It's the final day of my second four-day weekend in a row. I just can't tell you how happy I was to be able to arrange this. Today is my official work holiday, but since T got Friday off I took an extra vacation day, and it's been more than worth it.

( Friday: By Air )

FFEX signups are open! I have signed up. Everyone else should go do that right now.

Also, I had a birthday brunch on Sunday, and it was excellent. I have awesome friends.

Also also, on Saturday I took a chocolate tour with T and amybang. This is highly recommended. Three hours, walking around downtown San Francisco, tasting different kinds of chocolate ( Read more... )

Bay Bridge closed "indefinitely" for emergency repair.I can't imagine that it'll be more than a couple of days, realistically. But it sure sounds dramatic, doesn't it? (Of course, no matter how long it is, it's really going to suck for people who use that bridge to commute. And if it's more than a couple of days, my weekend plans could get... ( Read more... )

This is how I know it's Labor Day Weekend in San Francisco: I can hear the jackhammers hard at work on the Bay Bridge ( Read more... )

Today was Northern California May Day, at an alumna's gorgeous home up in the Sonoma Valley. The event itself was really enjoyable -- great to see lots of folks I hadn't seen in awhile; why do I keep letting myself fall out of the BMC loop? -- and on the drive home, I found myself getting nostalgic for Sonoma County: the green hills just starting ( Read more... )

Despite having lived in San Francisco for 8 years, and the Bay Area for either 22 or 13, depending on how you count it, I had never made it to the annual Gay Pride parade. (Mostly because it seems like I'm usually out of town during the last weekend of June.) So as soon as I knew I would be around this year, I was determined to check it out. I ( Read more... )

It's not the rain itself I mind so much (although ask me that again if it ends up falling for more than three days straight). Actually, I rather like a bit of rain; I found the sound of it on the roof particularly soothing ( Read more... )

The social whirlwind of the holidays is finally over -- my school and T's companies both had their official parties in January, mine last Friday and T's on Tuesday night -- and we found ourselves with a completely unplanned weekend for the first time in ages. Nice ( Read more... )

The second storm is upon us now. I can hear the rain and wind on the roof, although it's not nearly as heavy as it was yesterday. That was a nasty day, especially in the morning -- public transit snarls, everyone dripping wet, lots of power outages. Nothing that touched us here, fortunately, although we did go grocery shopping at a store that had ( Read more... )

We were hit by one of our first big winter storms today, and another is supposed to be along any minute (no rain yet, but I can hear the wind gusting). T took advantage of the lull and got some really neat pictures. I'll probably post more later, but he got one in particular that I really loved.


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