San Francisco Archives - Portmanteau Suitcase

Take me out to the ball game!

In May, we had our second visitor to the apartment! My friend Carrie came visit with two goals: go to the SF area baseball stadiums and road trip to Lassen National Park. We did a lot of driving but that’s for another post. This one is about baseball!

Our first game was a drizzly weekday game at Oakland Coliseum. The A’s are not doing so well this year and local fans are mad about the upcoming move to Las Vegas. So, crowds were sparse but heckling was in full force. There were also more fans of the other team than the A’s, I think.

Paying for parking was interesting. We pulled up and there was some sort of issue with the wireless payment devices. It also reeked of weed, which was interesting since it was completely outdoors and only 4 attendants. Where was it coming from? Answer: the weed factory. Just kidding, I have no idea. Anyway, Tristan the supervisor walked over and noticed that Carrie was holding $20 since we didn’t know if cash was accepted. His demeanor instantly changed and he dropped his hand inside the car just under the window frame and said, “Gimmee the money, I’ll give you a discount.” Made sense to us, so we gave him the $20 which he palmed, magician-style. Pretty sure the Oakland A’s parking proceeds are never seeing that $20. But, we did get a discount since it would have been $30. And that is called a win-win.

The game was close until the 7th inning and then the 2-1 A’s lead transformed to 2-7. Yikes. That was also the time that it started drizzling harder so the place was near-empty with just a few hundred fans. It felt like a poorly attended minors game! I texted my brother who told me that when he went to a similar-type game, he looked up information about the players such as their high school coaches. So, when they came up to bat, he’d yell “Coach Schwartz always said you’d be good but never great!”

Then on Sunday, we went to Oracle Park to see the Giants. It was a beautiful day and a lot of fun. We weren’t nearly as close seat-wise but we had SMS join us, which was great. I had gone in for an OR case that morning and met up with Carrie and SMS right before the game. They had tried to go to Jax (closed), so had gotten a beer at 21st Amendment.

So, now I am inspired to go to more baseball games at both stadiums. Summertime fun!

Highlights: November 2019

Another month mash-up! At the beginning of the month, SMS and I took a walk over to the Cantor Arts Center. We enjoyed the temporary exhibit West x Southwest: Edward Weston and Ansel Adams. We also looked at the objects in the “Melancholy Museum,” an organized presentation of many items collected by Leland Stanford the III, the only child of Leland Stanford, Jr. and who died at the age of 16 from typhoid. The pictures above are the death masks of the three Stanfords (macabre!) and on the left, an Ansel Adams picture. Mrs. Stanford’s death story is especially interesting since she was poisoned twice and the second time, died. She was murdered and it is an unsolved crime!!!

I went to UCSD for Grand Rounds during the week and decided to document this statue’s ignominy of getting constantly crapped on by birds.

SMS gave me this cool mug! Thank you!!!

Haha, the perils of taking your questions to the internet!

SMS and I spent the weekend in Newport. I got a breakfast-in-a-glass Bloody Mary and had SMS take a picture in front of Birdie to show to the paraquitos!

The next weekend, I took a few days off of work for a family vacation. First, I stayed with my grandfather in Stuart, FL for a few days which was really relaxing and fun. My grandfather just became a Bridge Master, so I took a picture of his trophy glass. I also took a picture of the many panic button lanyards at the gym…hazards of working out when older but hey, it’s good to be alive and kicking, just not on the floor unable to get up.

Then I drove down to Bay Harbour/North Miami for a family wedding, Dad’s side. On the way, I stopped for lunch and a quick walk at the Morikami Museum. The Japanese gardens were gorgeous. I enjoyed lunch on an outdoor deck and during that time, I decided I really liked Southern Florida in November!

I was the only one of my immediate family who could make it and since my cousins had been great in coming to our weddings, I wanted to show up for theirs. It was absolutely beautiful with a ceremony on the beach and the reception indoors at the Four Seasons.

Selfie with my aunt and uncle who still tell me stories about when I would sleep over at their apartment in NYC, circa 1985.

On the way back, I connected through Chicago which meant I could get a margarita roadie to go while making my way across the airport. Yeah, I really needed that! *Eyeroll* But how can I stay away from Rick Bayless?!?! I also met a woman who has a “real” company and a “fun” company. We talked about her “fun” company, which specializes in cashmere onesies. She was rocking one herself and both the flight attendant and I thought it was wonderful. It’s pricy but so tempting! Don’t worry, have still resisted temptation…so far!

