We spent the weekend in the San Fransisco bay area visiting Matt's folks. THIS WAS AWESOME! We spent a day wine tasting in the Napa Valley- including Champagne tasting at the Mumm winery, because we are glamorous people. Then we spent two days on the world renouned M/V Delphini, the Seguin's charming yacht. We left from home port heading towards San Fransisco, where we pulled up to the pier to jump out and grab a few extra things for our sea side picninc and we headed to the Belvadere for the night- the pictures of sprawling cliffside mansions are from here. In the morning we headed out the gate- the Golden Gate that is. On the way out we saw harbor seals and jillions of dolphins! We took in the open seas before heading in to Sausalito, too charming for words! At the end of the night we bunked the boat at in Benecia and took in three different cities worth of fireworks. Beautiful.
It was really fun to hang around with Matt's Dad and step-Mom. We haven't spent much time with them, and it is very revealing to see someone I thought I knew so well with his family. I knew that Matt would love to see the boat guts and hear about all the work done to keep up the boat, but it was fun to see him jump out onto the peir to tie knots, and hear stories from when he was a kid. It was a great trip, lovely company, incredible hospitality and a well needed break for both of us. I've posted an album of photos, even once I trimmed down to shots where the people look good, the scenery is fantastic and the composition isn't appalling (yes, a work in progress) there are a LOT of pictures, of things like the OUTSIDE of the Golden gate bridge and views of the city from various vantages.
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in other news-M
y Summer ceramics class is over. I was prolific! and made several things I am pretty pleased with. I tried some new things- hand building, and building hands. I also made several vases that may be more functional previous iterations, and I like the colors quite a lot. Again, if anything so much as strikes your fancy, let me know because, as is apparent from the photos, we now have ceramics on every surface in our home. And apparently Matt wanted space for some of his stuff too... Check it out
1 comment:
So much stuff! You got to go underneath the golden gate bridge. I'm jealous. Were there lots of bats under there? We have lots of bats under our bridges. :)
Nice pictures, too. I'll admit, when I called you up before and you told me you hanging around SF bay, I didn't quite put together that you had switched coasts on me. Looks like a great time, and nice firework photos!
-N
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