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Sunday in the Park. It was another hot day in the city- high 80's and what better way to get out of that hot city feel than to spend it right next to the Golden Gate Bridge in Crissy Field. Miles is still in recovery so we tried to keep it chill. Here are some pics from our fun relaxing day!

Miles admiring the bridge from afar.

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Pride 2009
To fully welcome Mike to San Francisco for the summer, we packed up and headed to Dolores Park for the Dyke March. This is only one event in a full weekend of Gay Pride festivities. Delores Park is a one of the many great parks in SF, mostly because of its amazing view of the city. The day was full of snacks, beer, friends, laughs, and many many dykes!

This is the park at about half capacity during the day... it quickly became more and more crowded as people started to congregate for the march. Oh and it was a hot day... I would guess it was in the high 80's. Yea, I know! We were so hot! We stayed safe in the shade for the day.

Melanie (my friend) and Mike checking out the festivities.


Kris always keeps us laughing...

haa haa... peer pressure

Pride 2009!!

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It has been a long time in the works. Miles had "the surgery", you know, the kind that Bob Barker was always talking about at the end of the Price is Right. And while Miles' experience was nothing like Plinko or spinning the wheel and hoping to land on the sacred $1.00 I feel it was best for him. We brought him home last night and he was still drugged and was trying to cope with the plastic contraption that reminds both of us of a Catholic nun or the pixar lamp that comes hopping out before the beginning of the movies. However, I digress, he kept both of us up most of the night as he was in some discomfort with the surgery and the head gear so we gave him a half benadryl and I rubbed his tummy and he passed right out. Today, we stayed in bed for most of the day and went for a couple of brief walks. By the afternoon he was looking visibly better. I think being outside and all the rest perked him up some. Anyway....see Miles and his cone.
-mike

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Happy Father's Day!! or Dad's Day as I call it. Today we celebrate all the Dad's in our lives. No matter if they are biological dads, step dads, father figures, we love them all the same! So here are a few pics of dad's I know and love; starting with my dad aka No. 1
Thanks for teaching me all the important things I know like: changing a tire, algebra, saving money, "buy low- sell high", "practice makes better", and the extra slimy tennis shot that wins big points, and how important it is to have a dad.

My dad- Dad of 3, grandpa of 3 + 1 on the way!!



My dad's grandfather


Ian- dad of 3!


Adam- Future Dad of 1 on the way!!


Nick- dad of 2!


Mitch- Dad of 4 + pop's of 2!


Larry- Dad of 4 + grandpa of 2!!


Dom- Dad of 1- little Vincent!!


Lenny- dad of 1, little Leo!

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This Saturday I took my girlfriends up for a little wine tasting in Napa Valley. We love getting together and goofing off but this was a special occasion: Sarah's Birthday!! Here are some pictures of our trip. I also have included some pictures of winery dogs and names of the wineries we tried out... enjoy!


The first winery we went to: Frank Family- OK, OK I just liked the name... hee hee.
But this winery quickly became our Favorite!







Winery No. 2 Dutch Henry. Great people here and they have a wine cave!!




In the wine cave!!




We ended the day with a little Olive Oil tasting. Happy Birthday Sarah I hope you had as much fun as I did!

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Miles getting (as my sister says) some much needed "ya ya's out".
He just got a hair cut so he is feeling extra handsome in these... i try not to encourage it.




I live about a half block from Golden Gate Park and the dog park within it, so we are here often. The funny thing about the dog park is that the dog's people don't know each others names however, we all know the names of each other's dogs and EVERYONE knows Miles! I am just his human...


Dirty, Soggy Beard = time to go home!

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tonight was busy. im am getting really excited for Mike's arrival and so I am putting all this excited energy to use... I finished and jarred the marmalade and whipped out a batch of lavender soap. Needless to say it smelled amazing in my little shoe box of an apartment. I wish my blog had a scratch and sniff feature. Here are some pictures of my busy evening and fyi, it takes at least 24 hours for soap to harden up just right to cut and about 1 month to actually be safe to use. One of the main ingredients in soap is sodium hydroxide aka lye.
Lye is really nasty stuff, once combined with water it immediately heats to almost 200 degrees!! It is strange to put such a seemingly toxic substance into my precious natural soap but once it meets and combines with its fat or oil counterpart they bind together and the Lye mellows out. I love chemistry... le sigh.