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After a long absence from the Tribulations scrolls, Elena #1 makes a very short, heartfelt return to our lineup.

This is short letter. Just to say you hello and to send kiss to you. I am fine. Also I have hope that I can soon get all necessary to trip to you.

Ah, it makes the warm sunshine even brighter 🙂

Saturday night, Jeff and I joined friends John and David and their other guests for a fun evening of fireworks on their sailboat. Every year, John and David sail across the Bay from their regular berth in Richmond to a popular marina near the Giant’s ballpark. A local radio station (KFOG) throws this free event called the KFOG KABOOM! … before the real summertime fog sets in.

The air got cold last night, but we had a fun time chatting, laughing, and watching some spectacular fireworks set to a rock soundtrack.

On Sunday, the sun continued to bear down and push the temperature to near 80 in our backyard. So, we took off for a drive in the Marin Headlands. I’ll leave the Marin pictures to Jeff on his blog, and I’ll post a couple of pictures from our garden, and a fun tunnel picture from our drive.

Our “Natural Acts” photo show this weekend at Ft. Mason was a success. I think my work really came together nicely, and my friends who were able to stop by had a fun time. I even sold a couple of pieces, which is just icing on the cake.

Here are a few images from the show, including one of my friend Susan showing her latest series. Our opening reception Friday night was well attended. I think its partially the artists…and partially the free wine 🙂 Jeff and I capped off OUR Friday night with a really yummy dinner with our friend Chris.

Saturday was a truly amazing day. Ft. Mason sits right on the waterfront and includes three historic piers that are now used for events. The Bay was FULL of sailboats taking advantage of the big breezes and bright sun.

Well, there is probably no better way to top off a beautiful sunny Friday in San Francisco than to revel in the fact that I am NOT on the front page of the newspaper for aledgedly providing inferior concrete to the Golden Gate Bridge. I’m sorry, but there is no good way to spin this sort of headline, nor any worse mom-and-apple-pie symbol to jeopardize. Good luck with this one.

Speaking of defacing public property… So, I’m walking innocently to grab a sandwich, and this freakish live-size cutout of Ryan Seacrest catches the edge of my vision and scares the crap out of me. It is truly freakish.

Ooooo, I wonder if mentioning Ryan Seacrest three times in my blog will create Google hits on my site, and all those Idol fanatics will descend on my and spam my blog! Well, I’ve been looking for a replacement for all those Elena stories 🙂

[Interesting note: Blogger spellcheck thinks ‘Seacrest’ should be ‘scarcity’. Wishful thinking? And no, I have nothing against Mr. Seacrest, who now has FIVE mentions on my blog, and should be cutting me a check now.]

I don’t consider myself a voyeur, but the benefit of having a camera on my phone is that I can snap discrete photos of things (or people) that annoy the heck out me.

Case in point. IF I have to ride up 30 floors in an elevator with a guy wearing horrid loafers with those tassels AND I’m already cranky, THEN I’m going to take the opportunity to share this travesty with the world!

Just say no.