california: the picture edition

we did SO MUCH in the short time we were out there, it's going to be hard to write a satisfactory recap without it being reeeally long. i'll try to reign it in, though :-)

we were out there in the first place because my sister is at stanford, getting her masters & phd there in genetics. no big deal, she's just sort of a genius.

we drove out to the coast next, with a brief stop for me:

..and ended up by Half-Moon Bay, at Dune Beach (or... something like that).

the next day was spent in napa, going to several 95 billion a few wineries, and doing a lot of tasting. fyi for locals: i cannot recomment ceja vineyards highly enough. the wine is GREAT. and the people are fantastic.

dinner that night was at ubuntu, a vegitarian / vegan restaurant with its own yoga studio. and OH MY HOLY KALE was this place extraordinary. highly, highly recommend. YUM.

the next day (sober again!) we hit up sausalito & tiburon:

..and berkeley in the afternoon.

the next day was lovely because not only did i finally get to meet the famous miss leyba, but we had a mini highschool reunion of sorts - four of us from lawrenceville all there at the same time. (two of them live in northern california normally, sure... but still!)

it was a fantastic, lovely week, a much-needed break from work. as usual, full sets are up on flickr. hooray california! and tonight i leave for the Outer Banks. september = awesome. :-)