Weekend Round-Up: Friends, Friends & More Friends

We’ve been so busy lately! Summer in the city can be a wild blur sometimes. I didn’t eat a single meal at home all weekend.

On Friday, Jill & Peter picked us at work and we drove over to the Giants game. This was the start of Peter’s big birthday weekend. Garlic fries, hot dogs, cheering, speed pitching and bundling up to stay warm. Our team lost but it was still a lot of fun. Back home around 11:30 and straight to sleep.

Up pretty early the next morning. Rob went off with Peter for some mountain biking. Nicole arrived at 10 with two cases of wine for the wedding. We made a trip to the post office to mail my final ebay items and then took the bus to Union Street for some shopping. Cute sweaters from Ambiance, a nice lunch at Pasta Pomodoro and an impromptu wedding band shopping trip.

I found a gorgeous little gold band with five tiny diamonds set in platinum that matches my ring and was only $290. My parents were married at a church just a block away from this estate jeweler and had a house a few blocks the other direction, so it is a little sentimental.

From there, we took the 45 bus downtown. A quick stop at Neiman Marcus, Forever 21 and Icebee for frozen yogurt. Back at home around 5:00, a bit of rest with a bottle of the wedding wine to test out. Margaret came over at 8:00. After dressing up and we walked over to grab pizza in the mission. We then spent a fun couple hours at Bruno’s before cabbing it back home around 11:00, snacks and then to sleep in our respective beds and sleeping pads.

Rob left early the next morning for paintball with Peter in Vacaville. Margaret left early to get to work in Burlingame. Nicole and I slept in and then walked over to Cafe du Soleil for breakfast at a sidewalk table. A little relaxing and picking up at home before I had Nicole drop me off in the Richmond. I met my friend Sarah (I warned you that there were a lot of friends in this recap!) for lunch at a dim sum restaurant. We got a table pretty fast considering it was mother’s day. Dumplings and pork buns galore!

Back at home at 3:00, I cleaned up some more while waiting for Rob to get back from paintball. When he got back, I drove down to Burlingame to see Margaret at her work. She had a great set of yellow silk dresses that are perfect for my bridesmaids. And only $40 each even thought they look much more expensive. I called a quick bmaid teleconference and bought a full set! Another thing checked off the list. They look great next to the lace dress.

Dinner at Steelhead Brewing Company in Burlingame and then back home to San Francisco. I made Rob a big salad for dinner and prepared for the week ahead.

Whew! I’m tired just writing about this weekend. How did I fit all that into just two days?