the remaking of a kitchen

sarah and a friend took siena for a lengthy walk today and my friend louise and i enjoyed a lovely lunch at oliveto's. we declared that place was worthy of a lunch time visit each time i come to california. works for me! it was great to have a chance to visit with louise. we also did some shopping at whole foods for her daughter, and as louise was otherwise occupied at the time, i signed for the charge. i hope jail is not in my future!

these little videos happened at various times today. the two on the bed were in the morning, and the other one was this afternoon. she entertained herself for about 30 minutes. she is very advanced. :)

Labels: louise and michael, olivetos, shopping, siena

sarah and i picked up lynne and chris at the airport in the afternoon after our morning shopping in downtown san fran and they drove me to palo alto to meet sandy, david's mom. she took me home to santa cruz with her and we relaxed for a bit and then walked over to the house we have rented on blackpoint lane for the weekend of the wedding. it is a great house, and i think we will all be comfy there. susanna assures me that we can have a family gathering there as long as no one gets too rowdy. i think we can handle that.
sandy and i had a lovely time together. on saturday we visited multiple florists and got ideas and suggestions. i will make a phone call soon. we also got to see gabriella's cafe so now i can picture the place where the big event will occur! it will be such fun!
we went to a restaurant on the wharf for dinner saturday evening.....had great food! tho we said we'd take the first available seating, we ended up with the window seats and a fabulous view! of course we had gelato for a little dessert treat. :)
the next morning, i threw everything into the suitcases and we were off to palo alto again to meet david's sisters for the drive into san francisco and green's restaurant. we had a bit of an adventure thanks to google goofing us up, but thanks to a friendly voice at the restaurant we found our way there, and only 30 minutes late. they had saved our table and were very gracious....great food, smiles, laughs, tears and a lovely time all told. the silver women were lovely hostesses and it was fun to finally put names and faces together after hearing stories and seeing photos on blogs. i can't wait to see them all again.....soon!!

Labels: santa cruz and sandy, shopping, shower

i'm back from a lovely 4 days in my favorite city. i do love that place, and having david and sarah show me their places is a delight. sarah was waiting for me as i left the secure area at the airport even tho we were 35 minutes early. lovely. we walked around their neighborhood and when david came home we walked to a neighborhood restaurant. as we were enjoying our wine i handed sarah the little silk bag i'd brought from home. they tried them on and the rings fit perfectly, plus they like them! good news for sure. designing long distance, showing photos as i went along was not the surest way to please, but all is well. they were amazed that i'd thrown my procrastinating ways to the winds and did the deed in hurry-up fashion. what the heck, I AM AMAZED AT MYSELF!!
we did lots of walking, shopping and just having a good time. sarah and i met louise in oakland at the bart station, got to see the new things they have done to their house, saw mr outstanding himself and then proceeded to lunch. yummy food in berkeley on 4th street. then we shopped for THE dress.....looked at several swank designer places without success, and finally found the dress of sarah's dreams. it is a beauty and looks like a sarah dress, so all is well. we then visited a fabric shop and found some wonderful silk to make a wrap. a very successful day!
the next day sarah and i breakfasted in a sweet french cafe and then went to britex, dress and silk in hand. they helped us to make decisions on the wrap and sarah found some trim and ribbon to make it perfect. now i just have to sew the thing together by hand and do it so that the stitches don't show to the naked eye. help.

Labels: dress, rings, san francisco, shopping