alex & california.

So, the boyfriend came to visit for 10 days. After 4 months of electronic and pixelated communication, it was the BEST to hug him! And it was hilarious to see him stand next to my mum, who is almost 2 feet shorter. Teehee. Here's a recap of some of our adventures.

We frolicked to the Oakland Museum of California to check out the 25 Years of Pixar exhibit! Spent about 2 hours in the exhibit, ooo-ing and ahhh-ing over how AWESOME Pixar is. The outside gardens were pretty sweet, too.

Traveled to lovely, lively Berkeley to see Lemony Snicket's The Composer is Dead! Awesome puppets and stage design. And if you're under 30 you get half off tickets at the Rep! NICE.

Had tapas with Jim in Mountain View. Note to self: Tapas are ALWAYS expensive. & anything wrapped in bacon is delicious. Then went to the ultimate dive bar that was too divey to even have a sign. Thanks, Mervyn's. That $3.50 beer was delicious.

Then off to SF! [x] Pirate Supply Store [x] The Mission [x] REAL Mexican food [x] Bi-Rite Creamery [x] Amoeba [x] Met Austin, a new & lovely Rodrigue's kid [x] FUN.

Nadia's birthday party, complete with pinata, EPIC-beautiful-8-layer-rainbow cake & adorable dog. And a performance of Too Close by Next. YES.

Drove approx 60 miles south to Monterrey. Sunset was lovely. It smelled salty. We had a picnic but pulled the classic let's-buy-wine-oh-wait-we-can't-open-it-but-we-already-bought-it-...-fail.

With lots of episodes of Community in between. The end.