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Monday, September 6
Larson, Larson, Larson & Gierok
Susan's parents and seestor spent the past several days in sunny (HOT) California - it was great to see them and spend an action-packed Labor Day weekend diddling around the area. The whirlwind has left me rather exhaused, but I'm afraid of forgetting some of the details if I don't get them down soon. Commence brain dumping...
Jan and Rich arrived on Tuesday evening, as Susan and I were on our way up to see Jason Mraz and Dave Matthews Band in Marysville. It was a great show, except for the whole driving home until 1 AM thing. While was out winning bread, Susan and her parents spent Wednesday together - details are foggy since I wasn't there, maybe she will have to start a blog to tell you all ab00t it?
After successfully locking Susan's parents out of the house while we were "stuck at work" on Thursday, we eventually united and rolled up to Sacramento for a nice dinner at Paragarys before picking Becca (seestor) up from the airport. Susan had to work on Friday, so I filled the nice boyfriend role and entertained her family with a trip to Van Ruiten Vineyards in Lodi. After a nice tour and probably too much wine, we ended up at the School Street Bistro for lunch. After reuniting the family, we didstuffthatIcan'trecall and whipped up some beefburgers for dinner - hooray for the $5 cookbook from Michael's.
We left early Saturday morning for San Francisco, where we filled the day with:
- Riding the carousel on Pier 39
- Listening to sea lions do their thing as they battled for control of precious dock space
- Coitus in the Tower on Telegraph Hill
- Trying to enjoy a "Cold Horlick" in Chinatown
- Climbing 260 ft. redwood trees in Muir Woods National Park
Sunday brought a trip to the Napa/Sonoma wine country. We started with a free tasting at Viansa, which was great - except for the old ladies trying to elbow you out of your spot at the wine bar. On to Turnbull, where they were infintely more hospitable and got some of our money to show for it. We hopped up the road to the Niebaum-Coppola estate (yes, that Coppola) to check out the million dollar staircase from Belize. Since Rich is a sucker for dessert wines, we made a trip to Prager Port - home of the oldest web site on the Internet and some sweet, sweet Claire.
We spent some time in Old Sacramento today before returning Becca to the airport from which she came. If it wouldn't have been so damn hot, we would have probably enjoyed our time a bit more. They have a candy store where you can have free samples while you "shop," which brought back somewhat fond memories of the tiny store in Oak Creek where the Nazi owner would make you stand by the door after you've made your sugary selections under her watchful eye.
I hope I didn't miss too much, but anyone reading this who wasn't part of the weekend festivities probably hit their head on the keyboard in boredom some time ago. For a more visual experience, check out the pictures.
Now Playing: J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concertos (Academy of Ancient Music)
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