i left my heart in - SF day five

we spent our last day in san francisco at the SFMOMA with nthn and jkj - we even had lunch in their little bistro and shared a cookie plate at their rooftop café. i also had a chance to collect a few snaps of the cityscapes and architecture around the financial district.

thanks everybody for such a great trip - can't wait to come back!

SF day four

we started the day off with a greasy breakfast from lori's diner, caught the tail-end of the pride parade, ate lunch in chinatown, and fulfilled nthn's birthday wishes of drinking something on fire and singing karaoke. luckily, we had a chance to do a little window-shopping, rainbow collecting, and chilling in the hotel room along the way.

a day of parties - SF day three

this morning, we got up and walked down to the ferry pier to check out the farmer's market, then we headed southwest for the big party in dolores park that precedes the dyke march. we stopped for lunch at mariachi's in the mission, which was fantastic. after spending some chill time in the shade with some others of our portland crew, we went back to the hotel to celebrate nthn's birthday. later that night, we and half a million other folks clogged up the closed-off streets in the castro for pink saturday.

oh - and a little note on the gift we gave nthn (fourth photo from the end) - it's a lovely little silkscreened card from my dear friend kmm over at asphalt and air.

no birdman here... - SF day two

after a hearty breakfast of 18 teeny pancakes at sears fine foods, we took a boat trip over to alcatraz. that place creeped me the heck out. that evening, we surprised nthn at the galleria park hotel (where we stayed - thanks monica and jen for the great hook-up!) wine hour, then dinner with the whole gang at bocadillos.

the secret's finally out - SF day one

we flew down to san francisco for an amazing confluence of events: nthn's birthday, jen's birthday and pride weekend. nthn's birthday party was a surprise, thus the delay in blogging! we arrived thursday night, and went out to a fancypants dinner at scala's bistro to celebrate jen. little did we know that we would be dining with (or rather, near) the grand marshal of this year's pride parade, cloris leachman!

play/start, goodbye and hello

play/start played at mississippi pizza last night with emily herring. it was a great show - and an emotional one. it was bryn's last show as play/start's bassist (she's moving to san fran to be with her lady). candise, the band's new bassist, came up to play the last song, and the torch was officially passed.

we're gonna miss you, bryn!