I arrived home to a full apartment since our friends were visiting. The A family had a crazy-busy San Diego itinerary- they went to the Zoo, Safari Park, Legoland, AND SeaWorld! I worked during the week, but we would meet up afterwards for dinner. On Wednesday, I watched Ishaan while the parents had a date night. Even though Ishaan and I had fun, I am no match in the popularity contest once SMS arrives!

Yes, Ishaan made SMS a poster and we picked him up from the airport. On the way back, we stopped at the Spruce St suspension bridge, which made Ishaan a little nervous.

The next day, we all went to La Jolla for lunch at the Taco Stand (so good!), followed by a trip down to the Cove and the Children’s Beach, now overrun by sunbathing seals.

Afterwards, we went to Cabrillo National Monument and walked around the tide pools at sunset. It was beautiful!

We went to the top to overlook San Diego and saw a really cool focal rain storm. It was hard to capture on camera, but we did our best!

We met up with John at Craft & Commerce, which everyone enjoyed. Jyotsna ranked their cocktails slightly higher than Herb & Wood, but thought both places were amazing.

Finally, SMS and I found a new-to-us restaurant, A Taste of Denmark. Their smørrebrøds, with homemade multigrain bread, were on point! The herring was my favorite.

To end the month, SMS and I took a walk through the Hotel Del to look at the Christmas decorations. We also caught a beautiful sunset from the beach.

Highlights: October 2019

Wrapping up October with a quick fly-by! I have to be done by the New Year- new resolution, more frequent blogging. This has only been made and broken many times!

So, first things first. The above picture is from a dresser I have from my parents. It dates back to childhood and I just recently noticed by sister’s long-ago vandalism. When I texted her on WhatsApp (would we ever have thought?!) she said, “That’s me!!”

I finally got my own office and moved out of my temporary digs. As a present, I left a few Milk Duds in the toilet bowl (see an earlier post entitled, Office Prankster). I think it’s funny and I’m fairly certain was never seen by anyone other than me and the janitor.

I found Sidecar Doughnuts in Del Mar Heights. This was a delicious, although unnecessary, discovery.

SMS and I took a hike at Huddart Park after the Wunderlich parking lot was full. It ended up being a stroke of good luck because now we know of two cool parks to hike in, both with second-growth redwoods. From the sign, it would be safer to have a child with us that we can hold in front of us should a mountain lion stalk us.

We also went to the Blue Angels show during Fleet Week, San Francisco. I tried very hard to picture myself as a sailor. Hmmmm…. The Blue Angels were pretty spectacular and we had a great spot on a gorgeous day!

I got tickets to the SLAC Community Open House and surprised SMS with a fun date night. I feel this date night disappointed my sister-in-law, whom I had told we had a cool date night and the next day, when I told her where it was, I could feel the palpable “You guys are such dorks” waves come through the phone lines.

We managed to get some limited tickets to see the actual linear accelerator. It was very cool so I took a few photos. I think I need a klystron, with accompanying warning sign, in my own workspace.

I found a cool outdoor/indoor coffee bar in Little Italy, Lofty!

Jenny invited me to Lizzo! It was an excellent concert!

SMS and I had San Diego’s best!breakfast! at Hob Nob Hill restaurant.

New wall art!

Pretty flower shop in at the North Park/South Park junction!

Hanging out in San Diego, not sure where? Wait! We are at Cabrillo National Monument. Looking cute, might delete later!

And finally, Halloween. The department secretary organized everyone (read: six fools) to buy Waldo costumes, which was a lot of fun. I made a layered chocolate cake from Martha Stewart, which was delicious. I did have a Martha fail while making it (see rightmost photo), where I learned that you can over whip Whipped Cream!

Highlights: July 2019 (Part 2)

Aaaand…we’re back! Second half of July! On Saturday, I decided to treat ourselves by booking tickets to Hamilton! I have wanted to see the show for a really long time. I was excited to take SMS to a show since it isn’t something we have really done together before. Actually, we had seen Wicked and that was pretty awesome but that was six years ago!

