A beautiful day in Napa

We celebrated Presidents' Day with a little trip up to Napa.

It was (finally) a lovely day.

And we got some wine!

Benjy's hair did

Benjy decided to let Tak cut his mohawk.

We all supervised.

Ta da!

Berkeley moon

Andrew shirts

To celebrate Andrew's 32nd b-day we made shirts!

They look the same!

We were all trying to do our best serious/Andrew face, with mixed results.

valentine

Tak took me to Chez Panisse for Valentine's Day (but we took this photo at home)!

My valentine

The cafe had a special v-day menu, plus live music. Everything was deeeelicious. I had beet soup and sausage. Tak had a little pizza (I forgot what it's called) and lasagna.

And we got this precious Valentine's day dessert!

Bonus:

Weekend cooking extravaganza! Tak made fancy breakfast and fresh-baked bread (below), and we took our olives out of the brine and seasoned them!

office tour

Here's where I'm workin' now ...

The Faculty-Alumni House

courtyard

Andrew in the foyer

living room

my office door

my office!

the view down the street

the medical center up the street (plus shuttle)

UCSF's mascot (or something?)

SF

Muni, my new BFF

work surprise

Look what I found on my first day at the new job! Thanks, Mom!

Another skiing adventure

We headed up to Truckee again this weekend for round two of my re-introduction to skiing.

Tak showed off his moves on the big hill (he's the one in the center, third from the left), while I watched from below.

coming in for a landing

In the afternoon, we met up with Tak's mom and aunt for more skiing fun.

The girls on the slope

ski bums

Tak gave me his old skis and I got these new, fab boots! I love them.

We were welcomed back to the bay by this lovely sunset. If I had managed to get my camera out a few seconds earlier, you would have seen the GGB in all its sun-setting glory. Oh well.