Does he get the girl?

The last one I promise. The love sick evil scientist just melts my heart.

Dr. Horrible - Laundry Day

The awkward Dr. Horrible singing on Laundry Day.

The Sing-Along

While embroidering today (pictures to come) I watched the web exclusive superhero spoof Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog produced by Joss Whedon on Hulu. Neal Patrick Harris is perfect for the role of Dr. Horrible and Nathan Fillion (of Firefly who popped up in Lost and Desperate Housewives this past year) is great as the self absorbed hero.

Here's a clip of Dr. Horrible singing the song "Brand New Day".


I'm not a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan but I love Joss Whedon. After my month of young adult vampire stories I started watching Angel which turned out to be adult enough and perfect to watch (or listen to) while crafting. Hands down Firefly and Serenity are my favorite Joss Whedon creations.

Breaking Dawn...

fini - not sure what else to say - enjoy

Stern Grove

Rosalie Stern was a visionary who has recently made my life a more colorful enjoyable place to be. In 1931 she bought a piece of land now called Stern Grove in honor of her late husband to be preserved as a park where the public could enjoy high quality admission free music. 71 years later the people of San Francisco are still enjoying her vision.


We kicked back and even grooved a little to Sambada and Voices of Latin Rock.


Gray's advice....
1. Music starts at 2pm. You must get there at least by noon or you're in the trees on the hill with the pot smokers.

2. Bring warm blankets and coats (because it's San Francisco).

3. Bring yummy picnic food. We envied the ladies who were eating their three-layered chocolate cake in the trees on the hill.

4. It may be the only place in North America where there is only 1 men's bathroom stall and 10 women's stalls. So plan ahead.

It's a must if you're in San Francisco on a Sunday in the summer. A great place to people watch and feel like a local.

AHHHHHHHH!

Ummmmm Bryn…… it’s only the test seat.

My new rule. Hit the fast and scary rides first. One hour into our day and Gray's anticipation of scary rides put him in complete panic mode. Here he is on Six Flags version of the teacup ride.

One of our last rides was the White Water Safari and he was drenched and smiling. Ready for more. Unfortunately, the day was almost over.

Bryn says that next time she's going to ride all the scary rides.

Turning 10.

The FEARLESS 3.


Fumi, Maki and Hunter were sited all over Six Flags for over 8 hours riding Kong, Boomerang, Roar, Monsoon Falls,Vertical Velocity, White Water Safari and their favorite...


MEDUSA!

Big City

We've been coming to San Francisco for so many years that there are some years when we don't even make it to downtown SF. I love cozying up in my grandmother's childhood house or crossing the bridge and visiting the Berkeley cousins. We enjoy exploring the local neighborhoods where I feel the people are nicer and the food even better.


To our great surprise we've enjoyed being tourists again in the big city with cousins and friends.


Within 48hours we had covered Chinatown, Ferry Building, Embarcadaro, Lombard Street, Ghirardelli Square, Fisherman's Wharf, Golden Gate Park, Ferry Rides, Muni, Walking, Walking and more Walking.


Sean and cousins have returned home to Oregon. Missing them today.

p.s. SF is famous for being cold in the summer but it's coooooold this week. Stocking cap and scarf cold. We're heading north to the river mid-week for some sun therapy. Seriously, how to people cope with the cold summers here?

Twilight

OMG! I feel like I'm 16 again. The popular young adult series Twilight by Stephanie Meyer has me all twitterpated. An action packed forbidden love story between two teenagers and one happens to be a vampire. A true love story that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Perfect summer read. Three Cups of Tea, The Diplomats Wife and Sin in the Second City are so patiently waiting for me but I'm devouring the Twilight series getting ready for book 4 that comes out in early August.

And if I wasn't already excited enough Twilight is hitting the big screen this December. They just wrapped up filming in Portland and here's the newly released trailer.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick
This book is about Hugo Cabret. The main characters are Hugo and Isabelle. Hugo and Isabelle are very curious. Hugo lost his secret book and Isabelle wants to look in it. My favorite part of the book is when the robot draws a picture of the moon.

book review by Hunter

Happy Birthday Sean

The other day I promised Sean that I wasn't going to write anything embarrassing or incriminating on his birthday.


So today I get to say what a wonderful amazing dad Sean is. Since, the day Bryn was born he has been proud to share this special day with her. He enjoys the Fairy and Hello Kitty birthday parties just as much as she does.


I hope you have a wonderful day my love.

Happy Birthday Bryn

During Bryn's 6th year she was a....

...Tap Dancer...Vampire Witch...Gardner...Hula Dancer...Bike Rider...Piano Performer...Reader...Laser Tag Master...Friend...Song Writer...Flower Salesperson...Camper...Artist...and an Animal Guardian.