A couple months ago we received an invitation from MJ’s family for a Bat Mitzvah boat party for one of his cousins in Miami. MJ hadn’t seen these relatives in several years and it seemed like a nice opportunity to visit. We took today off from work, booked our flights and then were pleasantly surprised […]
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Optimism, Atheism, Alberta and Zelda
March 27th, 2011 by pleia2
My boss, CJ Fearnley is a member of The Long Now Foundation which sadly for him in Philadelphia but fortunately for me here, hosts all their seminars in San Francisco. The latest seminar was Matt Ridley’s “Deep Optimism” and it was hosted just a block away from where I live at the Novellus Theater at […]
Visiting The Marine Mammal Center
March 20th, 2011 by pleia2
Yesterday, my cousin helped save a baby elephant seal. He was out for a run and saw it on the beach near Crissy Field in San Francisco and with the help of a couple others they contacted the authorities and within a couple hours volunteers from The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito were there to […]
Thanksgiving in New England
December 7th, 2010 by pleia2
On the evening of Tuesday November 23rd I took a redeye flight out of San Francisco to a connection in Newark, New Jersey and then up to Manchester, New Hampshire. I didn’t encounter any security issues (just had the typical metal detector in the lane I was in) and the slight delay out of SFO […]
In which San Francisco parties for 4 days
November 6th, 2010 by pleia2
It sure was quite a week to live in San Francisco, plus we had lots of visitors! MJ’s father and father’s partner, Susana, were in town over the weekend, so on Friday night we joined them for dinner at Chaya on the Embarcadero. Saturday we met at Ferry Building for lunch and browsing of the […]
Cousins, Ubuntu Hour, Birthday!
September 29th, 2010 by pleia2
On Monday night I headed down to Yoshi’s San Francisco to have dinner with my local cousin Brendan and visiting cousin Audrey. They are both cousins from my father’s side, and while I have seen Brendan since moving here, it had been 5 years since I’d seen Audrey. It was a lovely sushi dinner with […]
Philly Zoo and more move preparations
January 23rd, 2010 by pleia2
Last weekend my mother was visiting. We ended up spending much of the visit just relaxing, went out to dinner a couple of times, I introduced her to Firefly and she ended up borrowing Tru Calling after she started watching it while I was working on Monday. We did end up heading down to the […]
Christmas 1984
December 24th, 2009 by pleia2
This is my second Christmas living by myself. I’m fortunate enough to have friends who have invited me to Christmas festivities both last year and this one so I didn’t need to spend the holiday alone. In spite of not being a Christian, the secular angle of this holiday was important when I was younger. […]
My father
December 7th, 2009 by pleia2
My father passed away 5 years ago today. I miss you Daddy, you’re still an inspiration.
Sisters, pink Wiimotes
May 28th, 2009 by pleia2
My sister’s flight left yesterday morning, luckily no delays this time! The night before we were at the North Coventry mall when Nita gave us a call to see if we wanted to hang out with her and her sister. Yes! So they came over and we all went out to dinner, where this photo […]