Currently relaxing after a day at the beach in Malibu with Johanna. We managed to see a movie shoot of some kind and kept our eyes peeled for Jessica Simpson and Reese Witherspoon. No dice. We also went to a lovely diner for lunch and promptly walked out when the vege sandwiches were, oh, $15.00. We're so not So Cal!
Seattle area was great fun...my mom met up with my grandma's cousin and me wearing the brightest outfit I have ever seen (seriously...flourscent green top and printed Hawaiian jungle pants...apparently designer marked down to $9.00. And she wonders why.). After we sorted out that the outfit needed to go, we managed to eat some yummy seafood, I learned to knit and pearl, and we chatted with some of our cousin's friends who have the most interesting histories. For example, Joy moved to Oklahoma in the 1950's from NY and the KKK on her yard telling her, the Yankee, to go home. Dodie's husband worked on the first monkey to go into outerspace and their family lived in Cairo! I learned the my grandma's cousin directed the first play in Detroit of mixed races in the 1950's as well. The mixture: African American and Polish immigrants.
Tomorrow is Alex and Leyla's reception, the entire reason we're down here. CHeck out pictures of their civil ceremony in SF www.inthemachine.blogspot.com
Then Sunday, off to San Diego to kind-of start the drive back east...after we go to every park, museum, and beach we can! I will keep you posted as I can.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Endings and Beginnings
The last day of school came and passed anti-climactically and I have officially left the Bay Area to begin my soul-finding journey for a few months. Currently I find myself in my great friend Bobby's new place with my sister and his partner in the posh Pearl District in Portland.
Yesterday, we went to the fantastic Rose Garden, pretty appropriate for the City of Roses, and watched as Bobby nearly ate the roses as he smelled them with his whole face inside the floweres. Then we moseyed onto the river front and admired how Mount Hood looks over the city like an overprotective father: always present and endearing in it's own special way. In the evening, we went out for tapas and enjoyed octopus, Pisco Sours, quinoa, ceviche, and mint-salsa. Mmmmm. Today we're headed to the PO (Pacific Ocean) to avoid the oh-so-fricken-hot temps. On the agenda: frisbee, making sand castles, and throwing Vicky into the ocean when she is least expecting it. Tomorrow I am taking the Amtrack up to Seattle area and will join my cousin and mom for some more Pac Northwest Fun.
Yesterday, we went to the fantastic Rose Garden, pretty appropriate for the City of Roses, and watched as Bobby nearly ate the roses as he smelled them with his whole face inside the floweres. Then we moseyed onto the river front and admired how Mount Hood looks over the city like an overprotective father: always present and endearing in it's own special way. In the evening, we went out for tapas and enjoyed octopus, Pisco Sours, quinoa, ceviche, and mint-salsa. Mmmmm. Today we're headed to the PO (Pacific Ocean) to avoid the oh-so-fricken-hot temps. On the agenda: frisbee, making sand castles, and throwing Vicky into the ocean when she is least expecting it. Tomorrow I am taking the Amtrack up to Seattle area and will join my cousin and mom for some more Pac Northwest Fun.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Summer Love
Anyone who knows me is hyperaware that the end of the school year is the best thing that could happen to me right now, and it's almost here! Yeah! Deeps and I are planning our travels, and have decided on China and India after Africa was totally overwhelming and expensive. It's going to be amazing and here are some of the things we are doing in China:
Half-day bicycle excursion and lunch- Yangshuo
Boat trip through the Three Gorges
Yangzte river tributary excursion
Three Gorges Dam Tour - Yichang
Lingyin Si Temple and city tour - Hangzhou
Countryside village tour - Tunxi
Huangshan
Shanghai Museum - Shanghai
Zhouzhuang town
Humble Administrators Garden - Suzhou
Master of the Nets Cultural Show - Suzhou (seasonal);
Terracotta Warriors tour - Xi'an
Ancient houses and city wall - Pingyao
Hanging Monestary
Yungang Grottoes - Datong;
Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City guided tour - Beijing
Great Wall tour and entrance fee - Beijing
Huiling and Rickshaw Tour - Beijing
Deepa has been working hard to plan India and it appears that she is doing wonderful things with that. Her parents have friends and relatives there who are going to help us out and she's making sure we see and do all the wonderful country has to offer.
In other news, the wedding shower for Leyla was a success and it was wonderful to spend the evening with lovely ladies. I love that 2 people got her raw foods books and veges wrapped up :) So cute. Weddings are excuses to get things that you normally deem excessive, like a paella pan, and cook books.
Oh and being homeless with Alex and Leyla is fun and has been really relaxing. Yeah for not having a home. Thanks!
Half-day bicycle excursion and lunch- Yangshuo
Boat trip through the Three Gorges
Yangzte river tributary excursion
Three Gorges Dam Tour - Yichang
Lingyin Si Temple and city tour - Hangzhou
Countryside village tour - Tunxi
Huangshan
Shanghai Museum - Shanghai
Zhouzhuang town
Humble Administrators Garden - Suzhou
Master of the Nets Cultural Show - Suzhou (seasonal);
Terracotta Warriors tour - Xi'an
Ancient houses and city wall - Pingyao
Hanging Monestary
Yungang Grottoes - Datong;
Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City guided tour - Beijing
Great Wall tour and entrance fee - Beijing
Huiling and Rickshaw Tour - Beijing
Deepa has been working hard to plan India and it appears that she is doing wonderful things with that. Her parents have friends and relatives there who are going to help us out and she's making sure we see and do all the wonderful country has to offer.
In other news, the wedding shower for Leyla was a success and it was wonderful to spend the evening with lovely ladies. I love that 2 people got her raw foods books and veges wrapped up :) So cute. Weddings are excuses to get things that you normally deem excessive, like a paella pan, and cook books.
Oh and being homeless with Alex and Leyla is fun and has been really relaxing. Yeah for not having a home. Thanks!
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