Meg in Seattle

I (eric) just got back from a long weekend in Seattle visiting my friend Meg. In four days I managed to take about as many pictures (I need to work on that). We spent our time hanging out at her place, amazing each other with our wit and charm (our long standing favorite activity), and watching way too much Olympic coverage. (Dear Michael Phelps, enough already. Love, eric & meg). Meg lives out on the peninsula so our trip over to the city involved a 40 minute ferry ride. She does it every day and didn't find it quite as impressive as I did. Go figure. Here are some photos of us contemplating life and its mysteries while heading west across the sound. Her place is great--right across the road from the sound--and she even has her very own pair of bald eagles living in the tree above her house. I would have been more impressed with the eagles if they didn't have such a wimpy-sounding cry. I want something glorious, you know, patriotic. And so our other main activity was trying to teach the eagles something a little more appropriate. As they flew over head we called out, "liberteeeee," "michaelphelps," and "neoliberalism." You know, really American stuff. This activity left Meg feeling very proud of her effort on behalf of all Americans. This is what such pride looks like:

A final moment of fun came when I spotted Meg's judo gui in her closet. Here I am teaching the eagles about American diplomacy. 

moms!

I don't want to spend too much time dwelling on it, but I would like to acknowledge that we are the worst bloggers in the world. There. I said it.

Our moms came to town! Val (eric's mom) was here for 5 days, and Gloria (anne's mom) was here for 10 days. In all that time we managed to make our way around the Bay Area, and see a little bit of everything.

Happy in the sunshine at Thai Breakfast.

Anne and Gloria admiring our feast at Thai Breakfast in Berkeley. We got a wonderful sunny day and sat on the grass to enjoy great food and people watching.

Anne and I up a tree on the beach in Carmel. We hope that it is obvious that this particular pose/setting was mom-initiated.

Anne and Gloria braving the Carmel summer. Though there were plenty of people running around in shorts and playing in the surf, Anne felt sure that she would die of cold at any minute.

Val and Eric taking in a fountain after a wine tasting in Napa. We tasted. We chatted. We paid too much. It was the Napa experience.

The ladies at the Giants' game. The Giants lost. Nothing new.

Gloria striking a pose on the pier with the Bay Bridge in the background.

All in all, it was a great visit. Conclusion: We don't get to see our moms often enough.