san francisco

Nine years ago, I came to San Francisco to visit a childhood friend.  Someone I used to walk to school with.  We really only had vague memories of each other but by the time we found out we weren’t even in the same class at Easter School, we’ve become new best friends.

[Nine years onwards,  and Amy, it is great to be back again.  Thank you for inviting us to be part of an important day in your life.   We appreciate the time you took off of your crazy-busy wedding preparations to be with us and to take care of things for our time there.  It was fun to meet your girlfriends and get dolled up for your day.  It was very cool to introduce husbands into the circle of friendship.

So we might have to gag and bind Augie to get him outside of "Metropolis" but we definitely look forward to spending time with the both of you again ...soon!

In San Francisco, where we've never been to so many Filipino restaurants in the space of four days, November 2009]

 

wilmington weekend

[September seems ages ago now, but there was a long weekend there somewhere and Craig and I decided we would explore the North Carolina coast some more.  Wilmington is Hollywood on this far side of California.  We usually stop at historical sites, and there was a couple that way with  Moore's Creek National Battlefield Park, and a World War II Battleship.  We also wandered around the gardens of the Orton Plantation House, which is usually known as the house that catapulted North Carolina's venture into the film industry. Downtown Wilmington was also a treat.

When you head down the beach though, you would expect to get into the water, wouldn't you? Well, the sun got all shy on us and it was bucketing on the day we decided to go for a splash.  But the gloomy weather didn't dampen Craig's spirit one bit.   We grabbed some hot drinks,  watched the rain drops and enjoyed a heart-to-heart chat.

Wilmington, NC, September 2009]