Dinah

9-30-10

Dinah is a wine-o and a whine-o!

Sushi Birthday

9-29-10

Went to Coach Sushi for a friend's birthday. Here is his birthday duck floating in Jess' sake. yeah. It was that kind of awesome night. 

Heat Wave Part Dos!!

9-28-10

We're having a heat wave in NorCal!! My iced latte cup melted in my car!!!

Playing Hooky

9-27-10

Playing hooky from work by reading in a park, shaded by a redwood on a 90° day is always a good plan. 

Lucky

9-26-10

A fortune cat @ Julie's Teahouse! I think he's trying to wish me good luck as I study Spanish. Thanks kitty. I needs it!

Sad Kitty

9-25-10

Here is Hobbes, whining because he's in his cage. Sorry buddy, it's bed time. 

Whispers of Fall

9-24-10

Time for fall, although you wouldn't know it with this weekend heat wave!

Awwww

9-23-10

Yesterday was Hubert's last day at the office. He left and we all said goodbye, naturally...sad but not anything special, I guess. Then, this morning I came to work and there was this huge red apple on my desk. I was all, "uuuh...who gave me an apple...I'm scared" 'cause you never know who might try to poison you. You know how it is. Anyway, later in the day I got a call from a co-worker to let me know she was going to be in later in the day. She also wanted to let me know that Hubert had got the apple and brought it to my desk to leave for me as his special goodbye. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. SO CUTE. I am making him my honorary grandfather. :-D

Popped!

9-22-10

Popped popcorn in my new popcorn maker!!!

Smell Like a Man

9-21-10

My future husband.

The Scene of the Crime

9-20-10

Here is the glass leftover where my car once sat parked, minding its own business, never doing anyone else any harm. Now it is in the shop, being repaired. So long faithful bike. So long faithful window. Until we meet again...

Bridges

9-20-10

Running in Alameda.

Dinah Flirts With Danger

9-18-10

As we dug out garden #2 today, Dinah practiced her acrobatic skills by jumping from the table to the fence, and then from the fence to the top of the shed to the tree.

Irony

9-17-10

Went to the De Young tonight with Delphine after work. A friend of hers was dj'ing at the Mexican Independence Day celebration. There was music, dancing, a conga line, and we got to look around at the permanent collection for free, too, which was awesome. This picture is from one of the coolest rooms that we saw. It's a cathedral constructed entirely of firearms, bullet casings, bebes etc. If you look through the doorway (sorry this pic isn't that great thanks to my camera phone) there is a human spine inside. It, along with a lot of the other art in this room, made a pretty powerful statement on religion and violence. 

Only in Berkeley

9-16-10

Only in Berkeley would you find a memorial to a fallen mountain lion, complete with flowers, messages, poems, pictures, and facts about mountain lions from upset citizens. There was even an "article" describing the "fact" that deer are far more dangerous and attack humans more often than mountain lions.

Coping Mechanisms

9-15-10

Biking for 2 hours in the gorgeous Contra Costa county is a great one.

Paradise?

9-14-10

Dead birds of paradise. 

Stilt Legs

9-13-10

Afternoon shadows.

Urchins!!

9-12-10

Jess got sea urchins for her chemistry class. She promised I could have one (or more?) if any are alive at the end. I'm gonna name him Needles. Hehehehehehe!

Gambling

9-11-10

Never bet Jess that she can't eat a pound of pasta in a 24 hour period. Because she can. And you WILL have to make her cookies. 

Texture

9-10-10

I haven't been very good about taking pictures this week. I haven't really been very good at much of anything besides working, to be honest. But oh well...I thought this wall was kinda cool? 

Funky Plants

9-9-10

Always some funky plant to take a pic of in Berkeley. 

Te gusta estudiar Espanol?

9-8-10

No, no me gusta estudiar Espanol, porque muy es dificil!

I had a dream last night that every time la profesora asked me a question I tried to respond in ASL, and I couldn't stop, and she got mad at me for "waving my hands around" in a Spanish class. Ai yai yai!

Alfalfa...

9-7-10

Just when I thought my car couldn't get any more ghetto-fabulous, I outdo myself. Check it out - that twisted metal sticky-uppy thing on top? What's left of my bike rack. Here is a closeup:

I may or may not have forgotten that my bike was on said bike rack, on top of my car, when I drove into a rather low-ceilinged parking ramp. Yeeeaaaah. In my defense, neither of my passengers thought about it either when I said, "ooh there's a parking ramp." What's left of my bike rack is now duct taped down so it doesn't fly off. I will eventually remove it. I just haven't had time to go find the right sized tool. 

G-Free!

9-6-10

Akiko is in town! We went to Berkeley to try out a pizza parlor with gluten-free crust. It was pretty darn good despite the fact that Jess is shaking her fist at it - better than the last gluten-free crust we tried at a pizza place. 

Wine Tasting

9-5-10

Two lovely ladies wine tasting in Sonoma! 

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

9-4-10

The Bixby Bridge along Highway 1 in Big Sur, CA.

What's Up?

9-3-10

Looking up on the Golden Gate Bridge. 

Caged

9-2-10

Hobbes recovering in his cage of towels, food, and get-well-catnip-mouse present. 

Rip Van Winkle

9-1-10

Here is Jess...asleep...at a concert...how does she do it, you may ask. I have no idea. And yes, the opening bands WERE this bad.