Its just nice to have you back again

SO despite my lack of funds (I NEED A JOB if you know of anything. But then again, who doesn't need one these days) I made it to San Francisco for Treasure Island Festival. Its always fun to hang out with peeps. Good times were had by all. AND they had a Ferris Wheel!

This is Belinda. She is another hostess with the mostest. Top this - she saw that there was a parking spot in front of her building so parked there until I arrived so that I wouldn't have to look for a place in the always hectic Mission! SO RAD!



Got to hang out with these monkeys too! I have known them both since birth and am astounded by how tall and grown up they are getting. This is a pretty typical shot of them.



There is an ongoing joke that this little one is actually my child since we look a bit alike. Her parents both have dark hair and brown eyes!



Julie took us on a dusky go cart ride. It was fun even though L made me sit in the back.



She is getting super good at making dramatic faces for photos



The Ferris Wheel was magical



I think this guy's name was Aaron. He hitched a ride in our car on the ferris wheel.

I asked him what happened to his finger and he said he cut it on some razor wire trying to scale a fence to board an unmarked Naval Ship in Hunter's Point. He is either totally full of shit, or my hero. I couldn't decide.

He also told me he was a bit accident prone in general (der!). I told him he probably shouldn't be going on such dangerous missions if this were the case, but he disagreed.

Joanie! She rules and is mother to aforementioned monkeys.



You may want to cool it on the free beer, killer.


Justin had the hiccups on the way home and was slurry and hilarious. He asked if a song that came on the radio was Rick Astley. It was Rick James.

Brian. He is a tall-ey



See what I mean about the free beer? Its ok really because Matt is only 24 so he is still within socially acceptable binge drinking age range.



Marc!



So this was the "light show" during MGMT's set. Looks semi-pro right?



It turns out it was two girls with gels, stencils and an overhead projector! Hilarious!



It seemed like a whole lot of work for unfortunately not very cool effects. Belinda speculated on how much one gets paid for such a service. Hard to tell.

The Flaming Lips closed the festival. And I have to say that despite all of the regular elements of their set (confetti, bright lights and people in animal costumes) it was pretty tame and kind of boring. But I will say that Flaming Lips boring is still akin to the most exciting set ever for some bands. So there you go.



The next day I drove down the coast and stopped in Big Sur for lunch with Lucas and Lexi! It ended up being an all afternoon thing but it was super fun to catch up with them.


Lucas grows a good beard.

If you ever find yourself in that area, you would be hard pressed to find a better way to spend your afternoon than at the restaurant Nepenthe. Even if its terribly foggy.



Highway 1 is an excellent adventure even though it kind of gets to be a bummer that you travel a mere 30 miles in an hour due to the twisty narrow roads. My goal is to take more time to explore all of the little beach towns along the way!