In the spirit of a decadent night out, we went to Rich Table in San Francisco for an early dinner. Jyotsna raved about the place and she was right- it was exceptional! The menu changes often but there are a few regulars. We ordered two: the dried porcini doughnuts, raclette and the sardine potato chip with horseradish. The former was sublime and the latter was interesting but not worth ordering again. As I type this, I’m getting a case of serious deja vu…wait! I wrote about this in June! But we went in July! Oh, the perils and trials of writing too late. But this was definitely Rich Table. June was State Bird Provisions, now that I think about it. I am writing this correction here because who knows if I’ll get to it in the actual post. I can’t even blog on time! Anyway, between the two restaurants, I would go to Rich Table any day but both are gustatory treats!

Hamilton was awesome. Wow, such an original opinion and so cutting-edge! I had listened to the soundtrack prior to the show, but the experience was elevated by the incredible staging. My favorite aspect was the rotating stage that was particularly effective during a slightly dream-like, time-and-perspective shifting scene during the song “Satisfied.” I also liked seeing King George III on the sides of different scenes with his snarky expressions and body language even when his songs weren’t featured.

Guess who Ishann loves the best? Ok, ok, it’s *probably* his parents but it’s hard to tell when SMS is around!

The next day, we met up with Jyotsna and Akshay for our long-planned Pt. Reyes picnic and outing. We went to Tomales Bay Oyster Co for several dozen oysters. Unfortunately, they no longer have picnic facilities there so we went to Pt. Reyes Station and ate in the small garden/picnic area of Cowgirl Creamery. There, we supplemented our picnic with cheese, bread, and a few other delicious things like…wine!

After our picnic, we decided to go to Heidrun Meadery, a favorite of A&J. We had gotten a late-ish start so we didn’t have it in us to head out to the lighthouse, although it is a great place. It just adds a fair bit of car time to take the backroads to the farthest parts of Point Reyes National Seashore.

Sitting on the kid’s chair outside the “secret door” to the picnic area underneath the tree canopy. Pro tip: don’t cut to the right because there is a branch that will try to impale itself into your head. Trust me. It doesn’t tickle.

Ishaan takes half the tree home to plant as a sapling. Don’t worry- this sapling harvest was supervised and approved by a meadery worker!

After an awesome house-hunting leave (and I did find an apartment on Craigslist for Coronado!), I went back to work. I really worked until the very end, seeing clinic and even operating on my very last day (31 July) because a patient really wanted me to do her tracheostomy. She said I “didn’t bullshit her” when talking about medical care so chalk that up to good bedside manner (I think!).

Before that last day, however, I spent the last weekend of July in Belmar, NJ where I got together with my college friends whom I’ve kept in touch with for the last 18 years and known for the last 21! Ooo, I just noticed those years are very college-age lengths of time. I drove from Norfolk to NJ via Philadelphia to pick up Gisele and her sons. My brain was a little fried from PA traffic and the stress of being late, but once we arrived in NJ, things were pret-ty perfect! The six of us hung out all weekend long and were fairly mellow. I had the best time and feel so lucky to know these wonderful women. We were missing one of our “group,” who’s on the West Coast and recently-ish had a baby but six out of seven isn’t bad. Keeping in touch doesn’t seem to be anyone’s strong suit in the group but we write and get together just enough that I feel we are still in each other’s lives. Four of the seven live in the NYC area so they’re in more frequent contact (lucky!) but there’s still room for the three of us who aren’t local!

Argh, I hate being on the end for photos! But I’m glad we got an adult group shot!

Finally, after a month of highlight upon highlight, it was time to leave Norfolk. SMS flew in on the 31st in preparation for leaving 1 Aug. Our trip will be featured in next month’s highlights but a teaser photo is below.

Time to keep the birds alive in the Summer heat of the Southern Interstate cross-country route! The little birds did not do their fair share of driving, spoiler alert!

That Belongs in a Museum!

giphy

Oh, Indiana Jones. You are so noble in making sure that worldly treasures are accessible to all. SMS and I decided to take advantage of a nearby museum by taking the train into SF and visiting SFMOMA.

After a breakfast at home, we took the “bullet” train into the city. While nowhere near as fast a Shinkansen, it is definitely on par time-wise with driving into the city since there is usually traffic. We took a wrong turn or two and ended up seeing a police footchase, with rapid backup support from four police cars that were driving crazily. We eventually made it back to the downtown but that experience, combined with the rest of SF we saw that day, made us feel that San Francisco has become really gritty. While there are plenty of nice places a person can visit, the overall feel for me is a city with a lot of people in hard circumstances that are out in the street, disconnected from the massive wealth that’s flooded the city over the last 15 years.

