The Nierva’s

Today, long time friends Ricky & Angie came over to visit. We got to know darling Olivia and the newest addition to their family, little sister Lili. I grilled a bacon wrapped porkloin and Sandy made her favorite Israeli couscous & fruit dish.

Of course Ricky and I played some ukulele. It’s been so long since I last played as much that my fingers got tired very quickly. I felt like a ukulele lightweight.

The rest of the time was spent on photo talk as Ricky just got a Canon XSi and wanted the low down on camera gear. Which seemed appropriate since he carries his camera around in a cloth baby bag. I wish I had taken a shot of that!

Reward

Yesterday on our morning walk, Sandy & I found a set of keys including what appeared to be a car key for a Honda. We figured that the keys were accidentally dropped by someone who was still parked in the area so we walked back towards the ferry terminal, pushing the alarm button around all the Honda’s we could find. Just when we were about to give up, a last hopeful click of the button set off the alarm on a green Honda Civic. We were very excited to see its flashing lights. We left a note on the windshield and not too long after, gave the lost keys back to the happy owner.

A good deed deserves a reward…so I bought a new Sony 40″ LCD TV.

Later Jen & Rick came over and we had dinner at our favorite sushi restaurant, Angel Fish. Actually, they wanted to check out a Blu-Ray DVD so we rented Layer Cake. Good thing it had English subtitles…British English in an action film was a bit tough to follow for me and my mates!

Philippine bound

Today after the girls came back from church, we ventured into downtown Alameda for a terrific brunch at Ćera Una Volta. Then we strolled the local shops on Park Street until it was showtime at the newly renovated Alameda Theater. We enjoyed Iron Man but I got a stomach ache from all the popcorn.

Our weekend with our lovely niece was over as Tawny left for the Philippines tonight.