Thursday, November 22, 2007

35th honeymoon







We're back from our weeklong 35th anniversary road trip. After flying back from 3 days in Las Vegas, we "Piloted" to Big Sur, San Simeon, and Carmel-Monterey. Our cabin in Big Sur was clean, cozy, and "Asian minimalist" per Cindy (and our dinner of fish tacos and tortilla soup was yummy). We visited the pier in San Simeon and took the evening tour of Hearst Castle. We also saw hundreds of elephant seals sunning themselves up and down the beach on Hwy 1, and we relaxed on our actual anniversary high atop the Carmel coast. My ears never unplugged from our Vegas flight so we had to have our former doctor Ritchie Wong phone in an Amoxicillin prescription to us in Monterey (Cindy has now developed similar symptoms). Cindy did all of the driving on our road trip along the California coast, and we were treated to perfect weather and postcard views everywhere.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

November news







Alex has had a busy month, celebrating his 29th birthday and then buying a like-new 2003 Accura 4-door sedan. Dean and I went to Arco to see King James and the Cavaliers stage a late rally to decrown our Kings. We have started a weeklong celebration of our 35th anniversary by going to Las Vegas for 3 days. It was sunny and in the mid 70s. We stayed at the Wynn and saw the stage show SPAMALOT. It was hilarious. We also saw the demolition of the Frontier Casino at 2:30 AM from our 51st floor window. It was preceded by a spectacular fireworks show and then BOOM!! We are headed for Big Sur, San Simeon, and then the Tickle Pink hotel in Carmel where we originally honeymooned. I think we'll slow down a bit in December.

Saturday, November 03, 2007

Bus trip


I got up early the next morning after the Halloween bash and hosted the SVBT members on a bus trip to the 49ers v. Saints game in San Francisco. What another glorious, clear and sunny day in The City, except the 49ers were thoroughly dominated. Before the game, we tailgated with an excellent catered lunch and liquid refreshment to prepare for the anticipated beating we knew the 49ers were about to absorb.

Halloween bash







We went to Richard and Trisha's Halloween party on Saturday night. It was an unbelievable combination of marvelous decorating and theme construction with a Burning Man/Halloween theme to it all. It takes so much work and imagination, that Richard and his volunteers only do it every third year. Jack and Dean went as "undeads" and Carol and Mary went as "good" witches. We dressed as tourists, and shot the above snaps.