Today marks our 11th year together. I couldn’t get the day off so we’ll do a very low key celebration. As it turns out I had a call in Redding so I didn’t get home til 10:30 at night.
Category Archives: Family
Surfin Mommi
Today we presented Mommi with her new Dell laptop. We are actively setting up an email account and a crash course in all things digital. I loaded open office BTW a free MS Office compatible software suite. Well actually I donated 20 euros to the organization.
Ikeda’s
Today we headed down to the Ikedas’ for a small get together. As usual there was way too much food. By the way, Baker liked my manly scent.
Nihonmachi
Today we picked up Tawny and drove to Japantown to checkout Nihonmachi. We ate like pigs and of course I had to buy some more mochi!
Tawny
Our beautiful niece Tawny is here for the weekend to participate in the outside lands music/food/wine/art festival. The only reason I agreed to pick her up from the airport is she promised to bring goodies from Portos Bakery.
Enssaro
Last night we met Kathy at Enssaro in Oakland for our 1st Ethiopian dinner. We didn’t have a clue so we let Kathy do all the ordering. The food was wonderful as the Harar Beer was too. It was fun eating with our hands. Although I was a bit puzzled by the mousse cake desert …
Asena
Tonight we met Uncle Russell and Aunty Sachi for dinner at Asena here in downtown Alameda. Let’s see pear martini, endive salad, gnocchi, panna cotta & liquored up coffee.
The day B4 July 4th eve…
July 2nd in other words. We all met at Jon & Kathy’s for an old fashioned BBQ party. As usual I spent too much time stuffing my face and laughing at high volumes and didn’t take any photos.
Noah take III
Okay this is the 3rd attempt @ shooting Noah. Unfortunately I’m trying to set up my lighting for a very controlled situation and Noah’s position keeps changing therefore my lighting is all wrong. I’m learning a lot. My PC also had it’s MBR corrupted so I had to reload Win 7 and Photoshop is not …
Sandy’s Day
Today we celebrated Sandy’s Birthday. I suggested going to Taco Bell and she could order anything off the dollar menu… She instead wanted to go to Tribu in Union City.