How could I forget the best picture from August....
Thursday, August 31, 2006
August in SF 
August is almost over - I can't believe it!!! We had a very fun month! We had lots of visitors; Kath, Lynn, Joan & Lucy and are looking forward to more guests in the months to come! We have been enjoying barbequing and eating at our real dining room table that finally came!! And now that our couch is here we actually all fit to watch TV : )
We have caught up with old friends from the east coast who are now living in San Francisco and made some new friends here. We have hung out with Kristy and Hector & Max and Teeny a couple of times, including a very fun picnic in the park followed by a showing of "Best in Show" - very funny for those who haven't seen it. Rees and Katie are coming over for dinner tonight for a little of Ted's bbq action! And we had dinner with fellow residents from UCSF last weekend.
I have been keeping busy with work, wedding stuff and pilates. Yes I am taking pilates!! It is very fun and I figure between that and our hill I should be in great shape for the wedding!! Mack tries to hit the park everyday since he no longer has his big backyard to romp in. Although he thoroughly enjoys sitting on his leash in the front basking in the sun and keeping an eye on the cats. He also has found all the sun spots inside to nap.
We actually put stuff up on the walls this week so ALL the boxes are gone!!! I can't believe there are no more boxes.....ppphhewwww! Lots of people have been asking for more pictures of the house so hopefully I have included a few that will satisfy the craving to see how we are living!! Very comfortably I must say - especially curled up on the new couch!! Hope this post finds everyone well. I will make sure to write next week after we figure out and go on our labor day adventure!
Love Maria, Ted & Mack
PS Happy Birthday again to ALL of our friends and family with August birthdays!! And to the 5 new additions to my palm - holy birth month!!
August is almost over - I can't believe it!!! We had a very fun month! We had lots of visitors; Kath, Lynn, Joan & Lucy and are looking forward to more guests in the months to come! We have been enjoying barbequing and eating at our real dining room table that finally came!! And now that our couch is here we actually all fit to watch TV : )
We have caught up with old friends from the east coast who are now living in San Francisco and made some new friends here. We have hung out with Kristy and Hector & Max and Teeny a couple of times, including a very fun picnic in the park followed by a showing of "Best in Show" - very funny for those who haven't seen it. Rees and Katie are coming over for dinner tonight for a little of Ted's bbq action! And we had dinner with fellow residents from UCSF last weekend.
I have been keeping busy with work, wedding stuff and pilates. Yes I am taking pilates!! It is very fun and I figure between that and our hill I should be in great shape for the wedding!! Mack tries to hit the park everyday since he no longer has his big backyard to romp in. Although he thoroughly enjoys sitting on his leash in the front basking in the sun and keeping an eye on the cats. He also has found all the sun spots inside to nap.
We actually put stuff up on the walls this week so ALL the boxes are gone!!! I can't believe there are no more boxes.....ppphhewwww! Lots of people have been asking for more pictures of the house so hopefully I have included a few that will satisfy the craving to see how we are living!! Very comfortably I must say - especially curled up on the new couch!! Hope this post finds everyone well. I will make sure to write next week after we figure out and go on our labor day adventure!Love Maria, Ted & Mack
PS Happy Birthday again to ALL of our friends and family with August birthdays!! And to the 5 new additions to my palm - holy birth month!!
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Lynn's Visit!
Shortly after Kath left Jay got to town on business and then Lynn arrived! Jay got in a night early so he got to do a little scootering around the neighborhood on his own. He got the hang of it pretty quickly - he even went down our street a little! As you can sorda tell by the picture it isn't very flat : )
Lynn's trip started fast and furious with a visit to the Berkeley Cheese Board before we even got to San Francisco! The requisite cheese rolls and Zampanos were purchased as well as a 1/2 baked pizza for dinner later in the week. After a quick stop home our whirlwind tour of SF began! Day 1 - Golden Gate Park and Ocean Beach - where Lynn got a feel for just how cold the Pacific can be!
