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Last Thursday, we flew down to spend some time with friends in the Bay area. Our first stop was with Laura's best buddy Patty in Berkeley. We had an incredible time riding bikes, having a picnic lunch with locally made Humboldt Fog goat cheese and visiting the Takara Sake Museum.

Worth every penny of its 20-something dollar/pound cost!

West coast sunset.


The next two nights we crashed with Nick & Emily in Oakland. We went to Buddhist brunch (a temple sets up an amazing outdoor thai brunch where you have to pay in tokens), rented paddle boats on Lake Merritt, checked out the local farmer's market scene, hung out in san fransisco for a night, and had a picnic sunset dinner.

Nick & Keith with the nicest weather in the background.


Buddhist Brunch!


With all three of our awesome hosts we also got a tour of the delicious local cuisine & drink. Our stops included: Herbivore, The Cheeseboard Collective, Bi-Rite Creamery, Cafe Colucci (delicious ethiopian), & the Trappist (Belgian and Specialty Beer Bar).

Patty & Keith enjoying a Belgian beer at Trappist.


Cheeseboard Collective's pizza of the day.. mmmmm.

We <3 our California buddies!

Check out some more of our vacation pictures at flickr.

36 hour vacation to portland!

Early Saturday morning we took off for Portland equipped with bagels and coffee. Just after noon we arrived at one of Keith's oldest friend's house, Tim. It had been 3 years since Keith & I had been out to visit, and the first time seeing Portland for Brian & Jess.

Here are some pictures of Tim's yard. He lives in the Northeast quadrant of the city in a nice house with an awesome yard. There is a separate garden house (being used as a music room), a chicken coop (with actual chickens), plenty of room for a garden, and enough space for his huge dog Moses.













In our 36 hours we managed to: have a yummy lunch at Mississippi Pizza, check out the Laurelwood & Amnesia breweries, walk around downtown, play "classic" or 80s video games at Ground Kontrol, hit up a dance party, have a drink at McMenamin's Kennedy School, go for a hike at Forest Park, and visit two cafes. Kennedy School is an old school that was converted/preserved and turned into a facility with bars, a soaking pool, restaurant,etc.

fat tiger gallery, april 3rd.

Laura, Jess & Brian played an improv. set (under the name Western Cup) at Fat Tiger Gallery, for their first Thursday open gallery night.




looks like a mac ad.


Jess was also the guest artist at the Fat Tiger Gallery.

"Looking towards the future, I see an eerie ambiguity as to what will become of the the natural state of our planet. This has caused me to take in natural forms and patterns with a complexion more curious than ever before. Through my works, I want to pass along my fascination and confront the waning stewardship for our environment." - Jess









Take a look at some of her work below. More examples of her work can be found at: www.heymustachio.org