You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream for...

ICE CREAM! Mitchell's in SF is sooooo good. We had an outing at work today and went there for lunch. That WAS our lunch actually. It is so good to be a grown up sometimes...you get to decide what you want to eat when! Yummy!

My Trip to D.C.

I just got back from visiting my one of my great friends, Laura, in Washington. It was really nice to hang out with Laura, Doug, Kate and Clare and participate in their fun and crazy life! Arent Clare and Kate adorable?!We went to the Reynolds Portrait Gallery where they have all of the presidential portraits, even the famous unfinished President Washington portrait. It is a must see. You can see Mary Todd and Abe Lincoln below (aka Clare and Laura). Here is the fam at the Art Faire we went to in Alexandria. Very cool old town with so much charm. Thanks for the fun times gang--miss you already!

Greg and His Women

Went to dinner with Beth and Greg last week. That Greg is always surrounded by women! Greg's mom Nancy, Beth's mom Vicki, and Vicki's friend Marlene were all there. Nancy, Vicki and Marlene were all watching the kids while Beth and Greg went to Oregon. The Ducks were playing Stanford and Greg was meeting up with some old college chums. Greg is a Duck.
Dinner was a lot of fun, especially watching everyone ordering the wine. I think our waiter was wondering how much we had to drink prior to being seated! Five women trying to make a decision....laughter to follow!
Thanks for a great night Mr. and Mrs. Goddard!
Oh, and happy birthday Beth! LOL

Return to Blair Thumb

If you never saw the Blair Thumb movie as I instructed earlier in my blog, you can now view the reenactment as acted out by my nephews Bryce and Wolfgang. Sign design by Alexis.

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Beware of Table Corners!

When moving about rooms in tight quarters you must beware of table corners or else...........
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My Favorite Thing About Gumballs...

Kids really know how to cut to the chase and tell it like it is. Here is Lex telling us what is so great about those gumballs.
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Mystery Weekend

Bryce, Wolfie and Lexi joined me for a weekend of Mystery. We hit The Mystery Spot and the Winchester Mystery House. The Mystery Spot seemed to be the hands-down favorite. You can see in the photos here that you get a wierd gravity thing going on in the Mystery Spot and can stand on the corner of a table and hang out over the floor without falling. (Of course you have to be there to really see how weird it is!) You just cant explain the unexplainable. In the picture where they are all looking at a pool ball, the ball actually rolls UP the board! Weird!!



















Here are the kids at the Winchester Mystery House on an unusual staircase. Mrs. Winchester was only 4'10" so many of the doors and entryways were shorter than normal.

Area 51? Bomb Shelter?

Is this Area 51? No, it is my friend Doug's garage. He gave Janis and me a tour of his new house which is Spanish style and very nice.
How many people have this much room in their garage??
Nice work on the house Doug.
p.s. here is a pic of Doug from back in our college days.

Let Them Eat Cake

I had the best cupcakes this last weekend ...made by my niece Lexi-Lu. As you can see here she did a great job baking, decorating and.....eating the cupcakes!
Yum-yum!
Maybe we have a chef on our hands.

Jiiiissshhhhhhh!

I dont know how many of you have seen this movie, especially if you are over the age of 15, but I watched it with my sister Karen and nephew Bryce this weekend and it was pretty funny--it is the Blair Thumb movie. Yes, thats right, it is a bunch of thumbs acting out the Blair Thumb Project. And it is totally rated G--"Oh spit man, Oh spit "! Enjoy!

?%*&^!!%$#$!!

I think this picture says it all. It is pretty much the reaction I get now that I have my new digital camera! Im sure it is especially annoying since I am still trying to figure out all of the features and buttons and make people retake pics etc...
Smile for the camera Ken!

Pool Party Prep

The mad scientist, Rubin Kincaid, is mixing the chemicals for the weekends pool party. There were a lot of kids there so I'm sure he added in a little extra for good measure! Great job keeping the pool in order Rob! Rob and Steph pulled off another super fun day!

Night of the Iguana

Wolfie has been dying to get a gecko. Here you can see the tank but you may not be able to see the gecko since it is a camouflage, invisible gecko. They're a little harder to take care of when you cant see them but you cant see their poop either so it balances out! Don't even ask me what "cricket loading" is!

Does My Butt Look Big?

Okay, so I am trying to do the South Beach Diet. It is killer since you cant have any starches or sugar or fruit for the first two weeks! I miss my 3pm mocha!! Today I figured out that I might be able to have the no fat/no sugar gummi bears. Now I have a belly ache! I dont recommend eating too many at one time.

But.....I just saw this feature on the HP site. I may not have to diet at all! Their digital cameras come with a new "slimming" feature that takes the weight right off. Too bad it can't take it off the actual human! Now that would be a feature!

Alexis Is Warhol-ized

Here is my niece Alexis in multi-color. Her mom got a Mac that has the Warholizer in it. (That's not what it's called but it sounds more fun that way!)

Chicano Visions

I went to a great exhibit this weekend at the DeYoung Museum in SF. My friend Ann's sister-in-law, Michelle Ramirez, had one of her pieces selected for a Chicano Visions exhibition. How cool is that?! Her art is really amazing. The girl is a blackbelt too! Way to go Michelle! Here is the link to check it out: http://www.thinker.org/deyoung/exhibitions/exhibition.asp?exhibitionkey=551

Michelle's piece is the one on the right.

Claire, Remy, and Ann Troussieux enjoying the show.

This is the artist, Michelle.

Mojito Madness & TGIF

I went to "Stretch Hamilton" and "Pumpkin Canyon's" porn pad tonight for some mojitos and grilling. Nothing is simulated at their house!

Spare the Air...and the Art

Today was a beautiful day in S.F.. The temperatures have been perfect all week. It was Spare the Air day so I took BART into work and went down to the Embarcadero at lunch. This sculpture made of steel and chains was recently set up on the waterfront. Tell me, what does this piece have to do with SF??? It looks like Attack of the Pod People or something. They should have had a Spare the Art day!

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

I was hijacked and taken to Town for a few drinks with the ladies Tuesday -- Andi, Nancy and Beth. Here's to good chardonnay, good food and fun friends.
Look at how shy Nancy looks in this picture. It must be her alter ego!

Papusas and Paparazzi

My co-workers Breanna and Marya love to be photographed. Here they are trying to ditch the paparazzi on BART on the way to Mission Street for some papusas.