bonnie & jason

Sunday meanderings

We spent the first half of Sunday hitting some San Francisco “hot spots.” First, we picked up Jeff and Xiao Yi at the Legion of Honor to go to brunch at Ella’s. We tried out their corned beef hash with big chunks of lean corned beef, the pancakes which are about 8″ across and super fluffy and tasty, the folded egg omelet with sweet corn, roasted cherry tomatoes, and yummy cheese, and finally, the chicken hash which had a nice farm fresh taste with a thyme and sage herb treatment.

Since the wait was so long, however, we spent an hour walking around the pacific heights neighborhood. Man, there are some fantastic houses up there. From modern, to neo-classical, to roman, to cottage, they were all huge and had great views. One was a little strange as it had this statue standing guard out front:

After lunch, we drove to Fort Point and walked over to Sports Basement and back. Alissa was a bit grouchy as her sleep schedule was a little messed up from having some friends over last night, but she enjoyed the walk for the most part. Her highlights were the plethora of dogs out and about.

I also took a few pics of Jeff and Xiao Yi taking advantage of some of the background scenery:

All in all, a great day. Great friends, great food, great views, and even a little exercise. What else can you ask for? (All of the pictures here.)

Alissa the unicorn

Alissa’s hair is finally getting long enough where we can put it in a little pigtail. We’ve also noticed she has some new play habits. For example, she loves this red head band (or any headband for that matter.) She wears it on her head, backwards, and even like Jordy LaForge of Star Trek fame. She also is starting to pretend cook. I spent about 30 minutes with her mixing Legos with stacking cups in a bowl with a drum stick.

Alissa eating corn… again

I don’t know how many images I have of Alissa eating corn but here are a few more. She’s getting better at really picking out her spots and going for them with gusto. And she was able to do a pretty thorough job with the entire cob. Part of it is probably because she has more and larger teeth now. And I guess the other part is that she has more corn eating experience. Next time I’ll take some video to do it justice.

Welcome Baby Devyn!

I’ve been playing “Geek Squad” with Terry’s computer for the last couple weeks and finally got it back to him today. Lucky for us, we were also able to visit with the newest addition to the Huey clan, Devyn. The Huey clan, for those of you who aren’t familiar, has only slightly less people than all of China. Terry himself has about enough siblings to make up a softball team. And now, with Devyn, he’s more than half way to an all girls basketball team. Anyway, I forgot my camera so I borrowed Terry’s for the quick snap below. Yet another girl for Alissa to grow up with!

This little piggy went to the market…

Alissa’s hair is finally long enough to sort of put into a cock-eyed pigtail.

This is where she likes to sit down for serious study (I think she’s reading Nietzsche “Gott ist tot.”):

Mountain Biking at Skegg’s Point

It’s been about a year since I’ve done any mountain biking but I had the opportunity to visit Skegg’s Point again this morning with Woozy and a couple of his friends. I’ve forgotten how much fun mountain biking is. Sure, I like just stepping out the door and road biking. But the single track trails of El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve make for some entertaining riding that justify the drive down there. The road biking I’ve done recently has definitely helped the legs and the lungs, but I’m definitely a bit out of practice with the more technical stuff steering around rocks/trees/holes/etc. Oh well… at least I didn’t take a major fall this time around. Woozy wasn’t so lucky as you can see from the state of his shirt. (By the way, this picture was taken with the same camera that I broke in said “major fall”.)

Alissa babbling

Alissa continues to learn more words but also holds long emphatic conversations about I don’t know what. Here’s an unusually short sample:

She’s also starting her online babbling career like daddy (although it seems more like morse code):

Finally, here’s a pic illustrating how long Alissa’s hair is getting:

Random flower pictures from around the neighborhood

A few pictures from family vacation 2006

Reached my weight goal today!

You probably haven’t been paying attention to the additional tab at the top of the blog, but I’ve made my goal of reaching 160 lbs a month ahead of schedule. I’ve rewarded myself with (finally) getting a PS3. Should be here today. Woot! Now I’m thinking I might try to get to 155… which was my marathon training weight from years ago. These last 5 lbs might be quite a bit harder to lose than the first 10 lbs though. We’ll see!