So, one of the nice places is SFMOMA. We walked in and since it’s a Blue Star museum, we got in for free. Yeah! We walked through all 7 floors. There were some really nice works and some that made me think the classic modern art grinch thought, “I could have done that.”

image of Abstraktes Bild (Abstract Picture) My favorite painting was in the German Art after 1960 exhibit- Gerhard Richter’s Abstraktes Bild (Abstract Picture), 1987. The picture doesn’t do it justice. Up close, the curves and transitions into completely different color palates were really amazing.

BUT, I will let SMS take you on an art tour- a carefully curated collection by SMS.

Continue reading “That Belongs in a Museum!”

San Francisco Sunday

FullSizeRender

On Sunday, SMS and I headed up to San Francisco after sleeping in. Our main event was going to Beowulf, an immersive theater performance by the We Players, who strive to connect “people with place through site-integrated theatre.” I was so impressed and excited that SMS had bought tickets to the show. I had only just heard about immersive theater experiences the weekend before in Charleston when we talked about the NYC show Sleep No More. So I was really excited to see a new-to-me type of performance that night.

We decided to make a day of it and headed up a little after lunch and headed to Andytown Coffee, home of my favorite coffee drink, the Snowy Plover! It is an amazing concoction of espresso, bubble water and decadent whipped cream. I think it’s delicious, SMS thinks it’s a little less so but we went and I was very happy!

Then we headed over to the Presidio for a Picnic at the Presidio food truck event. We weren’t super hungry, but it was fun to walk around. Then we walked to the waterfront where the show would start. We went to Buena Vista where I got an Irish Coffee, then we went to In & Out to get a burger for an early dinner before the show. It wasn’t the most glamorous choice but hey, people are always craving In & Out when they go to California. Plus, the wharf area is so touristy that we would have otherwise paid a fair bit of money for so-so food so fast food it was! Continue reading “San Francisco Sunday”

Holiday Weekend!

The past weekend was a federal holiday weekend (yay!) and a nice mixture of being mellow and hanging out with family and friends. This post will be scant on pictures. It was a “live the moment” weekend instead of picture-taking, which I know, I know, does not make for very good blogging.

Gorgeous flowers outside of Neiman Marcus.

Anyway! I took Friday off and was pretty mellow while SMS was at work. I ran to his work and we met up for lunch. I spent the rest of the afternoon at the shopping mall trying to find a specific lipstick but had no luck. That night, we went to Tomi for dinner, which was pretty delicious.

ZZZZzzzzz….wake up! The weekend gets more interesting! On Saturday, SMS and I went to run club. Neither one of us had been for awhile so it was nice to see our running friends. Then, we went into the city to hang out with SMS’s sister and brother-in-law. We headed up to Tomales Bay, picked up oysters and had an amazing picnic in Pt. Reyes Station. Afterwards, we drove out to Pt. Reyes lighthouse, admiring the happy cows along the way. Does this sound familiar? It’s because we did the same trip with SMS’ parents and his sister wanted to recreate it.

Smokestack!

After we dropped them off, SMS and I went out to dinner in the city. I hadn’t really thought of a place, so we ended up going to the Dogpatch and eating at Smokestack. I loved the interior and the BBQ and drinks were delicious. Another huge bonus is they had free water on tap- still and sparkling! I love bubbles! I ordered a salad b/c I wasn’t very hungry. SMS ordered some delicious BBQ, sustainably sourced and cooked over a woodchip grill only, of course. I mean, really, we are in San Francisco (ha ha).

The next day, we met up with a friend of ours for brunch. I really wanted the chicken and waffle, but went with a big salad instead. Aiming for healthier eating is not always the most fun, but choices, choices. Afterwards, we went to the American Heritage Museum in Palo Alto, which was pretty cute. It was staffed by a lot of older volunteers, who gave us a tour. We saw several old printing presses, staffed by a guy who had been a typesetter for 30+ years. I really liked the interior of the house, since a doctor owned it and one room was an OR theatre. You can’t tell now, but the skylights were perfectly positioned for illuminating the operative field. I loved it!

