Ah my lovely Choco Cro!

Last night I was reunited with my favorite thing from our trip to Japan... a Choco Cro. Oh my gosh people, I never thought I was going to have one again! But, who knew? The only place in the US that is now serving these amazing Japanese delicacies is in the Valley! Good thing we were in Long Beach for Thanksgiving and our good friends Marissa and Ethan were up for a hilarious mission. Thanks guys!

Pink Berry!!!!!

Pink Berry... one thing on a short list of things that makes SoCal great.

Dana, Dave and Ben

Thanksgiving beach races

Fun Family Times at Thanksgiving

Jon, cousin Zack and me!

Thanksgiving bike ride

Videos from our performance!!! Check 'em out.

You won't be able to see me and Dave because the videos are a bit blurry, but you'll be able to hear us singing Mozart's Requiem! Well, not "us" per se, but our choir. We rocked! :)

Dies Irae and Tuba Mirum



Confutatis and Lacrymosa

Don't go away for Thanksgiving Mom and Dad!

or if you must, then take me with!

Laundry day is always an exciting day at our house

marker name

and i thought naming nail polish would be an interesting job...


some of us have "gray kittens" and some of us have "kitten gray" markers.

Mozart tomorrow people

Come on over to Berkeley tomorrow to see us perform:


MOZART, Requiem in D minor, K.626

Saturday, November 17, 2007
8pm, Hertz Hall

University Chorus
Aya Ueda, guest director

rehearsals, rehearsals, and more rehearsals...

gotta get ready for Saturday!

Really really cute little girl

it is very important that you have sound on for this one... and you might not want to watch it at work if your coworkers/boss will be offended by the "a word" for donkey. :)

My favorite kitchen trick

I have to give Ethan Becker credit for this one...

If you're not sure if your eggs are still good just fill a bowl of water and submerge them. If they float they're no good, and if they sink they're totally fine!

It really works. It saved me today at lunch time. Try it out!

A Berkeley-ish Saturday

After having brunch with friends at Fat Apples we stopped at the Berkeley Farmers Market. Good thing we beat the rain!


No no, he didn't eat any worms... this time. :)

Quote of the day: Friday

"It's not so much ADD as it's just a short attention span."

Happy Birthday...

...to my favorite "Japanese" cowboy.

Happy 23rd Zacky!!!

Stuart got stuck behind the banister today

Don't worry, this had a happy ending. :)

Have you had your huge pear yet today?

Where I'd rather be right now...

I've got some Amsterdam on my mind...

Where are you this afternoon?

Look at that face!

So much for staying off the kitchen counters.

Leopard was released... you know what that means?

Quote of the day: Friday

"$3 is better."

It actually didn't happen

After last year's Castro Street Halloween Party turned dangerous, the city claimed it was going to cancel festivities. No one believed this would actually happen since each year this annual street party brings in hundreds of thousands of the most colorfully dressed people.

Luckily I attended this street party every year from 2000 to 2005 (I just happened to miss the event last year when 9 people were shot there). So, when the party canceling was announced we were not surprised, but we all assumed people would go out there anyway. A few hundred supposedly did, but compared to previous years the area was dead. No pun intended. Read the article on SFGate.com to learn more.

It's November 1st so of course...

There is going to be a "new month" post. This time I'm not going to say things like, "I can't believe it's already November, can you?" You're darn right it's November! Not that I'm glad about it necessarily. October is my favorite month and now I have to wait a whole year for it again, but, really, I'm fine with it being November. I think once it's February I'll be freaking out a bit.

What were YOU for Halloween?

We were Parisians of course... ooh la la!



*thanks for the costume idea Suz!

Trick-or-treaters at our house

My favorite Holiday!!!!

Happy Halloween everyone!!!

Candy, Kids, Costumes... what is more fun!?

proud to be in last place

San Francisco came in last place on the list of America's Most Sedentary Cities. Sweet.

I'm home and there is a kitty in my lap

"upper" midwestern... it is different

Your Linguistic Profile:

60% General American English 20% Upper Midwestern 10% Yankee 5% Dixie 0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

We love you Grandpop!

Only a few hours in Brussels

We arrived in Brussels late last night after an amazing dinner in Paris. We made sure to wake up early enough so that we could wander around the Grand Place and buy Chocolates before our departure back to the US.








This was the closest we got to the famous Manneken Pis statue.

How about one night in Brussels? We've heard that's all we'll need.

Ah, Paris, so many pictures, so hard to choose!

Goodbye Holland! We miss you already!

a little shout out

i know it's a little late, but, i'm all the way in france. can i still get a "hey now" tuesday night people?

By the end of the day we'll be in...