter [was] getting hard, and the Jell-O [was] jigglin'”.  Ah…I miss the days of Chick Hearn.

Rockstar on Tour

Our friend Joel was on a 7-week tour around the country and his 3rd to last stop was San Francisco.  So, we went out on Wednesday night to watch him play.  It was at the Regency Ballroom where it was filled with lots of early-20-somethings ready to party.  I, on the other hand, was ready to shoot some photos of Joel and the band but had to check my camera at the coat check because it looked “professional”.  Bummer.  Next time I’ll have to ask him for a press pass or something.

Everest – Joel is the guitarist on the far right.

So, I got this photo (above) with my trusty iPhone and then later got my camera back to take a group photo by the bar.

Everest came out with a new album a couple weeks ago so we bought a copy directly from them (to maximize their profit) and a couple t-shirts too.  Sounds like one of their new songs is being played in LA on KROQ.  That’s cool.  Good luck with the new album, Joel!

Wind and Waves

On Saturday, Jes and I drove to Richmond to meet up with a lady that Jes has gone sailing with in the past.  She owns a 36-foot sailboat and invites people to crew for her.  Jes has gone out before and asked if I could come along too some day.  Well, this was the weekend and it happened to be extra windy and the bay was on a high surf advisory outside of the Golden Gate Bridge.  Fortunately for us, we stayed in the bay but it was still really choppy and windy.  We sailed around Angel Island past Sausalito, past the GG Bridge and the city skyline, and back up past Treasure Island.  I had a great time and felt pretty good for most of the trip.

It was all good until it was time to pee below deck.  The sailboat had a toilet so I went down to check it out.  As the lady was showing me how to flush the toilet, I had a sudden rush of puke come up, and I ended up yacking in the toilet.  Once I did that, I felt great!  And I still had to pee.  So, the trip was over.  They brought down the sails and turned on the motor for a quick ride back to the harbor.  Jesse thinks I got sick from going below deck.  Even he has a tendency to get disoriented down there.  Oh well.  A girl had to pee after 3 hours on the water.

It’s starting to hurt.

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I’m at the 10-mile mark of my Half Marathon training and this one was painful. I added a few hills and I got a twinge of pain in my right achilles and soleus muscle at about the 6-mile mark. Unfortunately, once you’re out there, the only way home is to run home or call the husband. I decided to run home and finished with a slower time (1:44) and had to give the old leg a good icing and Motrin. Luckily I’m up the next day without pain and just a little tightness. Only 3 more weeks until the Giants Race!

Doc on the Boat


photo courtesy of huy

Just found out that Huy will be deployed again but this time on a humanitarian mission to Vietnam and Cambodia.  He’s going to be living on USNS Mercy, which is a basically a huge floating hospital.  I don’t know if there are more than one but one of them was docked by my house for a few months this past year.  I’d see it on my runs along Mission Bay and admire it from afar.  It’s so big, white, and has a big red cross on it.

He started up his blog once again so you can keep up with his adventures.  He started it back when he was deployed to Iraq for 6 months and it’s back.  I have a link to it in my Blogroll to the right but here’s the link: http://httran.blogspot.com/.  Maybe it should be called “Yet Another Doc on the Boat” now.

Take care of yourself out there Huy!!!

Barrels and FARM

On Saturday, we drove up to Napa for Nickel & Nickel’s Barrel Tasting Event.  It was basically a preview of all the reds that they will be bottling next March and we got to taste quite a few.  They also had cheese and meats out for us to taste as well.  We found a really cool cheese that basically tasted like a Philly Cheesesteak.  Who knew that you could somehow get the taste of meat in a cheese?!

The four of us had a pretty good time sippy and snacking until our lips and teeth turned purple.  I’d have to say that out of all the ones we tasted (about 10 different wines), I liked Dragonfly, C.C. Ranch, and Sullenger the best.  I’ll just have to wait until next year to taste the real deal to see if they’re still my favorites.

On our way down the road, we stopped at Opus One for a $30 glass of wine that was just as mediocre as I had remembered about 10 years ago.  I thought I’d have a greater appreciation for it now but I don’t think we’ll be returning there.

Afterward, we did a little outlet shopping and then headed over to FARM at the Carneros Inn.  We were a bit early so we lounged in their outdoor patio area, which was a really nice relaxing place to rest up before dinner.

For dinner, we were seated outdoors and the weather was perfect.  We all shared a bunch of dishes including the scallops (above), hamachi crudo, lamb, lobster, and beef.  We stuffed ourselves silly, finished off two bottles of wine, and even ordered two desserts at the end of the meal.  We pretty much had to roll ourselves back to the car.

Here are photos from our afternoon in wine country.