Since we had been eating out like kings and queens, we decided to eat at home. I made a version of tacorisu, a Japanese dish that translates into….wait for it…taco rice! It was pretty good so I’ll be making it again.

Janelle Monae and a Great Weekend!

Thornton Beach Overlook hike

This past weekend was a mix of study and play as I worked on a paper for my “Strategy and War” class but also did several fun things with SMS.

Friday night, we headed out to Antolian Kitchen, a Turkish/Kurdish cuisine restaurant. I had the broiled whole fish, which was really delicious. I’m on the tail end of a Whole 30 month so I’m trying to go to places that fit within those strict parameters. I’m sure I’ve inadvertently broke the rules with a tiny bit of added sugar, butter and oils but nothing major. SMS had a baked meat-stuffed tomato eggplant dish that was awesome. I think we’ll be back, even off of a diet!

Saturday was a study/paper-writing day. SMS and I started the day with the I’m taking my course through the Naval War College Distance Learning program and it’s interesting to learn more about military history. Some of the books are very dry so focusing is tough, but that’s what blog entry writing breaks are for!

Hanging out!

The next day was Sunday Fun Day. SMS and I went up to San Francisco to the Stern Grove Festival. It was opening day and Janelle Monae was the headliner. I saw her at Coachella a few years ago and she was fantastic. We were supposed to go with friends but their son was sick so they bailed. The show was amazing with a great setlist:

Suite IV Electric Overture
Dance Apocalyptic
Sincerely, Jane.
Q.U.E.E.N.
Electric Lady
One Fine Day
I Got You (I Feel Good)
I Want You Back
Cold War
Tightrope
Yoga
Let’s Go Crazy Come Alive (The War of the Roses)

Sitting on the stump!

Our concert seats were…interesting. The place was packed! We arrived at 1:15, 45 minutes before the start of the show. We climbed up the hill and found an awesome tree stump. We stayed there through the opening act Midtown Social and then headed down the hill for most of Monae’s set. The sound was better and the energy level higher. It was great!

Thornton Beach

Afterwards, we went out for sushi at a place with a TV so we could watch the first half of the Warrior/Cavs game. It was Game 7 and I think most of the Bay Area was watching! It was a great game- very competitive. We didn’t want to stay for the whole game so we headed back home and listened to it on the radio. I even streamed the last few minutes on Periscope with mixed success.

Thornton Beach

On the way home, we stopped at Thornton Beach Overlook and hiked down to the beach cliffs. It was so beautiful and a good impromptu hike along the Pacific.

Bay to Breakers 2016 weekend

This past weekend was amazing and packed with fun events. There was even a special bonus on Monday (teaser alert!).

Pretty Mountain View Garden- not ours though!

On Friday, we picked up our keys to the new place and did our walk-through. The house is absolutely lovely. The property manager spent two weeks between the two tenants fixing up the place- and it had already been quite nice! There’s new paint, completely clean interior, new recessed lighting and a backyard drought-resistant landscaping, aka, mostly gravel. SMS and I love the place and are so happy!

SMS moves rocks. Literally.

Saturday was a little less glamorous as we rented a truck, bought and picked up a couch on Craigslist and moved SMS’ stuff from storage to the his new garage! We met a neighbor building an electric go-kart and overall, we’re looking forward to our new place. It was really a very lucky find!

Beautiful SF day!

After moving, I headed up to the city to pick up my Bay to Breakers bib. The expo was pretty cool and absolutely mobbed. Thanks to the power of Facebook, I messaged and met up with two friends from San Diego. We belonged to the same book club and they are so much fun. They had originally come to San Francisco for the Spartan Race but when they heard B to B was going on, they signed up for that too. I was so happy to meet up with CL and Beth!

This is how I will take my coffee from now on!

Plus, we met up at The Buena Vista Cafe, famed for its Irish Coffee. The cafe has been on my “SF List” and through serendipity, I ended up there with two great friends. The coffee was delicious and I highly recommend. Well, actually, there’s a caveat because we actually went to two places with Irish coffee. The second was one that Darren, SF native, knew about called the Gold Dust Cafe. Here, hidden in plain sight among the tourist traps in Fisherman’s Wharf, is San Francisco’s “best and cheapest” Irish Coffee. Unlike the Buena Vista with its white-tiled, bright interior, Gold Dust is more lounge-y with lots of crushed red velvet. Both are awesome and really, can you ever have too many Irish coffees? Yes, I’m sure the answer is actually yes but if you have two spaced out over a few hours, you should be alright.

