The way all weekends should be...

Happy Easter everyone! Last weekend was a great weekend to get out of the house. It's been off and on rainy, but in between it's really sunny and nice. One of the best reasons for living here is the weather for sure! It was about 75 with just a little breeze. Scott and I took the bikes out for a spin on Sunday. We wanted to explore the riding trail by our house and actually found out that it's part of a huge network of trails in the Bay Area that were built a long time ago. The trail by our house goes right by the lake that comes off of the bay on the East side of our complex. We took a ride along part of the trail, stopped to get a Jamba Juice (which is my biggest addiction since moving here - it's all about smoothies and juices in any flavor you could possible want), and rode on to a park that we discovered not too long ago. The park has tennis and basketball courts, softball fields and a jungle gym for kids. We attempted to play some tennis for awhile, which was a good workout, but I definitely need more practice. Then we threw around a softball for awhile so that I could break in my new mitt. I seem to have lost my old one in the move from SJ. I swore as soon as I bought a new one I'd find the old one. Still no luck yet, but my new one works just fine. I still play volleyball every week (my team plays all year round) but softball just recently started and I have to practice. Extending daylight savings time and making summer seem longer was the best idea the government has ever had. :)

Hope your Easter weekend was relaxing, fun and spent with loved ones. The end. For now.

Out and about in SF

I really should have posted this awhilw ago, as we went out with our friends Sara and Dave a few weeks ago, but here goes anyway. It was a nice weekend...a little rainy but still nice. We started out the Saturday by going to a Wedding Expo and learning that if you want to get entered into the good drawings for free stuff, you gotta go early! We missed out on all the free giveaways...they were having tons of drawings on stuff like free tux rentals, free wedding gowns, free honeymoon vacays and free tanning. Well, we know for next time and we still have a lot of time to sign up for free stuff! Anyway, we also did some shopping for cameras. Scott got a killer deal on a nice camera which he has needed for some time and will use a ton for completing his thesis and probably much more after graduation with his artwork. I wasn't shopping for anything but couldn't pass up a good deal on a small digital camera for my purse. My last one that I got from Scott as a present 3 years ago finally gave up on me....well it probably would have helped if I hadn't dropped it one too many times. But I finally have a replacement that is small enough to take anywhere.

After these adventures, we met up with Sara and her boyfriend Dave for a nice dinner and movie date in the city. It was really nice to see them as we haven't hung out as much since Scott moved away from the city. Sara went to school with Scott in Helena and moved to SF to get her Master's in Visual Effects at the Academy of Art. She graduated last year and helped Scott find a place to live when he first moved here. They lived 2 blocks from each other in the city. So, it was nice to hang out again and dinner was awesome...at one of our favorite places called the Bell Tower. My dad would love the steak with blue-cheese butter and horseradish scalloped potatoes. :) Mmmmmm. That's one thing I really love about living here is that there are just soooo many great places to eat. If it was up to me and I had an unlimited budget and a metabolism like I did in high school, I would eat out every day! Me love food.

Anyway, here are some pics of us at a local bar, getting a cocktail before the movie. We were testing out my new camera. It has this spiffy feature called vibration reduction that allows you to take a picture with no flash and it turns out pretty good. All these pictures were taken without a flash in a very dark environment, a little blury but they still turned out. Not bad little camera.

Clubbing in SF

Well, I'd been itching to get out to a club and go dancing in the city for quite some time. We hardly ever go to the techno clubs in SF because it just costs too much moolah. Most of the good ones are about $20 cover charge and $8-$12 drinks once you get in the door. But, I was just too excited to go and really needed to get out dancing! So we invited Robert and Liza down for the weekend to take them to my favorite club...Ruby Skye. It has 2 levels and a separate lounge area with pool tables and lots of seating. They also have a huge screen for light shows, go-go dancers on boxes and behind cages, and the coolest architecture inside on the ceilings and walls. It is also the place where the biggest DJs in the world come to play. Liza had never been to a techno club before, but like me, she loves to dance. We had dinner at one of our favorite sushi restaurants and then walked the few blocks to the club. We all had a great time and danced some pounds away...even the boys. One thing about clubs like that, though, is that no matter what type of music you're into, you just can't help but get on the dance floor with everyone else and dance it up. It's so addicting, not to mention a great workout. Too bad bottles of water cost $6!

Anyway, we also had a fun time (during daylight hours) golfing at a par 3 course near our house. It's a fun and cheap way to spend a nice sunny day. Robert always kicks butt at golf, so he won of course. Scott should really quit betting him things when we play against him. :)