greetings from the sfo.

disclaimer: this blog does not contain pictures. most all pictures are on bryan's camera except for the several taken by frey berglund, 3.5 year old photographer extraordiaire.

yes! the weekend was great. arrived at the sfo on wednesday along with several co-workers. we headed to the hotel in foster city and grabbed a bite to eat at baja fresh. yes, i know... we were in one of the meccas for mexican food, BUT we were hungry and this was close. off to the sofitel to get a few others checked in then out to the mothership of exponent in menlo park. blah, blah, blah (insert talk about work here)... to quote dr. evil, "the details are quite inconsequential." i finagled my way so that i could work out at the sofitel gym (very nice). i then went to dinner w/my fellow mentees, and then headed home.

thurs... mentoring in menlo park. dinner in the proper mexican way. then i hitched a ride to the sfo to wait for bryan to arrive from the atl. we returned to foster city after a slight detour on the 101. :)

fri... breakfast at noah bagels (good friend of einstein bagel, but really not as good). then a drive up to the city. i had pricelined a hotel room at the crowne plaza right in the city for a cheap-o deal. it was nice. bryan and i arrived in the city just in time to see katewilson (as far as i know, she does not have a separate first and last name). the san fran marathon/half was on sunday, so we walked around the expo and scored some free cowbells (we need more cowbell!). after a 4 hour run (no, i guess technically we spent a good 30+ minutes with the sea lions and 30+ minutes watching the kiteboarding national championships). joeb came into the city for dinner with janna, bryan, and me. we went to tres agaves down by the ballpark. dinner was yummy. we headed to vesuvio in north beach to meet up with my co-workers after dinner. after almost falling asleep at our table (some things never change), bry and i hailed a cab back "home."

sat... we packed up, headed out to the sb for breakfast, then checked out, and drove up to santa rosa for the weekend to visit the berglunds. we hit all the hotspots: the sonoma county fair, downtown santa rosa for dinner, and the berglund household. i was sooo tired that i passed on experiencing the santa rosa nightlife. boo on me. but, after cozying up with shamus the kitten, i was out for the count.

sun... bike riding in wine country. joeb, bryan, and i headed out from downtown healdsburg on bikes to the hop kiln winery. it was a nice ride, but hard for those who haven't ridden a bike in over 2 years. we tasted some wine and some hot mustard (don't have the mustard before the wine!). after some coffee and ice cream (i couldn't resist), we headed back to the berglund's. amanda and the girls had gone to the park, and we were all ready for some grilled eats. after some time with the barbies and a few dog piles, we were ready for burgers and (hot) dogs. after a shower and a puppet show, bry and i headed out of wine country and back to the big city.

sun night/mon morning... i'm at the sfo and my 10pm flight has been delayed 3 hours. so i have just eaten a cuban sandwich (gotta love the airport food) and drank a couple of beers. now, i'm just waiting my time out so that i can be guaranteed 5 hours of sleep on the flight. we'll see...

more later... with pictures and with narrative. :)

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