Bay to Breakers Among Sounds of Silence

Weekends go by way too fast. We just had a great and sunny weekend here in the Bay Area. On Friday, I kicked off the weekend with a little after work shopping with Matilde. Then, I met up with Michelle, Mike, and Show for dinner at Fuzio's at their outdoor patio. Edwin went after work surfing with Tom and Marty and then met us at Michelle and Mike's. We watched a horrible Jet Li movie called Kiss of the Dragon. It was so bad that we were laughing at the dialogue and talked during most of the movie which Jet Li had written himself. There's definitely a reason he's a action movie actor rather than a writer. He should stick to his day job.

On Saturday, Edwin attended a bachelor party for Alfio while I cleaned the house and attended Byron and Eliza's housewarming party in Glen Park with Mike. (Michelle was in San Diego for a conference.) It was kind of funny because we had to keep explaining to new people that though we had come together, we were not married and that Mike's wife's name is also Michelle. Byron is my friend Abby's brother who I knew from my old church in Cleveland. Small world. Abby's moving out here in a few months as well. I haven't seen her in years. After the party, we met up with Show for dinner at a Korean noodle restaurant called Za Zang. Very tasty, but I had snacked quite a bit at the party and could only eat half of my food. On our way back to Show's apartment, we were driving my Nikki's place. Who do we see standing in front of her building? Nikki. She was trying to hail a cab to go meet other friends, so we picked her up and dropped her off since it was close to Show's. San Francisco is small enough where you run into people you know. We watched another movie at Show's called Lars and the Real Girl. It was an Indie film and much better than Jet Li's movie.

Today was Bay to Breakers. I feel like it's been a few years since we have participated. In past years, I have always walked the 7.5 mile race. This time, we started in the middle near the beginning of Golden Gate Park. We walked to the end with Show and the Schneiders. Bay to Breakers is always great for people watching. We saw about a dozen naked men (this is not uncommon in any SF parade/event!) walking/running the race and plenty of people in costumes. My favorite quote from this year's race "Does running late count as exercise?" In my book, it does!

Edwin painted the bedroom this weekend. It had been a long process. Longer than even the guest bedroom which included wallpaper removal. Why? Well, the master bedroom had several large cracks which needed to be filled and he also painted the ceiling and trim which we have not done in any other room in the house. Painting the trim also required sanding the trim to rough up the surface so that the paint would stay. He then also painted primer in the room. The entryway which is small and painted red and one of the dining room walls which is painted blue were the only primed surfaces in the house. We did not use primer in any other rooms because they didn't need it. All of this adds up to a lot of extra time. We're almost done. All we need is for the walls to be painted Bali Blue. Then we can finally move back into our bedroom. We kind of gave ourselves a deadline because Jeannette and Jon are staying with us on Thursday before we all leave for Yosemite for Memorial Day weekend. This week is going to fly by.

While Edwin painted, I attended a surprise birthday/baby shower for Bhavana in Fremont. It was fun to hang out with all the girls. My contribution to the house this weekend, in addition to cleaning, was installing a new toilet seat. It's surprising how something so simple can make such a difference. The old seat was made of a particle board material, so it was getting warped from moisture. The seat also seemed to have mind of its own because it would often come slamming down on unwitting male guests who would probably prefer to keep their private parts from its snapping jaws. Now, we have a seat that comes with an anti-slamming mechanism. All's quiet in the Lager household. Ahhhhhh.....