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Rock on, Joel!

Last night we went to The Independent to see our old friend Joel, “The Rockstar”, play in his band.  Everest was one of the few bands featured that night and it was fun to watch him rock out.  I also got to experiment with my D300’s ISO 2000.  I think they came out quite well without the amount graininess that I expected. It was so awesome to be able to take these photos without flash.

Anyway, it was great to be able to watch them in a more intimate venue.  He’s going to be playing at the Outside Lands Festival this weekend in GG Park and it’s too bad that I’ll be missing it.  We should be on a plane just about the same time they’ll be on stage playing for thousands of people on the lawn.

By the way, I think my poor old ears aren’t very tolerant of loud music anymore.

How sad.

It almost broke.

Rob and Kelly had a photobooth at their wedding and the boys had a little too much fun.  They crammed about 7 of them inside and the booth couldn’t really handle all the shoving and rocking.  You can see their reaction to the booth almost collapsing in the fourth photo.  I love the looks on Jes’ and Victor’s faces.  The poor dude that built the booth had to repair it for the next 30 minutes.

Here are photos from the weekend (and wedding).

Table for 15 1/2

This morning we met up with everyone for a little Dim Sum before heading out for our return flight to SF.  Brother and Joy joined us and we ended up squishing 15 people plus a small child at a table that is really meant for 10.  We even tucked Elise away in the back corner as she slept in her carrier.

It was such a great way to end the weekend and I was impressed with the turn out of this morning’s brunch date.  It was like one gigantic family gathering with three sets of siblings, 2 children, and a bunch of old friends of at least 19 years.

By noon, we headed out to the airport.  Thanks for the ride, Brother!!  Once we arrived at the gate, I got a random call from Vyl.

Vyl: Hey, are you at LAX?

Me: Yeah, how’d you know that?!

Vyl: Uh, so am I – at Gate 7.

Me: Hey! So are we!

I guess she was sitting around waiting for our flight and noticed two people that looked like us from afar.  So, we had the pleasure of flying back to SF with Vyl who happened to be down in LA for a wedding as well.  It’s funny that we’d seen each other just the week before and didn’t realize that we’d both be in the same place.  Go figure.  To make matters a little more interesting, she glanced at our boarding passes and saw that our places in line were B18 and B19.  Hers was B17.  Pretty trippy.

We got home by 3:30, which gave us a good Sunday afternoon to rest.  We had pre-paid the Dog Walker to come 4 times so I treated myself to an evening of staying in and letting Koa go out with Adrienne as I lounged on the couch.  I felt so spoiled and it was awesome.

Robert & Kelly’s Wedding

Robert and Kelly got married yesterday in Newport Beach and it was a beautiful and emotional outdoor ceremony followed by an indoor reception complete with an open bar and dancing. Everything was covered in pink and white with touches of brown everywhere.  Gorgeous.  Unfortunately, I wasn’t sitting in the best seat for taking photos during the ceremony so I actually didn’t take as many as I would have liked.  However, once I decided to put the camera down for the night, I was able to enjoy the event as a guest and not as a roving photog, which was a nice change.

The reception had lots of bells and whistles including a photobooth (that the boys almost broke when they crammed everyone in at once), chocolate covered strawberries, and a wedding cake with two tiny Star Wars figurines on top.  Victor’s Best Man speech went well and resulted in Robert showing off his Rubik’s Cube skills in front of all the guests.

It was so nice to not only be outside in the warm Southern California evening but to also be surrounded by old friends as well.  I also got to meet little Elise, Ti and Thilan’s 2-month-old baby girl.  Unfortunately, she cried everytime I held her.  Boo…  The evening was a hoot and we even finished it off with a trip to Denny’s.

Back in C-Town!

We’re in C-Town for the weekend!  Jes and I flew in last night and Huy was kind enough to pick us up from LAX at midnight (flight was delayed an hour). THANKS DUDE!! Afterward, we went straight to Cerritos where we met up with the Fernandos at a sports bar next to Carl’s Jr. It was a weird little dive bar playing heavy metal and packed with people who didn’t look like they were from Cerritos (if you know what I mean). Anyway, we had a good hour and a half of beer and hot wings before heading back to The Magical House. Unfortunately, the parents are out of town for the weekend. Too bad. But I still got to make a quick trip to Target and deposit some checks that I’ve been carrying around with me for weeks. There some things about suburbia that you can’t beat.

By the way, it’s a crazy 87 degrees with some humidity down here so I’m in shorts, a t-shirt, and flip-flops for the first time in months. So, THIS is what summer is like. I sorta forgot.

Sunday Fobby Supper

As a twist to our usual Sunday Whitey Suppers, Vyl hosted a Sunday Fobby Supper tonight. It was some real Chinese home cookin’ complete with wintermelon, pig’s ear, fermented veggies, and tofu. It was all pretty tasty and Jack especially enjoyed the tofu.

Bang also got to show off his new entertainment set-up including a huge HDTV, PS3 Blu-Ray Player, and Apple TV.  Dinner also wouldn’t be complete without a fobby dessert, which was sesame balls in a sweet ginger broth.  Yum.

So, I guess next week will be my turn ‘cuz they’re requesting Thai food. Here are photos from this evening.