Day 2 - Off to Sausalito with a quick stop at the Golden Gate Bridge for some great pictures! The bridesmaids are slowly but surely ensuring that the Alta Mira is going to work for all the festivities! We also headed up the VERY windy path for a visit to Muir Woods - a must see for all visitors! On the way back we took a little excursion and discovered Muir Beach - a great little hideaway not far from Sausalito where Mack got some time out of the car. Day 3 was spent waiting for our new 
fantastically wonderful spacious couch to arrive between its 10 - 2 window (it arrived at 2). Once we sat on the couch and ooohhdd and aaaahhdd for a few minutes we were off to Alcatraz. Warning for future visitors - if you want to go to Alcatraz tickets MUST be purchased early. When Kath was here they were all sold out a week ahead and thankfully for Lynn's visit I was able to get them about 4 days ahead of time. Lynn and I raced to Fisherman's Wharf just in time to grab chowder in a bread bowl and squeak onto the ferry to make our trip over to "The Rock" While everyone else was enjoying the view on the trip over we were eating chowder - they were jealous! We got in all the sites around fisherman's wharf; Ghirardelli Square, Buena Vista Cafe (no irish coffee for us though!), and the cable car - although we only looked at the cable car - no riding - line was WAY too long!! We haven't quite figured out what a good time to take folks on the cable car is - hopefully we will find out the secret to not waiting in line before our next guests arrive : )
We enjoyed a final night with Lynn and Jay at the Cliff House for a delicious dinner with a view of the ocean and sent them back to the east coast! Then we rested up and got right into wedding planning after they left!! This last weekend we tasted food on Saturday and cake on Sunday! Not to worry we weaved in some fun too. We finally made it to Stinson Beach and Bolinas - both beautiful and crowded even on a foggy day! I can't even imagine what a sunny day looks like there!
Thanks to Lynn and Jay for a fantastic visit! Our next scheduled visitors our Christina and Matt in October - Mackenzie is VERY excited!! The next posting I promise pictures of the house - now that we have the couch and the dining room table and no more empty front room : )
Love From "The Rock"
Shortly after Kath left Jay got to town on business and then Lynn arrived! Jay got in a night early so he got to do a little scootering around the neighborhood on his own. He got the hang of it pretty quickly - he even went down our street a little! As you can sorda tell by the picture it isn't very flat : )
Lynn's trip started fast and furious with a visit to the Berkeley Cheese Board before we even got to San Francisco! The requisite cheese rolls and Zampanos were purchased as well as a 1/2 baked pizza for dinner later in the week. After a quick stop home our whirlwind tour of SF began! Day 1 - Golden Gate Park and Ocean Beach - where Lynn got a feel for just how cold the Pacific can be!
Day 2 - Off to Sausalito with a quick stop at the Golden Gate Bridge for some great pictures! The bridesmaids are slowly but surely ensuring that the Alta Mira is going to work for all the festivities! We also headed up the VERY windy path for a visit to Muir Woods - a must see for all visitors! On the way back we took a little excursion and discovered Muir Beach - a great little hideaway not far from Sausalito where Mack got some time out of the car. Day 3 was spent waiting for our new 
fantastically wonderful spacious couch to arrive between its 10 - 2 window (it arrived at 2). Once we sat on the couch and ooohhdd and aaaahhdd for a few minutes we were off to Alcatraz. Warning for future visitors - if you want to go to Alcatraz tickets MUST be purchased early. When Kath was here they were all sold out a week ahead and thankfully for Lynn's visit I was able to get them about 4 days ahead of time. Lynn and I raced to Fisherman's Wharf just in time to grab chowder in a bread bowl and squeak onto the ferry to make our trip over to "The Rock" While everyone else was enjoying the view on the trip over we were eating chowder - they were jealous! We got in all the sites around fisherman's wharf; Ghirardelli Square, Buena Vista Cafe (no irish coffee for us though!), and the cable car - although we only looked at the cable car - no riding - line was WAY too long!! We haven't quite figured out what a good time to take folks on the cable car is - hopefully we will find out the secret to not waiting in line before our next guests arrive : )
We enjoyed a final night with Lynn and Jay at the Cliff House for a delicious dinner with a view of the ocean and sent them back to the east coast! Then we rested up and got right into wedding planning after they left!! This last weekend we tasted food on Saturday and cake on Sunday! Not to worry we weaved in some fun too. We finally made it to Stinson Beach and Bolinas - both beautiful and crowded even on a foggy day! I can't even imagine what a sunny day looks like there!
