Weekend Recap

Well, I hope that everyone had a nice and safe Memorial Day weekend. We spent some time on Saturday morning at carnival Street Fair in the Mission District. From there we went to the East Bay for the King to do a little shopping. Later that evening we went to see the new "X-Men" movie, which was pretty good. Sunday we got up and went to see the Giants play the Colorado Rockies and to see Barry Bonds hit his 715 homerun. It was really cool to be there and see something like that in front of a home crowd. It was wild! Yesterday the King got her haircut and so did Elijah in preparation for our trip to China. It's getting closer and I guess it's about time to start getting ready for it.

Our Champions

This past weekend Crysta and her basketball team played in the Championship for her league. It was a very exciting game, but the girls fell just a little short losing by 2 points at the buzzer. The girls were very disappointed but played their hearts out and that is all that matters. We were very proud of Crysta. After the game the parents decided to take the girls out to Chevy's a local Mexican chain to celebrate. This was the last game the girls would play together after 4 years. They will all move on to different high schools next year. They all quickly got over the disappointment and had a great time. They sat at one table raising hell and the parents sat at the other one drinking margaritas. It was good to see them really enjoying themselves.

Mother's Day

Well I hope all of you lovely ladies had a wonderful Mother's Day. It was a beautiful day here in WC Peavine. I got up, wished the King a Happy Mother's Day and let her watch her Chinese shows in bed. I then went down and washed our 3 cars. It's times like that I don't like having 3 cars. The the King got to do her favorite thing and go shopping at Ross. When she returned from her outing, me and the kids took her to her favorite Vietnamese place in Oakland, Le Cheval. We had a very nice dinner and the company was very good.

Art Show

Last week the King and I went to the sophomore Art Show at Ethan's school. Each year they have a show and the students submit pieces for the show. Of those pieces the teachers pick the ones to showcase. This year Ethan had a drawing and about 3 digital photo's that were displayed. His sculpture met with an untimely demise. It was held at the gallery at his school. Food and drink was provided for the guests, but the kids ate it all before the guests could get to it. This is the drawing that he had submitted, which I thought was pretty good. The parents were all encouraged to buy the pieces, but Ethan chose not to sell his. I don't think he is ready to go pro.

Weekend Update

The King and I enjoyed the day on Thursday at the Giants afternoon game against the Chicago Cubs. It was a perfect day and the Giants beat the Cubs pretty easily on the day. It was really exciting every time that Barry Bonds came up to bat. 42,000 people would all stand and hope to see him send one out of the Park, but to no avail. We then spent Saturday up in Chico which is a big college town about 3 hours north of SF. We took the King's mother to visit a friend she has known since her childhood in China. After that we went and had lunch at the Sierra Nevada Brewery which you know I really enjoyed. The food was really good and the beer was great as well. That evening we went for Malaysian food in Chinatown which turned out to be very good. My favorite dish was one called Lady Fingers sauted in garlic. For those who do not know what Lady fingers are, me included, it was okra.

Looking down Columbus Street

It must be noon somewhere?

Sunny Sunday

Well yesterday was just a perfect day to be outside. We had gone out to dinner on Saturday with some of the King's friends for the Hong Kong Alumni Association. There was good food and dance lesson's that the King took part in. We awoke to perfect weather yesterday so we took off to enjoy the day. We first went to the Ferry Building which sits at the end of Market Street. They had remodeled it and I wanted to see it. It was full of gourmet and organic shops of food and everything you can imagine. We had fresh baked bread and homemade marshmallows that were so good. We then went to North Beach & Chinatown where we had some good Thai food and then went over to the Pacific Brewing Company so I could have a beer and sit out on the sidewalk and enjoy the weather. Then it was off to Ross so the girls could get in a little shopping. After that we went home and grilled some of the specialty sausages we had bought that morning, including lamb and duck sausage. The duck was better than the lamb for those who are keeping score.

Happy Birthday April!

All of us here on the West Coast want to wish April a very Happy Birthday! Wish we could be there to celebrate with you. We Love You!

Visa's

Well I took yesterday off and waited in line to get our Visa's for China. It was a pretty long line but moved pretty quickly. I will go back and pick them on Friday. Tomorrow they are coming back to finish fixing our refrigerator. Sure will be nice not having to run downstairs when you need something. Later!

Early Mother's Day

Sunday here was just perfect! It was about 70 with not a cloud in the sky. The King and the kids went to Dim Sum with Elijah's paternal grandparents so I had the day to myself. I spent 6 hours working in the backyard, pulling weeds and just cleaning it up. I could barely move by the end of the day. Then later that evening we went to dinner with the King and her family to celebrate an early Mother's Day. It's not always easy to get everyone together. We went out for the typical 10 course meal. We tried a much different dinner than we normally do. We had a crab, I'm not sure what type it was, but it was huge and provided about 3 of the dishes. I have enclosed a photo of the bad boy. Seems like we have to take before and after photo's of our food. Still not sure on why we do that, but we do.

Elijah's Birthday

Well Saturday was a pretty busy day for us. First of all it was Elijah's birthday, secondly it was Freshman orientation for Crysta at her new school for next year. She will be going to the same high school as Elijah, which is Lincoln High. It's only 2 buses away versus around the corner. She had to go for placement tests and to meet counselor's. Then later that evening Ethan and his girlfriend Stephanie came over and we took Elijah out to dinner for his birthday. It was a nice dinner at BJ's Brewhouse and then we went back home so he could check out his prizes.