March 12, 2013

• This weekend, we went to the Bay Area for Sophia and Eddie’s baby shower. We drove down to Alice and Rob’s place Saturday, after lunch at Mylapore (South Indian cuisine – similar to the kind of food I had in Bangalore.) James and Rob took the kids to the park and did some geo caching, while Alice and I hit Costco for food.

    

   

  For dinner, we met up with Sophie and Eddie who treated us all to Little Sheep Mongolian hot pot. A lot more variety than the restaurants near me, but there was a problem with “disappearing meat.” For dessert, we went to a Dessert Republic for Hong Kong style desserts. Bay Area is pretty awesome.

    

   

  The next day, Alice took me to her gym for a yoga class. It was slow (no sweating), but had some really good stretches targeted towards people who use computers. I also realized (after about 2 years of doing yoga) that I wasn’t using my hands correctly in my downward dogs. I was using my wrists to support myself, when by using the front of my palm, I would get a much better stretch. This totally changes my practice! As a bonus, right after class, there were complimentary chair massages. Ahhh.  All while the kids played at home.

   

  There were ~50 guests for the baby shower. Fortunately it was great weather and Alice has a good sized backyard (for California.) I was in charge of food: pulled pork sandwiches, slaw salad, pigs-in-a-blanket, pita chips and hummus, marinara pasta, fruit platter, butter cookies, cheese puffs, and lemonade. Alice provided the backyard, décor, and games. Elaine bought the super yummy awesome cake.

   

   

   

    

  I’m bummed I didn’t get a photo of just Sophia and Eddie (photographer fail  … hopefully someone else took a few and can send them to me/her?), but I did get some good shots of her with her best friends!

    

  Congratulations Sophia and Eddie! I can’t wait to hold a newborn in my arms again … with Calie almost 5-years-old, I totally miss babies. Huzzah for a new nephew!

  Now back home, back to work. Big frown for the 7am meeting the Monday after changing to Daylight Savings Time. Boo-hiss-z-z-z-z

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