Thanks to Lynn and Jay for a fantastic visit! Our next scheduled visitors our Christina and Matt in October - Mackenzie is VERY excited!! The next posting I promise pictures of the house - now that we have the couch and the dining room table and no more empty front room : )Love From "The Rock"
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Our First House Guest!
We just had our first visitor from the east coast - Kathy came to visit for her birthday! She flew back into her birthday on the red eye last night and we miss her already! Happy Birthday Kath!
We had a fantastic whirlwind tour of the bay area. We hit Sausalito to check out all the wedding details! Kath wasn't prepared for the heat - since we told her it would be jeans and t-shirt weather and it was actually REALLY warm here Wednesday! So warm we hit the beach in the afternoon - Ted insisted!! Yes Ted - the newly tanned Californian!!
The weather did get back to SF normal on Thursday when we hit foggy ocean beach for a breakfast at Louis' Diner on Ocean Beach before heading east to Napa for the night - where the weather was warm again.Napa was beautiful and we definitely made the most of it!! Goody
started us off on the right foot with wine delivered to our room - who knew wine tasting could still be enjoyed thoroughly with a slight hangover :) We enjoyed the wine post our surprise facials from Ted! We learned lots about wine on Friday and tasted many. Our favorites for those heading this way; Pine Ridge - yummy wine and really nice; Silverado - beautiful; Vine Cliff - great wine and very interesting and fun tasting! I also decided we needed to reconnect with my dad by having lunch at Wine Country Kennels with lots of other pooches while we tromped around Napa.
On the way back from Napa we made a stop so Kath could see the redwoods! Muir Woods is on the way home - well sorda, a short 30 minute windy road excursion off the beaten path - but well worth it to see the big trees! Ted got inspired to take us up to the top of Mt Tamalpais to see the sunset. Despite the scary drive it was worth it!! Kath and Macko hung on for dear life in the backseat and I swerved the Pathfinder up through the wilderness. But once up there we all enjoyed the view! 
Our last driving adventure was a trip down Lombard Street - San Francisco's second but most famous curviest street. For those who are curious Vermont Street in the Potrero Hill neighborhood is technically the curviest!
Thanks for coming to visit us Kath!!! Now we are busily getting the house back in order for our next guest....Lynn will be here on Tuesday! Jay is coming to SF for training so Lynn is joining him for a few days! We are really looking forward to seeing them both and making sure they get as fun a visit as our first guest!! As you can see we are getting this SF tour guide thing down - so give us a call and come out for a visit!
Love Maria, Ted & Mack
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Our First Earthquake!!
Well it's official we have lived through our first earthquake. We were on the couch and felt shaking - I of course thought Ted did it to mess with me as he kept telling me that it must have been a quake. But a shortwhile later we saw on the news that there had been a 4.4 magnitude quake in Santa Rosa that was felt in San Francisco. So Ted wasn't messing with me and he wasn't crazy! Very uneventful - I don't think Mack even lifted his head : )
Well it's official we have lived through our first earthquake. We were on the couch and felt shaking - I of course thought Ted did it to mess with me as he kept telling me that it must have been a quake. But a shortwhile later we saw on the news that there had been a 4.4 magnitude quake in Santa Rosa that was felt in San Francisco. So Ted wasn't messing with me and he wasn't crazy! Very uneventful - I don't think Mack even lifted his head : )
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