soooo many adventures going on!
steve left town somewhat on a whim mid-week when we found out that our friend adam was taking off for a cross-country trip that would end in michigan. steve has meetings there in another week or so anyhow, so i suggested that he go along and explore the great u.s. of a.
so now he's in bozeman montana, on his third night on the road. he sounds happy as a clam and i'm jealous of the fun they're having.
on the other hand, i had a wonderful weekend here in northern california.
on friday night, meredith (adam's girlfriend) and i went to the de young museum and saw some really great exhibits, including a great photography exhibit of hiroshi sugimoto's work and some of nan kemper's amazing couture collection. then we went out for a great dinner and heart-to-heart.
yesterday i went to the farmers market, which had all of my favorite things: the 'green gulch farms' people had plenty of yummy lettuces, teeny-tiny sweet strawberries are in season, there are sweet peas, and the cherry tomatoes are like little bitty orbs of sunshine. i also bought myself some dahlias, which remind me of our dear fort awesome.
i made myself pea and shrimp risotto last night and opened a fancy bottle of wine. yes, i know steve usually cooks since i don't know how, so let's just keep this between you and me, okay? we don't want to rock the boat!
last night i hosted an impromptu get-together last night for an old co-worker (who i hadn't seen in 8 years!) and a few mutual friends. after much wine and conversation i was surprised to see that it was nearly 2 am.
today i left the city, which has been pretty foggy the last couple of days. my friend elizabeth and i hopped in the car for the shorty one-hour drive up to sonoma, which is now my favorite thing to do on a foggy weekend. we didn't even go winery-hopping, but just kinda mosey-ed around the town square, which is super cute and surrounded by shops and restaurants as well as some sort of historical site. it was a sunny 85ish degree day and soooo relaxing. we had a great lunch at the girl and the fig and then stopped mid-afternoon for a bit of a break (i had a really good glass of rose, which gets a bad name for no reason). we stopped at one winery before heading back, and then had a light sushi dinner at sushi ran, in sausalito, which i'd been wanting to go to for a long time. it was excellent, and i therefore want to re-do everything i did today but with steve with me. it wasn't bozeman, but it was still a great day.