Every 15 minutes on the way from Oakland to San Jose International, that is what I heard. We had a great weekend. The basic rundown...
Friday, arrived at 8:30 and got to O-T at 10ish. Stopped downtown for crepes (mmmm). Greg was fighting a cold so we dropped him and took BART into the city (free parking and transit all day, whee!). Met Marnie for lunch at yerba Buena Gardens but turns out none of us were hungry so we rode the carousel and Amelie rode the monster slides. Swarms of kids on summer field trips. Stopped briefly at M's office where A met Kevin, her cool boss, and she partook of suite-mates' extra BBQ corn on the cob. We hopped on the Market St sardine can - I mean street car - that took us to the tourist trap - I mean Pier 39. We saw the 10 fat and sleeping sea lions that didn't go south to mate, and saw the WORST magician/comedian/juggler ever (sorry, guy, that was bad)("that's where you laugh, folks"- seriously). Bribed A with ice cream to get away from that, but had a pretzel instead then headed back and met up with Marnie to go back to her place. Briefly contemplated the street car to Powell but the experience would have been lost on Amelie, would have cost money, and would have meant a long long line. We all met up and went to dinner at an italian place called Spettro back in Oakland.
Aunt Marnie and Uncle James got to see what it's like to have a toddler in the house - "The sun's up, it's morning time!". Saturday was Marnie's friend's baby's first birthday. Greg was off to the race. I knew a few people. For Oakland it was way hot, almost 100. Anyway, lots of nice people and kids for Amelie to play with, and she loves to chase around Aunt Marnie and Uncle James' dog, Crickets. We all watched Syriana later on. Good movie but a little boy dies early on and I have absolutely no tolerance for that since becoming a mom. Beware. Otherwise it was thoroughly depressing but I highly recommend it.
Sunday (see how very helpful I am being planning this wedding?), we went to Baker Beach on the ocean side of the "Golden Bridge" as Amelie likes to call it. It was like a real beach day (thanks, climate change!). We grilled veggie burgers and I finally got to meet James' lovely sister Molly who has one of Amelie's favorite names and who was really very nice. Thai for dinner in Berkeley. Yum. Then, gelato. Double yum. After that we ACTUALLY did talk about the wedding.
Monday we TRIED to do some real wedding shopping in the Marina district but most shops were closed or appt only. Well, next time! We met Greg for lunch & tried to find a birthday present for Linda in Berkeley, again. Then it was time to come home. I think Amelie is still mad about that. Photos coming soon.
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