Two weekends at home

Aaron and I have spent the last two weekends at home in Los Angeles... but did we rest? Not quite. Last weekend were up early to get to the Rose Bowl stadium in time to tailgate and then cheer on the UCLA football team. That evening we rallied to head out to a favorite local bar, The Arsenal, to celebrate our friend Vince's thirtieth birthday. Sunday morning I took a bike ride with Alanna while Aaron played in his basketball league. We then headed down to Orange County and kicked off the holiday season with Kelley, Zach and Rosemary by ice skating at the Irvine Spectrum. I have to brag just a little that I was a bit more of a natural than Aaron.

This weekend we watched the LA Lakers beat the Pistons (thank you to Aaron's grandfather for the tickets!). We boogied out of downtown to get to Hollywood in time to watch our friend Minh's band's show. It was a pretty big deal since they were in town from Austin, Texas. Finally we had a chance to sleep in on Saturday morning - felt like the first time in months. That afternoon we went to a couple of house parties/BBQ's in the South Bay. Having made a stop at Lowes yesterday for some supplies, Aaron and I were able to work some more on our backyard this afternoon. Just as the sun went down it was time for me to head out for my book club. This time we read In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson to commemorate that one of our members is leaving to live in Australia.

Weekend in the Bay Area

This past weekend Aaron and I were in the San Francisco bay area visiting a couple of good friends. We started our visit with two nights with Rafunzel and Lisa in the city. They have an awesome place right in the heart of things and we spent most of our time together walking around the city shopping, eating and laughing.

Lunch was a 'must' at Hooters near Fisherman's Wharf. Yes, we passed up the traditional clam chowder in a bread bowl, but it was in an effort to take a small trip down memory lane. In Aaron's first glimpse of me on my Friendster.com profile (it's a pre-MySpace social networking site) I was eating a chicken wing at Hooters with Funzel. We figured that it was about time for us to all officially commemorate the role that Hooters has in our relationship. Now we don't ever actually have to go there again. :)

Saturday morning we headed down the peninsula to attend a friend's father's memorial and then to see Aaron's best man Jason, his wife Andrea, and their son Eric. Saturday evening we checked out Main Street in Los Gatos with a very important stop at the local candy store. Sunday morning after grabbing bagels we all went to the San Jose Tech Museum. Aaron and Jason may have had even more fun playin with all of the gadgets and displays than little Eric!

Two long weekends away in a row (whew) is exhausting, but very much worth it.