"I don't see where it says lactating bitches on this!"



"Oh, right there."

Introducing Saltay, the official cake of Crazy Girls' Weekend 2008, courtesy of Audrey and Geriann. We always bake cakes when we get together and this was no exception.



Let's just say that lighting 30 candles in the shape of the number 30 with really old candles from the convenience store across the street...well, the candles didn't hold up so well.



I actually have a series of pictures I took (again, with E's continuous shot mode) of Annika doing some cool taekwondo kicks, but this one is the coolest by itself, I think.



Believe it or not, there were MadLibs. Annika has a picture of me reading one, Regina smiling in her sleep and Geriann falling off the couch in laughter. Good times.

This is Regina's bitchy face. It is a classic, and I feel downright honored to have captured a more recent picture of it. :) Oh, we're at the Japanese Tea Garden in these pics, hence the tea. :)









Nothing says love like your friend flipping you off.

And the Chihuly exhibit at the DeYoung! One of the best art exhibits I've ever seen!

The Farmer's Market near Annika's house was amazing! Audrey and I couldn't help ourselves and ended up buying enough stuff for both lunch and dinner that day. Lunch: steamed sweet corn, guacamole & chips, and a lovely fresh salad. Dinner: Steamed artichokes (um, but slightly burnt) and burgers on a fresh loaf of sourdough. So good.

And the strawberries! And blueberries! And nectarines! Sigh.

A bunch of these pictures look like we're having really serious conversations and whatnot, but I believe we were all drunk. In the middle of a Sunday afternoon. We spent the day drinking wine, eating fresh farmers' market goodies and crazily making arts and crafts.

Dr. Sue is sad because she can't open the doggie gate.



Instead of helping her, I continue to take her picture to document the moment.



The arts & crafts shenanery! We made photo albums! By ourselves! After drinking a bunch of wine!





The finished project. The title comes from the fact that Audrey (and subsequently all of us) started many a sentence with the words, "Now that I'm thirty..."

My SF wanderings.

I spent one Monday entirely in SF, mostly by myself, except for choice meals with old friends. It was lovely seeing the city wake up and start their day while I just kind of watched. I managed to drive, walk and public trans around the city and I ate my face off.

My first stops? A drive through Golden Gate Park.

Ah, SF hippies. I took a lot of pictures in the Haight because I had some time to kill between dropping my peeps off at SFO at 5:30 am and when the Pork Store Cafe opened at 7 am. The Haight at 6 in the morning basically consists of one homeless dude, the really early morning commuting crowd, and the people unloading fruits and veggies for the market. Really quiet and nice.









Always my personal favorites.

Gloomy Haight Street



Lovely Golden Gate Park



This might not be that interesting a picture to you, but the fact that I actually walked by a MUNI bus where the driver had to get out and rehook up the electrical dodads was AWESOME. It's the little things you miss.



I'm just a sucker for the street signs.



Ah, Four Embarcadero.

I miss biking along that mural. There was nothing like biking home from work seeing all the people on the N-Judah trapped like sardines, and you're biking easy with the wind blowing through your hair.



I even went up to Coit Tower! What a freaking tourist I am. Like I haven't already been there like 6 times.



I love this shot though, love the gloomy SF sky. Sweet loving gloominess.



And hey, one of the last things I did in the Bay Area was get a haircut! Woohoo!