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Rainy — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:41:47 +0000

Fantastic trip.

We totally ate like wee piggies…

Which made me very happy! I’m especially happy in this shot because everyone else was eating raw oysters and I played the kosher card for all it was worth. I really dislike raw oysters. The taste is ok, but it’s a textural thing. The girlie, OTOH, ballsed up and slurped down shellfish with the big girls.

We did nothing but eat for 6 days. Holy cow. I think I gained ten pounds. Then, I think I walked it all off. Our hotel was 6 blocks from the UC Berkeley campus, right on Telegraph. We tromped everywhere, took BART under the Bay, saw good friends and did I mention the food? Korean, Ethiopian, Fenton’s ice cream, the Crepevine in Rockridge, oysters, salmon bruschetta and pommes frites in San Francisco, Peet’s Coffee and of course, Zachary’s pizza pies…

The whole point of this little trip, though, was to acquaint the girlie with the UC Berkeley campus and give her a taste of what she might get to enjoy if she keeps her grades up and works hard for the remainder of high school. It seems to have taken.

I really miss Berkeley. I have to admit that by the second day of our trip I was entertaining thoughts of going back there to live one day. It is one of a handful of places on this earth that truly feel like Home to me. Oh… and… I might have acquired a thousand yards of laceweight pashmina and eight hundred yards of silk/merino laceweight plus some bone dpns at Lacis, there on Adeline @ Ashby. There’s a ton of other yarn stores which we didn’t make it to. I may have to take a second trip.

and now…. we plan vacation

Rainy — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:27:11 +0000

Finals being over, it is time for fun! In a week or two (after my spa day of course!) the youngest and I are heading off on a whirlwind trip up the Central Coast of CA, explore the area, maybe go to the elephant seal sanctuary, and then we’ll spend 3 days in a B&B in the Bay Area, while the youngest tours UC Berkeley and Mills College. She’s getting to that age, ya know. We’ll do a little shopping, eat some tasty stuff you can’t get in LA, and generally enjoy the heck out of ourselves. I love road trips! I’ve never been to the part of CA that we’re hitting first, around Morro Bay and Atascadero, so that’ll be a lot of fun for us to explore.

And August of course is the month that the youngest turns 15, so there will be the appropriate natal day celebrations.

There are some who read this blog who might remember when she was tiny and still wore sparkly mary jane shoes. Now it is all high heels, lip gloss and nose piercing, I am afraid.

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