Feeding the baby

this weekend was BUSY! on friday tina and I played tour guide, showing my recently arrived cousin from the PI the sights and sounds of San Francisco. It turned out to be a gorgeous day! In the morning, we started with a clear view of the City from the top of Twin Peaks and then headed out to Golden Gate Bridge. The skies were blue, dotted only with a few streaking clouds. We then drove down Crooked Street on Lombard and ended up at Fisherman's wharf for lunch. Nothing like bread bowl clam chowder and fresh clamari and chips! Top that off with a sunny midday stroll amidst seagulls and street performers and other tourists and Ben and Jerry's IceCream! We finished off our tour with a visit to Union Square to check out Niketown and Old Navy.

Saturday we visited historic Pinole for the the 2nd birthday of cricket, Liza and Moe's daughter. Again, the sun was out, skies were blue, and we had that refreshing bay breeze to balance it all out! We had pancit, macaroni and cheese (for the kiddies), tuna sashimi and some kick-ass barbecue. We were also fortuntate enough to meet with long lost Likha friends...Margie, Jun, Mur, Fides, Raf, Mae, and Ida...with matching brood! It's amazing to see so many Likha kids running around!

Saturday night Tina and I had my groomsmen over with their respective wives. It was a potluck dinner, so I grilled up a few miso-marinated seabass and salmon steaks. We ate shabu-shabu style, grilling kalbi short ribs and vegetables while we shared food, wine, and kuwento!

The next day, Tina and I had dim sum in Oakland at Legendary Palace. It was pretty good, but dim sum in Vancouver was better and cheaper! Afterwards, we flew down to Great Mall in Milpitas in 45mins and after an hour or too of strolling, headed back home for an extended family get together.


Man!! I've been trying to avoid it, but almost all our activities seem to revolve around food! Some friends who've had babies told me to watch out for sympathy weight gain...now I believe it!

On a different tip, all our activities this weekend also revolved around family and friends...8)