Have had the most fab thanksgiving break. Managed to finish work around 1pm Wednesday (that in itself was a small miracle) and Marcia, Michelle and I headed to San Fran. Took the scenic route up the coast and stopped at this very cool eatery that was a little like an old tavern. Marcia had to go to a meeting so Michelle and I hung out in a coffee shop surfing the net and generally being idyll (nice). Had a quiet night in then headed to Mary and Rubys (two in the left of the photo). They own this really cute wooden three story house (two floors are self contained units) and even have a cute little garden. Anyway we spent five hours cooking various things laughing and chatting. It was really lovely, I excelled in dishes, not really being one to do much cooking and clearly surrounded
by folks who knew what they were doing. Afterwards we sat around playing scabble and generally having a nice time.
Slept late the next day (we were staying at Marcia's friends house in Fruitvale, near Oakland) and Michelle and I watched a DVD while Marcia went out and did stuff. We headed back to Mary and Ruby's for leftovers then hit the road for Santa Cruz.
During December a park off the 880 sets up this amazing light display for Xmas so we swung off the freeway, got in line and proceeded to drive around the park checking stuff out. The funniest thing of all was that they give out these 3-D glasses and when you look through them you see either dinosaur heads framing everything or flying angels; once we realized we were beside our selves with hysteria. Michelle and I wore them all the way home - best trip I've had on the 17 yet.
Family come this week and I am about as organized as I am likely to get. It will be lovely to see everyone. Although it's a little cooler the weather has been pretty good, some rain but it doesn't hang around for long....Wellington's rainy, windy winters are long forgotten, rain remains a novelty.
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