Kokochi

Another bonus pic

From the Six Apart Holiday Party...Julia the princess. Via Ian's moblog (yay, a family member is moblogging!!)

Mean people suck

A little side note from this afternoon: as we were walking along Solano Avenue, we heard a loud bump and metal bending. A huge pick-up truck had backed into a parked brown old BMW. There was damage. The hood was bent and the front kinda messed up. Several people saw this and watched the driver of the pick-up truck, who just sat there for a while. Eventually people walked away, but Ian and I got the feeling that this guy was waiting to just drive away without leaving info. So we wrote down his license plate number.

We had to go get our cars and decided to come back and see if the guy did anything. Sure enough, when we arrived, the guy had simply driven off. What a complete self-centered jerk. As we approached to leave our note on the BMW to tell the owner about the truck and how we could be witnesses, we found another note by a store owner who saw what happened. He too wrote down the license plate number and offered to be a witness.

So although the jerk made me disappointed, it was nice to see other people were looking out for justice too. I hope the truck driver is fined appropriately. Grrrr.

Hanging out with family

Brunch, train ride, and coffee. A perfect Sunday in my mind. And what gorgeous weather!

TV House

In Berkeley, as I parked the car for Thai Brunch.

Kinky!

My third time and they still made me jump up and down and scream! Awesome show. We (Elida) were right up front and the cowboy came up close and smiled at me! Kinky fans will know what that means. He he he

A few more

Here are more pics: Mena holding Julia, and Sean who joined me at the party.

Six Apart holiday party!

Our first one and it is cool...We went all out in decorating our new office to which we move next week! And Ian and family are here which is doubly cool!

Bonus pic

You'll recognize this person if you live in SF. Bumped into him at Santarchy...

Yay for KC and Hideto!

You can see what kind of a party I attended today. I love baby showers. It was great to catch up with everyone. Our group of friends/tribe has a few babies now. It'll only be a matter of time when we all go to Burning Man and have kids running around!

I love living close to my brother and his family!

Here are snippets of the dinner party Ian and Izumi threw. I can't begin to recount how many awesome dishes Izumi cooked (she comes from a family of cooks, one a well-known professional...yum yum yum!) Ian and I have spent so much time apart that having such moments together is very special. To meet his circle of friends, see the kids more often, and hang out like family can't be beat.

And then Dav and I got the most original Christmas present from Tyler and Julia. Dav got a shirt on which they drew a big face of me, and I got a shirt with a big face of Dav. You can recognize Dav's face by the ponytail sticking out (click on the pictures to enlarge). These shirts brought tears to my eyes. Thank you!!

Dav came directly from his run around with Santarchy. He was dressed in his Santa suit which was perfect for the evening.