Last night was our 6th wedding anniversary. To celebrate, I made my soon-to-be-famous skirt steak for dinner with our best friends – Chris and Ben. We opened a 1994 Coppola zinfandel with dinner, which turned out to be outstanding. (Thanks, Dave and Sonja!) But the real treat was the sensational dessert wine Chris was kind…
Category: Holidays
A Small Gathering
At the last minute, we decided to host a small party this new year’s eve. The party was interesting. The power went out at 11:42 PM and stayed out for almost three hours – the longest power outage we’ve seen in the 11 years we’ve been in the loft! The party became much quieter and…
Holiday Hell Week Begins
The usual suspects in all the usual places. View the rest of the photos here.
Merry Christmas!
Oh that is SO CUTE!! –Tres 2 funny –Grant Very nice card – how long did it take you to put it together? –Dawn (About two hours.) The e-card is your funniest yet! –Todd OH MY GERSH….I just about blew ice water out of my nose!!!!!! You are a nut!!!!! LOL –Wendy One of the…
Love Fest San Francisco
After looking at about a thousand pictures from previous Love Fests, I almost didn’t go. The pictures are so lame that they only occasionally hint at a good time. Then I decided that it was my duty to attend and get a few decent shots of what probably is a pretty good event. So, armed…
Happy Birthday, Elise!
Happy Birthday, Dear. Seeing your fabulous smile in the office every day has been one of the best things about going to work these last six years. Lots of love to you! More party photos here. A huge thanks to our incredibly gracious hosts Joe and Jeff who made us feel welcome in one of…
Keeping Cool in Calistoga
OK, I’m beginning to think that we might be a tiny bit spoiled… Yesterday we attended an amazing birthday party for our friend Leslie. We were a bit hesitant to venture out into the 110 degree heat we knew we’d encounter in Calistoga, but we’re glad we went. Leslie is a family friend of the…
Happy Birthday Bill!
We celebrated Bill Dalton’s birthday last night at the Burt’s residence on a surprisingly mild evening in the beautiful Oakland Hills. Ben prepared another of her world-famous Thai dinners with help from Tum. We met Tim Cahill – founding editor of Outside Magazine and prolific travel writer and his wife Linnea. Jerry Alexander dropped by…
Carnaval 2006
I can’t believe that a whole year has passed since the last Carnaval Parade in San Francisco. This year’s event must have been the largest ever. The parade lasted nearly four hours. I had planned to put a few shots up and link the rest into some sort of photo album, but after looking at…
KaBoom!
We try to see the KFOG KaBoom every year. We normally drive into the city, but decided to avoid the hundreds of thousands on Fogheads in the city and instead watched the fireworks display with a musical soundtrack at the nearby Middle Harbor Shoreline Park – the best park noboby knows about. The KaBoom is…
Happy Birthday, Dave!
Kelly and thedude were honored to be among the invitees to Dave’s birthday party last night. Sonja prepared a delicious meal and a really wonderful cake with Scharffen Berger chocolate. YUM! Thedude shot countless pictures of his new pal Nathan. Much consumption ensued. As the evening progressed, the images became more and more – shall…
Kelly’s Cool Christmas Ornaments
Kelly took the tree down yesterday. These little guys are a bit odd, but awfully cute. I’ll miss them.
Post New Year’s Party with the A-Team
What kind of a party can this group of party pros pull together with one day’s notice? A most excellent one! Thanks so much for coming, Tres, Jack, Dave, Leslie, Steve, Terra, Linda, Larry, Eric, John, Andrew, Christina, Ben, Vince, Scott, Justyna, Itzik, and Ellen. Happy New Year with love from thedude and Kellster.
Christmas in Fresno
We made our annual trek to foggy Fresno so that we could take part in the very serious business of overindulging with the Hunter clan. Mass quantities of Christmas cookies and candies were consumed along with numerous bottles of wine and champagne before dinner. Later, we searched for and easily found extreme Christmas lighting displays…
Christmas Cosmos!
In my opinion, the best gift is something consumable. Thanks Grant and Sandy, Ali and Neil for the perfect gifts! Oh – and the ergonomic mouse pad is way cool too! Amazingly comfortable. My wrist never felt better! 😉 Highly recommended!
Affymetrix 2005 Christmas Party
While the rest of the country shivers under a blanket of heavy snow, thedude and Kelly attended the season’s first holiday party in 68 degree weather. The venue for this year’s food and wine extravaganza was the beautiful Asian Art Museum. The company provided what seemed like hundreds of tantalizing food options – everything from…
Christmas Crazy
Just so that you don’t think folks in California are lacking in the Christmas spirit department, I offer the following images from Thompson Avenue in Alameda. If you’re into this sort of Christmas insanity, you’ll probably enjoy this totally whacked Christmas video – once. After that it’s just weird. (Windows only – 5 megabytes.)
Thanksgiving Day on Muir Beach
Kelly had the inspired idea to spend this holiday at the nearby Pelican Inn. We decided to make a day of it by taking the scenic route – through the city and with a stop at Muir Beach along the way. As we watched the beautiful sunset, we reflected on how much we have to…
Woo! Scary!
Halloween is upon us. My first party of the season was at work today. Mwa-haa-haa-haaaaa.
Half a Friggin’ Century
Wow. It’s hard to believe, but true. Fifty big ones. We celebrated the auspicious event at the Conga Lounge. (Where else?) A few dozen of our best friends and coworkers, a few pizzas, mai tai’s and a delicious German chocolate birthday cake at our favorite tiki bar. Perfect. I was busy pressing the flesh and…
Eat Them Up – Yum!
We missed our local fireworks display this Fourth of July, but that’s OK, because we had dinner at Chris and Ben’s, and just in case you don’t already know this, Ben’s cooking is as good as it gets. Tonight’s meal featured the biggest dang shrimp I’ve ever seen – a fresh-water variety all the way…
Our First “Pyrospectacular”
We just couldn’t wait until the fourth to see fireworks, so we went to the A’s game tonight, primarily because there were fireworks after the game, but also to see if the A’s could extend their 8 game winning streak. How exciting! Unfortunately, Oakland lost to The White Sox, but the fireworks really were, well,…
A Good Day to Own a Camera
San Francisco’s Carnaval celebration is an eyeful! Women (and a few men) of all ages, shapes and colors get a chance to cut it loose and strut they stuff – much to the delight of this photographer! Oh my! I had to deal with direct sunlight when shooting these, so I used the camera’s low…
Happy New Year!
Better late than never, I suppose. Our party was great. We had a smaller crowd than in the past, and I took far fewer photos, but the food was certainly awesome. (Thanks, Julie!) We were also treated to a performance by gifted neighbor Eric Cheng and a few of his friends. We capped off the…
Christmas with the Clans
I got out of going to Fresno this year. Instead, I was forced to go to Redding. Worse, right? Well, it turned out to be a ton of fun. Yeah, that Hale/Hunter Clan really knows how to throw a dart.
An Embarassment of Riches
Santa came a bit early to thedude’s home this year. Looks like she brought a case of wine. Thanks Ali! 😉
Favorite Holiday Tune
One of the very few things I like about Christmas is that it provides a legitimate excuse to listen to this.