Tuesday, November 24, 2009

60th Anniversary!!

Molly and I have made it a tradition each year, back from when we even first started dating, to watching the highly anticipated Warren Miller films that are "the official start to winter". This one, Dynasty, was Warrens 60th and was just like the others: It was GREAT, had lots of powder in it, showed highlights from all over the globe, it had its comedic flare and made me want to set aside some money for a heli trip to the Chugach mountain range in Alaska...soon enough...anyone want to come with me? What it didn't have: Warren as the narrator...he was way better than Mr. Mosely. An awesome segment about the skiing/snowboarding in Utah (which they usually do)...maybe next year.

One of the best parts about this year was that we (because of scheduling conflicts) missed the showings that they were doing in Berkeley and had to run into SF to see it in the Castro. I had no idea that this theater was so amazing. I definitely recommend heading there to see something because of this guy....

We didn't get the camera out fast enough but this old dude sits above this huge organ and it's elevated over the stage and he just plays random stuff as people enter the theater. Before the show started he cranked the thing way up and I'm not gonna lie...I was pumped up by the little organ man. Molly got this shot right before he almost sunk completely into the stage.

Our host, Steven Baker.

Stanford's Big Upset

A while back I was organizing an activity for my school to play a flag football tournament and to get everybody pumped up I used some of my left over budget to buy some tickets to the Stanford vs Oregon game. I can't say I'm a huge fan of either team but we were cheering the Cardinal because they were the underdog and I like watching Oregon lose. We got so into it that we ended up rushing the field because like they say...When in Rome...

Cars daddy was able to meet us there and then we went out to eat with the Orme's after the game. This was right after they won...so our rushing of the field was a delayed rush but it was still fun.

I don't have words to explain the drum major of the Stanford band. He was really sweaty.

We got right up next to the band and the crazy guy as the players were walking off the field. He almost hit me in the head with his baton.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Halloween Time



This was the product of a collaborative effort with the Bakers (the snow bunny couple above) on the night of Halloween to create some good looking pumpkins and more importantly to bake some delicious seeds.



These are a few pictures of the homes on Bay street. These people go all out with their decorations and the street is a huge party. Everyone and their mother (literally) come to see what's going on around Bay street. There were some funny costumes and some great decorations. This house pictured above had TONS of pumpkins all carved and lit on their lawn between a bunch of grave stones.

This guy was at one of the houses and by far the grossest. He was grinding himself up and we couldn't figure out what was actually coming out of the little spout there in the front. It was creative.

Molly and I went to visit this house on Santa Clara street when my parents came into town to visit for the week. It was fun hanging out with them and we stopped by to check out this guys place one night. He does something amazing every year just because he likes doing it and it's always different.

The week before we had Molly's parents in town for the yearly Stanford game. It was a ton of fun hanging out with them and the Packers in SF. Beat Cal...that game is soon to come and hopefully the band will not be on the field.

This was the last FHE that we had with the Rasmussens in their home with the other young married couples. As you can see I was focused solely on collecting every single seed for baking purposes. Molly, like always, was on top of the design and it turned out great.

Down Hill from Here


It's clinic time! I take the entrance exam at the end of this quarter and the beginning of the next and in no time I'll be able to start seeing out patients. An exciting time after a lot of hard work and much more to come.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Three years running



Last year we kept on with the tradition of going to Half Moon Bay in October near Halloween. Last year we learned not to go on the day of the Halloween Pumpkin festival. So this year we thought we would be safe going on the 17th. We were wrong, although we had less traffic this year, we still drove 6 miles in 40 minutes. We made the rookie mistake of just following the GPS turn by turn and forgot to double check the way it was taking us. Oh well! We went last weekend so we could meet up with Anne and Mike and the Packer family, but because of the traffic we didn't get to stay long enough to see them. We parked, walked into the town and stopped at an atm where Kc turned to me and said we have to leave and get to my baseball game. Me being bummed made Kc promise I could get a pumpkin on the way out, and pumpkins I got. Kc almost drove by the pumpkin patch, but as he was driving by I shouted for him to stop. I proceeded to cross a busy highway and grab the first two pumpkins I saw. As Michael Scott would say, "snap judgements." As I paid for them I made the cashier/patch owner take a picture to have proof of our tradition and then ran back across the street to Kc and our car which was still running. It may have been an in and out trip, but we got most of what we like going down there for- pumpkins and a drive through Pacifica. Having a sports fanatic husband I get to go to Kc's softball, baseball, basketball and flag football games which makes me think that I am perfectly qualified for this craigslist job I found today!

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San Francisco City League brings out a handful of wackos, last game a guy on the other team mooned everyone while standing on second base.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

8 Years Later

What can I say?...After a shaky first inning it was like riding a bike. I love baseball and I'm glad I get to play again. Just for the record, I struck out Chile Davis' kid.


Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Oh Cupcake

So I was catching up with some of my emails today and found a website I had never been to, FredFlare.com. They had some interesting accessories that I would never have thought I needed. People really have gone nuts over frozen yogurt and cupcake shops. But now they are converting that craze to wearable items. I personally like the cupcake beanie though. They need a strawberry shortcake version. I think Kc would intentionally get hurt to wear those delicious bacon band-aids.