Home again, home again, jiggity jig.
Erci and I are home again getting re-united with the cats and unpacking.
Day by day details for those who care…
Saturday:
Flew to Tucson, got picked up by my Mom and Aunt Kay.
Lunch at El Charro (Yum!)
Helped Aunt Kay’s friend Linda move stuff, then head for Sierra Vista to check into our hotel.
Sunday:
Sunday we hung out at Aunt Kay’s house, visited family, worked on her Windows XP box.
Monday:
Uncle John’s funeral outside looking at the Huachuca Mountains.
Lunch at Mesquite Tree.
Day with family at Aunt Kay’s home, Mesquite Tree leftovers.
Tuesday:
Tucson for lunch at La Indita with cousin Kyle.
Fly to San Jose, pickup rental car.
Meet Erci’s Dad and wife for dinner and visit.
Wednesday:
Blowfish lunch sushi.
Santana Row
Frys
Ranch 99
Draegers
Merlion in Cupertino for Singaporean dinner.
Thursday:
Pinnacles NP (East side) with Erci and her dad.
Wine tasting at Calera Vineyard near Holister (picked up two bottles of Ryan Pinot Noir).
Dinner cooked by Erci and her dad and we met Vanessa and Mike. Wow, two more excellent Linne Colado wines (Rising Tides and Problem Child).
Friday:
Erci‘s Dad took us up to Berkeley for wine shopping at Kermit Lynch (wine importer) and lunch at Acme Bread’s Fanny Cafe. Then we visited Earthly Basics (finely crafted furniture store), Spanish Table (Spanish kitchen supplies, wine, ingredients), Good Vibrations (sex-positive adult store), Fisher’s Jewelry (technically just over the line into Albany) and By Hand (nice men’s clothing).
We then went to Cascal in Mountain View for lovely dinner of Tapas and Pima Spanish wine, then a walk along Castro Avenue where we got to meet “Rex” the Tegu on the sidewalk outside the pet store for which he is a mascot.
Saturday:
Meet Erci’s Uncle Dick and Aunt Judy in San Francisco to see the Museum of Asian Art’s exhibit on the Ming Dynasty. Hit the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park for flower photos and butterflies. Really fancy dinner at Coi.
Sunday:
Flights back to Virginia and home to feed the kitties and clean.
I’ll add some photos once I get them scanned in.
Monday:
| So when I got back to work, I found my co-workers had allowed Scampi the office ferret to party in my absence: |
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