mostly, we ate...
kat's parents, siblings and associated husband/kids all came and stayed with us. we found a place for everybody to sleep and managed to squeze all people into two vehicles every where we went.


did a few short hikes, mount bonnell, and hamilton pool (below)




...mostly, we ate.


my blood orange margarita at paggi house deserved its own cameo appearance.

kat profiled this lily, tiger lily? asiatic lily?

the place was so packed that the guys had to stand.

enjoyed a great show by susannah blanton and learned about how to disappear completely

that divine salad at opal divine's is BIG. he appears to be satisfied with the value.

they have good bloody marys as well.

kids had their own table. the baby slept through the entire meal.

kat has created something special, kat's crunchy balls! they go well with sake drank from our japanese pine box cups. inspired a bit of haiku that I share with you here:
sake in the box
taste very good with fried balls
I like it a lot
portraits of the family while they were all in one place,



I was so happy to see these two cousins are so similar and got along like old friends. two peas in a pod.