Baby Toto

As I was looking for pictures for the wedding blog to post of the bridesmaids, I found an old picture of Toto. I miss that guy when he was that small. He was extremely adorable.















Look, he's not bigger than the newspaper!

Ad Hoc

I wanted to post this delicious meal that Hana and I enjoyed on a spontaneous Sunday to Napa.
We decided to drop in Ad Hoc and see if we can squeeze in. They actually had space for walk-ins that day! Let me tell you, it was fantastic. Sorry for some food envy.

Salad - bacon and blue cheese!











Beef Brisket on Brioche Toast w/Chard, Eggs, and Scalloped Potatoes
You may drool now.











Dessert - Brownies and Ice Cream. Oh yum.











My brunch date, Hana

Healdsburg

Yap, Toto, and I spent the weekend in Healdsburg. Wayne and Greg joined us on Saturday.
Sunday was letter pressing day! We spent hours letter pressing the covers of the invitations. We were like little robots.
Thanks Wayne + Greg!

Here is a photo journal of the weekend.

Greg walking Toto at Truett & Hearst Winery











View through the fence











Wayne + Greg











Family Photo











Greg doing a handstand


















Wayne and the Goats











Greg feeding the Goats











Greg and Wayne deliberating on goats











Toto hating Goats











Greg letter pressing the invitations


















Covers for the invitations

Oakland Marathon 2011

Judy, Men Jyn, and I ran the Oakland Half-Marathon on Sunday, March 27th. The day was perfect. It was overcast with no rain. Only one stretch had a bit of sun. Trust me when you run for a LONG time, you don't want to run with the sun beating down on you.

According to the website, we ran it in 3 hours and 5 minutes. I think it was a little bit under 3 hours but whatever.

Miles 1-10: I felt great. On top of the world. Cheering everyone. High fiving firemen and guys in gorilla suits. Running forwards and backwards. I was a champ.
Half way into Mile 11: Pit stop into the port-a-potty. Starting to feel tired.
Miles 11-12: Running around Lake Merritt. Really really really really tired. Mentally beating myself up for wasting energy in miles 1-10.
Mile 12-13: WHY????????????????????????
Mile 13.1: I see the end, run faster. Why can't I get to the finish line right now. Finish Line: YES. Get me fat food and to bed NOW.

I am proud of us all finishing together and in a timely manner. The next two days I feel like a 100 year old woman. BLAST stairs!

Going to the Dark Side

Not really.

Changing departments at the same workplace.

Doing two people's jobs starting Monday.

I might go crazy.

Help Japan

Help Japan in anyway you can.

Nagano Toyokazu posted this on his flickr:
we're ok,Thanks!

Please pray for suffering people in stricken areas.
your warm hearted words and donation money
encourage the people of the stricken area and can cheer up!

【 Amazon.com 】
www.amazon.com/b/?&node=2673660011&ref_=cm_sw_r_t...

【 Google Checkout 】
www.google.com/intl/en/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html

【 Donation For Japan Earthquake 11th March2011 】
donatejapan.eventbrite.com/

【American Red Cross】
american.redcross.org/site/SPageServer?s_subsrc=RCO_Donat...

【International Medical Corps】
www.internationalmedicalcorps.org/Page.aspx?pid=1970

【AmeriCares】
www.americares.org/newsroom/news/massive-earthquake-tsuna...

【Donate with Paypal】
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(Found this through Viv. Thanks Viv!)

Wikipedia - 50 Degrees of Separation to Fremont CA

Happy 2011! Yeah yeah. I know. It's March. Where have I been?

It's been a long time my three little friends that read my blog.

So one night I was watching What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? It's this old movie about two sisters that were big vaudeville acts. So Jane is the elder sister and was part of a vaudeville act called Baby Jane. At a young age, their parents die and they go live with their aunt. The aunt adores the younger sister Blanche and makes her a big vaudeville star. Anyways, they grow up to be old women living in the aunt's mansion in LA. And it's one of the freakiest movies......ever.

So this entry really isn't about the movie. So I went online and looked up the movie on Wikipedia. I watched this movie along time ago and I wanted to refresh my memory on what happened.

So I read the article on the movie.
Then I clicked on Joan Crawford. (crazy lady)
Click on Mommy Dearest
Go back to Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Click on Bette Davis (crazy lady)
Click click click
Claudette Colbert (needs to be photographed from the right)
click click click
Clark Gable (humanitarian)
click click click
Laurence Olivier (gay?)
Vivien Leigh (what up crazy lady!)
click click click
Charlie Chaplin (loves young, young girls)
click
Fremont, CA (where Charlie Chaplin filmed some of his films)

And that's how I spent a night folks. Aziz is so right. Don't judge.