Brandon's Wedding

Brandon Gill got married and Kimia invited me to be her date to the wedding. We stayed at the "W" hotel (fancy!) and enjoyed the beautiful decor, fluffy feather pillows, and oh so hip atmosphere. When I arrived, Kimia picked me up, we had brunch, and then got mani/pedi's...it was so relaxing I almost fell asleep :) That evening we arrived at the wedding (late--oops!) and mingled the night away. We saw Adam Bagley and Charlie Schaunwasser and had so much fun catching up and dancing to our high school favorites.

Rich's Birthday

Rich and Roy's birthday was a charmed evening. We went to Osha for Thai food and sat at this long table that fit everyone. Then, we went back to Kathy and Rich's hotel room and had some cocktails and birthday cake--with cream cheese frosting...yum! Later, we went to Dragon Bar in North Beach/China Town for some top 40 dancing...the power went out and came back on just before we arrived so we got in for free and there was no line! Kimia and I requested Britney's new song and the DJ played it for us because he liked our dresses! Ha! I figured if you are going somewhere to dance to top 40 music, you have to hear Britney, Rhianna, Beyonce, Timbaland, and Justin Timberlake...and guess what? We did :)

Limantour with Kathy & Chatter

Kathy and I spent the day at Limantour Beach in Point Reyes. We had never taken Chatter to the beach before and she went absolutely crazy in the water. It was as if nothing existed but her and the waves. In all my years as a Marinite, I have never experienced a more perfect day in West Marin.

Spontaneous Dinner with Kathy & Rich

On Monday evening, Nick and I went up to drop some stuff off at the breeders in Petaluma and met up with Kathy and Rich at a new Mexican restaurant in downtown. It was a fun spur of the moment get together and we even got to start planning Rich's B-day party...

We got a dog!

Her name is Chatter. She is actually Nick's dog and I just get to put up with her hair shedding all over the place...but she is really cute and she likes to press her face up against you and cuddle. Nick got her from a breeder and she is six years old. She used to be a show dog but for the last few years she has been passing those award winning genes on to other lucky puppies :) The breeder named her Chatter because she makes these little growling noises (friendly growls) when she wants to tell you she likes you...Nick might change her name, but we aren't sure yet...

Edison BBQ

My first school activity as Student Activities Coordinator was an all school BBQ. The school provided hot dogs and the families brought pot luck side dishes. The kids had so much fun... While I was passing out plates a bunch of the elementary kids told me that this was the "best day ever"--so cute! Next is our Halloween at Hogwarts Celebration on Oct. 31st. Until then, I'm working on the school fundraiser and would like to organize a Jr. Academy art club...

First Week Back

It was the first week back at school and the kids were cute for about 15 minutes...and then it seemed like the summer never happened :) Back to the grind as they say. I did happen to burn the candle at both ends and go to see Patty Griffin at the Great American Music Hall on Wednesday evening, Zap Mama at the Fillmore on Thursday night, and Kaskade at DNA Lounge on Friday night. That's a lot of late nights in a row, but it was worth every minute. Nick and I also went to a beautiful wedding in the Santa Cruz Mtns. on Friday and I will have photos to post later.

Photos above are of Kaskade at DNA lounge.