the BEST. i assure you!

fresh lip treatment is the. best. lip. stuff. i have ever used.  my friend amy was the one who introduced me to them--thank you amy!  she sent me the rose tint for me on my birthday a couple of years ago, and since then i've gone through (completely! i dug out what was below the rim, even) the rose, the no-color (i actually loved this one too and used it everyday), and the plum tint.  they are all worth it.  a truly EXCELLENT product.  lips never get dry, there's SPF, the smell is subtle and nice, and the colors (and no-color) are perfect. + they have a NEW one, just out this june!

H O N E Y

further adventures of west coast dog

cute sophie on the beach!!

other people's summer memories

..in ITALY.  why did i never go to spoleto?? why why why
"egyptian rat screw"  (card game including lots of slapping--of hands) is really part of my summer music camp memories---meadowmount, pacific music festival.  probably even aspen, i'm not sure but i went there for like 7 summers or something.  taos was just endless scrabble---so fun.

i think this was taken ten years ago.  apparently they are playing egyptian ratscrew.. in italy. shawn, now in st louis symphony avec moi is on the left; i don't know the next guy; davin (!) has a goatee! haha; next is florence leblond, cellist, who was my neighbor at yale; then mark inouye (whose facebook album i stole this from) who is HILARIOUS cokeaholic (the drink, not the drug) who can do lots of neat-o tricks and oh is also principal trumpet of San Francisco Symphony.

DRob

i saw robertson strolling alone at the hotel in SF in this caj (casual--how do you spell casjj?) garb.  but i stole this pic from adam crane's fb album... you can see sebastian gingras and josh riggs in the background.  this is davies hall---i love that hall!

la oaxaqueña

2128 Mission, btwn 17th and Clarion Aly.  GO!!
yum!  and four of us ate [a lot] there for only $40!
a ken ueno favorite...you know, he's a prof at berkeley...hot composer and inspirer

who are these hipsters?

(i stayed with jv and steve and george and whop and sophie in sf)

two pics of ken cuz i haven't seen him in 10+ yrs

a variety of meats

aftermath:

tartine

secret unmarked location somewhere also on valencia
GO!

skunkfunk

14th and valencia
go!

nice ppl work there too

we don't try hard to be cool

we are hipsters at the mission...yeah yeah whatever.

where we met ken ueno for dinner (yum beyond belief, and cheapo)

en route to mission:

pretty huh

wuh oh look out steve--oncomingoncoming

"for tobacco use onry"

peace, love, and....whuck?

park rife

great store on clement.  books, art, shirts, really cool things...

fun with JV and the chinese

warm (hot!) sunny sunday in sf

last official day of tour.  sunny and clear. unbelievable. not to be believed.  miraculous sf weather.

me= incredibly cheerful, elated even

(my expressions don't seem to correspond)

ridiculous graphic

playpen ?  puhleeze!

i ♥ champagne toasts!

david robertson getting choked up on a ladder! 

(and supplying high-quality champagne; that's a great conductor)