baytobreakers ‘08, best one yet

40 tourists roaming the streets of san francisco:

more pictures here

b2b is tomorrow!

tourist costume recipe

I heart SF shirt
khaki pants
tube socks & tennis shoes
visor
fanny pack
map of SF
binoculars

the assembly line:

the finished product, 36 ready-made costumes:

how to win the airline booking system

theory: call again and again until you talk to a customer service rep who gives you the answer you want.
I learned this trick a few months ago while planning my trip to South America through Continental. I noticed that every airline rep I talked to was following a different rule book. Each [...]

the last place

this is the LAST place I want to be (tied with Eddie Rickenbachers) when the big one hits.

a “lots of breakable stuff” store in Chinatown.

 today I biked to sausalito with Pete, super-biker, who was nice enough to stop when I got tired.

back from LA!

I forgot how much fun my college roommate Lauren and I have together. She is the only reason I survived 3.5 years of college in Cleveland. A group of us trekked to LA this weekend to soak up sunshine and celebrate Lauren’s 24th. A view from our hotel in Hollywood:

the first time I’ve stepped into a photo booth since 1997. last night was the facebook holiday party at bay meadows (yes, the horse track). I’m severely allergic to horses, so I was a bit concerned about going. Luckily, it was all inside a building and the only horses were those in [...]

studio 54

I love themed parties. this one was particularly fun.

being a girly girl

kiira, ryan, and myself getting sculpted at the brow bar

newly shaped brows give me more attitude, no?

rejuvenated

Just got back from a 3.5-day, no-phone, no-internet, romantic get-away slash birthday present from and with Jeff. We went to Miami to visit our friends Roger and David then rented a convertible and headed south for the keys. David was generous enough to let us stay at his gorgeous vacation home on [...]

so we brought the mariachi band home with us…

a weekend for new things

The theme of this weekend? New things.
It started off Friday night when I shed my city snobbishness and went to Oakland for a party. It wasn’t so bad. Although, I did have some incentive as Jeff promised to go to the Visual Aid art auction with me on Saturday. Visual [...]

a very san francisco weekend

It started with a joint birthday party with my roommates on Friday. Our theme? Champagne and party dresses. We like seeing our girlfriends get all pretty.

I spent Saturday brunching on Fillmore street and reading books in Alta Plaza Park.

Saturday night we bravely ventured eagerly headed to the Misison for dive bars and hot [...]

carrot cake

I wasn’t kidding when I said I was going to be a carrot for Halloween (costume party 1). These are one-of-a-kind homemade costumes. If you’re interested in dressing up as a vegetable for halloween, I’ll put you in touch with our costume designer.

V6: liisa, annie, katie, moi, priya, tara

And that’s how Lovefest was born

Once upon a time, yesterday, a ship originating from Africa and carrying lions and tigers and gorillas (oh my!) pulled into Pier 39 of San Francisco. The purpose was to bring these new creatures to a California zoo. However, one particular vicious and clever Gorilla escaped using his jedi mind tricks.
The gorilla, removed from his [...]

1-year anniversary of Slide

Slide is fun, although I try to avoid it since I always run into this guy I used to date. Anyways, they had great music this night and we had a good group of people to dance with. I found this picture floating around the internet and think I’m making a really funny [...]

this weekend…

Batiq launched the beta site for student and mentor user testing
Wikipedia hit 2 million articles
I put on my party dress and went to dinner and the grand opening of Temple with Michelle, Tamara, Emily, & Annie
I sampled chocolate and watched little kids compete in a sundae-eating contest at the Ghiradelli Chocolate Festival

Fighting for the sundae-champ [...]

Yoga Bear Launch Party

Yoga Bear had our first event on Saturday to kick-off our outreach campaign cleverly titled– the “Share a Mat” campaign. Over 70 guests enjoyed wine and conversation at District Wine Bar in SOMA. We’ve signed up volunteers who are soliciting community yoga studios to share a mat, by donating a spot to a [...]

I don’t believe in "anti-hangover vodka"

Some things I believe in:- Dancing makes people happy. - I am a better dancer after 2 drinks. - I am a worse dancer after 3.Things I believed for a brief moment of time, mainly due to lack of knowledge and/or experience:- People want to buy you drinks, for the sole and authentic purpose of [...]