May 28-31, 2010
Twas a great Memorial Day weekend! It first started off with a friend’s good-bye party at 5A5. I feel like I’ve heard of this place many times, but it was the first time actually hanging out there. I meant to stay only an hour or so since there was a lot planned for Saturday, but… I didn’t. The important part here is that I got home (eventually), and was up and ready for Saturday’s activities.
I’ve wanted to go sailing ever since I moved to SF and saw all the white sails boats floating around the bay. I finally got around to putting something together and it turned out even better than I had hoped. First of all, I was afraid the weather might suck because it was an afternoon sail, but the weather was perfect! It was an unusually warm weather throughout, and no fog! Almost everybody made it out, and the two that couldn’t make it had a good excuse. It would have been awesome to have them join us, but everybody else was a good sport and pitched in for their cost (thanks again guys!). Capt. Kirk & crew were as nice as the yelp reviewers claimed, and everybody that wanted to drive the sail got a turn!
The Disney Family Museum before sailing was also blast. Even though we saw a lot of kids, I felt the museum was more for adults as it chronicles the life of Walt Disney; the usual struggles & triumphs and how he eventually created the Disney we know today. It’s a very famous museum… only to the people outside of the bay apparently… so I highly suggest a visit if you have a chance!
A summary of the day could be found in the video below:
The busy weekend continued Sunday with a spontaneous trip to the neighborhood park to throw around the baseball. Luckily one of the softball fields were empty so Chris, Gene, and I were able to get some good exercise. We hit the ball a couple times and disrupted the game on the other field, and although an old man came running and threatened to call the cops on us (the COPS… really?), we just kept on playing because we’re super bad asses like that.
I then headed over to Dolores Park in the Mission District for a relaxing picnic with Will, Brian, Soojin & friends. We drank a little bit of wine/beer, smoked some hookah, was amused by some REALLY drunk people, and was offered pot many times. Where else but Dolores Park?
Those kettles were filled with… pot!
Pascale & friends. The hookah felt authentic since she is Lebanese ^^
Brian & Soojin checking out pictures from Caranaval earlier in the day.
Night time quickly fell, and I was off to another good-bye party for a friend. This night also turned out to be a much longer night than planned or anticipated. But of course, I made it back home in one piece and was up and ready for Sunday’s activities, albeit a little late…
We started the final day of the long weekend at Half Moon Bay Brewery with good food and drinks (sans the drinks for me, other than soda), then headed over to a McD’s nearby for dessert! I’ve forgot how awesome their frozen yogurts are! So creamy and delicious. Chris, Doug & I were then off to golf at the HMB Ritz Carlton’s Ocean Course.
Mmmmm! Seafood yum.
This course was really amazing, and I kept on telling Chris that I felt like I was in Scotland. The views were incredible, and there was even a trail for people to walk around. Even if you are not a golfer, this trail is definitely one place you should check out next time your down in HMB.
I want to go back!
This weekend is the second week of a string of very busy (albeit fun filled) 8 weekends in a row. It’s going to be a challenge to keep up with these blog posts, but at least I’ll have something to write about every week. James Chung is making a week long visit to SF before we head together to LA for some socal fun. We started the weekend with a trip to Toyose, then on to some other bars in the mission area. I was incredibly tired as I usually am on Friday nights and it was a relatively calm night for all of us.
The next morning, we headed up northeast to the city of San Rafael for golf at Peacock Gap GC. It’s always fun to play at a new course, and this time was no exception. The last time the four of us played together was in San Diego, and playing at a new course under warm weather made me feel like I was back in SD. The course was well maintained and fun, but the putting greens were a bit ridiculous in terms of difficulty.
The next morning started with brunch at Stacks and we ordered way too much food as usual (I blame one particular person, whom I shall not name). It was also the day of Bay to Breakers and since Stacks is near the route, we got to see a lot of people in funky costumes or a lack of clothes in general. I think I saw at least 5 butts, all dudes. I love SF -_____-…
After the picture session, we headed to church, then for some ice cream at bi-rite, then a tour of Twin Peaks and Fisherman’s Warf, then finally picked up dinner at Little Star and ate at home to cap off the day. Phew~ I didn’t realize so much was possible in one day. Now I do.
The title is a bit misleading, because I didn’t do anything this weekend related to Mother’s Day… but nevertheless, it was still Mother’s Day. The weekend started off with a visit from my old friend Chan. He had a corporate party in SF so I got to catch dinner and some drinks with him. Steve hosted a BBQ on Saturday, and it turned out to be a little more beer happy than I had anticipated. The food btw, was amazingly good.
I took a last-minute trip to Napa today to celebrate Parkie’s birthday. This was my SECOND time (almost feel like a veteran of Napa saying that) visiting wine country, and my first in a fancy shmancy limo! I got to hit up some new wineries, starting with V.Sattui for lunch + wine. DK was right, this place has really good food for a reasonable price with a beautiful garden to eat!. The garden reminded me of Georges Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte!
After the wonderful lunch, we headed over to Artesa for a real wine tasting. One of the best part of this winery was the beautiful building/location itself! The wine tasting was also very unique (i.e. the chocolate cup shots of wine) and the wine was delicious too. Then we headed across the lot to Domaine Carneros to finish off the day with some champagne! Not sure if that’s the proper way to end wine tasting, but I sure liked it.
