Ukulele class

Mike is an amazing teacher. So talented, but so humble...like he truly just loves to play and wants people to play with. I find myself completely inspired in his classes and coming away feeling like i've learned so much.

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...add a certain value to it all.

Today, Josh and I were talking about improv. There's a game you can play called (or, I guess this is what i'm calling it) "and then what happened?!" where you have to ask your partner "and then what happened?!" over and over and they just keep makin stuff up. "...and then I won a million dollars! And then my cat sat on HER cat!" When Josh played it with his class, there was no structure, so the stories went all over the place. When I played it with my class, we had to keep it positive until we were told to make it negative, so our stories would have these peaks and valleys, and it was interesting to see the impact of going from positive to negative and vise versa. It seemed to add a certain value to it all...

Last night Gabriella and I went to see That Obscure Subject of Desire, a brilliant new work by the lovely Ms. Randee Paufve. Randee has a way of reaching such a deep place in you that you can't help but surrender to the raw beauty of her work. Exquisite.

Friday night, I had a delightful dinner with my friend Stephanie. Lots of laughter, good food, and good fun. Saturday during the day, Josh and I went on a nice bike ride around Oakland. Today, dragonboat practice, making new friends, lunch, a shower, and a well deserved nap. Then off to a party...!

("and then what happened?!")

...and then we were sunburned, tired, and a little dazed. We got in the car and started driving toward a house in West Oakland. Argh, missed the turn. I think if we go this way we can get there. Narrow streets, 4-way stops, and then we could see our destination about a block and a half away. Stop at the sign, then start to creep into the intersection. This is a 4-way stop, ri - oh s---! *CRASH* front bumper panel and parts go flying about 30 feet to the sidewalk! Not a 4-way stop. Everyone's okay. Seemingly drunk or high (or maybe just weird) man in an undamaged truck tries to convince us that the police don't need to be involved. We are shaking and feel at fault, so we agree. Pile the bumper and other parts into the trunk, turn on the hazards, drive home...

*sigh*

...and then what happened...


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Work BBQ

Yum!!

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A day by the bay

Quinn's after dragonboat practice!!

.......

Our afternoon today was full of apartment searching visits.

It's so hard to imagine leaving Piedmont Ave, but Josh and I love the idea of having a newer more "grown up" place that we can move into together. We'd ditch all of our furniture and start over...

Our favorite option right now is in Jack London Square, so we'd trade our lush neighborhood for the Bay.

We also like a place that bridges the lake and downtown. It's smaller, but the views are amazing.

Thinking about this is keeping me up at night...

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Downtown is calling to us.

I think Josh and I are about to move.

What started to be curiosity, is turning into a quest for the perfect living space. I love trees and walking neighborhoods, but I also love new in the middle of urban. Right now, we're thinking Jack London Square might be the place.

On our way to Ragtime in Alameda tonight.

Last night we watched The Thin Man. Best old movie EVER.

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Academy of Sciences

Tonight, Nightlife with Jen and Jason! Good friends, a museum full of awesomeness, and drunk people = fun times. I think Josh, Jen, and I might show up in some drunk Wells Fargos employees' pictures of their company outing. hehe

Last night we saw Wicked with Brian and Teresa! How did I not remember to photograph that? I think I was having such a great time that I didn't even think about it. What an amazing performance!! The first act blew me away. I could've left at intermission and been completely satisfied. The second act was also great, but didn't feel as shiny to me as the first act...but regardless, I loved it!

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Lunch break

Sitting in the courtyard listening to a man taking long, slow, loud drags on his cigarette... Long inhale, extra inhale through the nose, hold it...loong exhaale....

It's a perfect summer day in the Bay Area. That's right. It actually does feel like summer today. It makes me miss Colorado summers. Short shorts, tank tops, and sandals. Late afternoon thunderstorms and perfectly cool summer nights. Dusty hiking trails. Dark skies full of stars...

Over the weekend we rode bikes, daydreamed about moving into a corner 1 bedroom apartment with the most gorgeous view, watched public enemy and UFC 100, made some new friends with a dragon boat team, and I helped my friend Joan paint her apartment. It was a completely satisfying weekend.

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Girl time!

I don't think Gabriella wanted her picture taken - but it had to be done.

I love it when girl time completely changes the course of an angry day. I was having an angry day, and for no good reason. ...well, maybe it had something to do with fading henna and my cute new owl shirt that Josh calls my hooters shirt...and incompetent "talent" agents. grrr...

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What are we doing in Foster City...?

Well, for starters, following this guy and his dog.

As he rode away he said, "me and him are gonna go catch some air...".

We rode down along the bay saying hello to all of the stray cats. Josh even went into the bay at one point, and then we hung out on the rocks to let his feet dry.

We came down here on a quest for authentic Taiwanese food. We seemed to get an authentic experience - bad service, non-English speaking employees, great fish tank...but the food wasn't all that good. Although, that doesn't mean it wasn't authentic. ;)

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Happy 4th!

A couple of great T-bone steaks, fun people, and fun conversation made for a great BBQ at Maureen and Dave's place for the 4th.

We started out on a beautiful ridge in Mill Valley, and ended up in a beautiful house boat in Sausalito... :)

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Henna!

Fun!

Steph's are the top two, mine are the bottom two. I feel like they represent us well. :)

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Party by the lake

Um, were we invited to this party? :)

Do you ever feel like you might've been accidentally put on a list? Ha! That's kind of how this party felt...but we thought, what the hell.

Got to see some good friends, some old friends, some friends of friends, and I got to play some soccer!

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