San Francisco Pride Parade

Watch out girl scouts and marching bands....San Francisco knows how to have a great 3 hour parade! I went to experience the 2008 San Francisco Pride Parade in downtown sunday morning. I went with Rose, my roommate, and 2 of her friends. What an experience! The parade started with hundreds of chicks on bikes, or as some of them consider themselves, Dykes on Bikes. Then more fun to be seen! Yes, of course there were those that felt that clothing was optional, but I figure this site should be G rated! If you want to see some pics, let me know! There was some celebrity grand marshalls: Margaret Cho and Cyndi Lauper! The mayor was there and police chief. I just thought that it was really great to see so much support of the gay community. It was amazing! The united support of families and their kids was great to see! Plus all the marriages that have happened in the past few weeks due to the new law allowing same sex marriages was wonderful to see as well! The pictures are pretty much self-explanatory, the 2nd to last pic is of Rose and Margaret Cho. The picture with the guy and girl on the car with NEWSOME 2008 around him, is the mayor of San Francisco. Gavin Newsome was the key player in getting the same sex marriage ban lifted! I had a great time, memories for a lifetime!!!!!

More great bridge pictures

Hello Everyone!Last week was a hot one here in the city, which helped to create some great sunsets. Wednesday night brodie and I were at Fort Funston there was a great sunset and I took a few pictures, then off home for the night. As I was driving home in the rear view mirror I noticed the sky lighting up this great pink and orange color. Should have stayed a little longer. So thursday night I went to the Golden Gate Bridge, they sunset itself was not so great, but then, once again the sky lit up and this time I got some nice pictures. The sky started to light up the east bay, and the sky was amazing (1st picture). Then, obviously the 2nd & 3 rd picture is of the GG Bridge. Then Brodie at Fort Funston on the beach taking break. The last picture is of a sunset at Fort Funston! Enjoy!

Sunday Afternoon BBQ

On Sunday the techs went to one of the doctors house for an afternoon BBQ. She and her husband (also a pedi cardiologist) are moving to Canada in a few weeks and wanted to thank the techs for their work. So we headed up to Mill Valley which is just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County. Very nice area, she even had a little bit of grass! Had some good food and wine, played a little volleyball, took a nice walk, picked some cherries from their trees (they also have lemon, orange, and apple trees). I added some pictures of the fun that we had! The pictures from the top are : Me trying out Jeremy's Hat : Hanoi and I playing on the double swing : Maureen and I with Marilou and Hanoi on the swings : Me, Marilou and Jeremy after eating : Dr. Lisa and her dog : Yev, his wife Jackie, and their twin boys : Patrick (maureen's manchops), me, Marilou, and Jeremy : Hanoi and I dancing (at Hanoi's request) : Me, Jeremy,and Bella (Dr. Lisa's daughter) hanging out in the kitchen!

Cooking Class

On Saturday I went to a cooking class out in Walnut Creek, with Hanoi, one of my co-workers. The class was part of their date night series, entitled A Night to Remember. We cooked Spinach Salad with prosciutto and Sour Cherry Vinaigrette, it was a warm salad, and tasted great. Then Jumbo Lump Crabcakes with Avocado Salsa--Yummy! Next was fantail shrimp, Beef Tenderloin, and we ended the night with Classic Creme Brulee! I had a great time with the torch! And they also had some smoked Salmon Canapes to eat as well. Thanks to Hanoi the instructors pulled out the wine at the beginning of the night.....you eat dinner with wine, but when cooking, we believed that you must drink the wine while cooking! We had a great time, the group was fun and so were the instructors!