Miner Family & Riedel @ Press Club SF

The new Press Club SF on Yerba Buena Lane

Kevin's Birthday - Dou Dou Intros

LA Visit: Family & Disneyland

Last weekend, Kevin and I drove down to LA to visit some family and friends. It's been awhile since I've seen Maddie and my gosh, she's grown! When she was first born, I thought she might be an iffy-picky personality. But no. She is carefree, gung-ho, and generally a happy baby. Rachel Ann is also no longer a toddler, she's practically a little girl. I loved seeing them play together. Rachel Ann definitely takes on the role of 'older sister' and watches out for Maddie.

Lilian is reading to the two little ones...

Rachel Ann being the big sis.

Maddie's first swing ride!

And then it was off to Disneyland! Kevin and I have a deal: He'll go to Disneyland with me, I'll go camping with him. Not sure if I made out well in this deal...


I don't understand why, with digital photography technology, Disneyland can't sell these photos for $5. They would still make a killing and people would be more inclined to purchase.

San in princess mouse ears
Chinese people eat everything, including crickets.

Woooo... Donald Peking Duck!

And last but not least, chipmunk buns!

Word to the wise, prepare to get dizzy if sitting with Kevin in the same teacup.I love these! Great for climbing and designated meeting spots!

Potato Trees

[16:36] san: i'm using trillian

[16:37] san: keeps my peeps in check, yo? dun chu no?

[16:37] boyfriend: why dey be in check? u r so ghetto now.

[16:38] san: dats cuz lawrence yo is rubbing off on your gf

[16:38] san: man

[16:39] boyfriend: i got mad problems with him rubbing off too much, man

[16:39] san: ew. that's gross

[16:39] san: like, totally yuck-IE!

[16:39] boyfriend: Lawrence is not ghetto.

[16:39] san: if you say so

[16:39] boyfriend: good, although that isn't what I meant

[16:39] san: he's from QUEENS.

[16:39] boyfriend: man.

[16:40] boyfriend: Dude, you're, like, totally from SoCal.

[16:40] boyfriend: tehehehe

[16:40] san: yeah so like, i ate all these potato chips and like, you know, i'm feeling all bad about it, you know?

[16:40] san: what-ever

[16:41] boyfriend: like, aw, totally blows, dude, like what-ever

[16:41] boyfriend: that is so not cool

[16:41] boyfriend: you know, like all those chips living painfully in your stomach

[16:42] san: dude! they like, died when the potato was picked off the tree. duh!

[16:42] boyfriend: dude, I wish we had more potato trees in socal. I love fries

[16:43] san: i bet in-n-out bought all the potato trees

[16:43] boyfriend: i hear most of 'em fell down in the big Northridge quake.

[16:43] boyfriend: the area used to be all full, you know, like potato trees everywhere

[16:43] boyfriend: it's sad

[16:44] san: what-ever. you, like, got the wrong information. potato trees don't fall down during earthquakes!

[16:45] san: they moved all the trees from anaheim when they had to build disneyland. geez. you're like, SO, not from LA.

[16:45] boyfriend: i heard LA sued disneyland because they didn't have enough parking so they had to move to Anaheim

[16:46] san: dude, your stories are all wrong! that's the toxic high school

Birthday Bash @ Bubble Lounge SF

Thanks to everyone who came out. I had a blast! So, this time again next year? =)

Cherie looks so innocent....
Cherie shows us all how it's done...
"No, it's mine! Don't touch!" Just kidding.... =)

Hey! It's #1063 represent! Oh, how far we've come since college.

Delamotte Blancs de blanc 1997. Yum!

London & Spain

Here's a highly condensed visual representation of my trip.

Hey look! It's Tesco! They're going to take over the world.

Marble Arch - My home for three days

More Tesco! Wonder if Fresh&Easy is going to be like Tesco Express?

Waitrose. My new favorite supermarket. Everything comes in cute little packages.

Even rabbit meat.

I like "Seriously Good Wine" better.

HAHAHAH!!! Chat-en-ouef! What will they think of next?

Mmmmm..... beeerrrr.....

Forum at British Museum

Rosetta Stone

Millennium Bridge to Tate Modern. No, it doesn't wobble anymore.

Our first tapas meal! Barcelona!

Hotel OMMMMM. Great night scene. Can't say I recommend it as a hotel though. They have no sense of customer service. The night staff consisted of Harry, Curly and Moe with a special appearance by one of the ghastly twins from Matrix II. All of which had no clue how to work in a hotel. The day staff isn't much better either.

Ham! Mmmmm.

Peniscola

Full of paella in Peniscola

And then I got sick. Boo.