Yummy shabu shabu!

After leaving CL and Beth, SMS and I met up for a late shabu shabu dinner at Shabuway in Mountain View. It was pretty tasty and brought back good Japan memories!

The Ladies!

Costumes from Bay to Breakers

More Bay to Breakers photos!

The next day, I met up with CL and Beth for Bay to Breakers. They were actually fairly hungover thanks to several Irish Coffees (see above) with more drinking after that. But they rallied like champs! We jogged/walked the race and had an amazing time. There were so many people with costumes to see. It was an incredible event and I’m so glad I did it. I’ve been wanting to do it for years and since this is the year I live here, I made it a priority.

Costumes included: a group of chickens, men in Franzia boxes, a Pintrest-worthy homemade rocket pack, male Disney princesses, oompa-loompas, many Princes with a heavy “Purple Rain” contingent, a few David Bowies, old naked people (not technically a costume) and so many more costumes that it was hard to remember them all. It was costume overload!

I wore my Japanese fuzzy monster costume from our Amazing Race days. I’m glad I had something because I would have felt out of place in normal running clothes although there were many people in just that.

Andytown

After the race, we met up with SMS and headed to Andytown Coffee for a Snowy Plover. Oh man, that drink is so delicious. Since it’s been awhile on the blog, I’ll remind the reader that a Snowy Plover is espresso, Pellegrino and whipped cream. Delectable!

Then we headed out to Lale cafe in Inner Sunset. It was very good and best of all, no line for brunch! I got an egg scramble with a homemade English muffin, which was delicious.

After brunch, we dropped CL and Beth off at their house and went to Glass Key Photo where SMS sold a camera. It was a cute shop with a lot of old cameras. We headed home and relaxed for the afternoon.

Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires

That evening, we went to Mountain Winery for a John Prine concert. He’s an excellent performer with great songs, although I want to listen to some of his older recordings since his voice was a little clearer when he was young. The opener was Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires. They were excellent and a new-to-me find. I also want to seek out some more of their work, which shouldn’t be hard since Jason Isbell is a very well-known performer in his own right, even though I hadn’t known about him before the show.

The venue was absolutely gorgeous. It was also so cold! There was a mountain breeze and the temps were in the low 50s/possibly high 40s. Yuck! We were definitely not dressed for it.

Weekend: Mt Diablo Hike and Jack London Square

This weekend was a lot of fun. SMS and I were pretty mellow since we have a big weekend planned next weekend when Mom and Dad come to visit!!!! Hooray!

Coffee purchase by SMS

On Friday, SMS made a delicious baked egg dish in our little ramekins. Sometimes I feel like we rediscover a way to cook things and I think ramekins will be showing up with more frequency in the near future!

Saturday, SMS and I went to the Mountain View Running Club Saturday run. We talked to a lot of nice people both during the run (3.5 miles) and afterward at Starbucks. I’m so glad SMS came. We’re going to be doing more running and hiking in preparation for Summer adventures! The afternoon was pretty lazy. That evening, we met up with a really nice couple for dinner at Doppio Zero. I had met the woman at my book club and got along really well so we decided to meet up for dinner. It could have gone poorly but I think everyone had a really nice time.

Flowers along the trail

Sights along the trail- do you see the turkey in the top left picture? We even saw him flying, which looked as
ungraceful as I would have imagined if I had ever thought of a turkey flying.

SMS planned our Sunday adventure. He found a great book detailing local hikes and he decided we’d do the Mt. Diablo State Park Donner Canyon Waterfall Loop. This time of year, the wildflowers are out and it’s not too hot so…perfect! The hike is a little over 5.5 miles with some decent inclines. It was beautiful and we really enjoyed ourselves. There were a fair number of people out but not uncomfortably so.

Waterfalls along the trail

Afterward, we headed into Oakland and explored Jack London Square. The day was gorgeous and we sat outside for awhile for lunch at !!!Plank, a restaurant/bocce ball/bowling alley/arcade. It was a really cool place and would be really nice for a group event. After lunch, we played a couple rounds of SkeeBall and one round of Air Hockey.

!!!Plank

We headed home afterward and have just been enjoying the tail end of the weekend. I have some exciting work research plans in preparation for my next job so I’ll be working on that for the next three months.