An Evening at the Ballpark

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Susie scored some free tickets to the Giants vs. Dodgers game so we went last night for some tasty baseball food and a little baseball too. It was a comfortable evening with lots of orange-colored people and a sprinkling of Dodger blue. Apparently there’s a pretty brutal rivalry between the two teams and there was a lot of boo-ing and heckling from the stands. We were hoping to watch a couple fights but only witnessed a guy getting escorted out by the cops. I had a Giants dog and some nachos loaded with jalepenos while Susie got a roast beef sandwich from the Carvery. They have some fancy stuff at this ballpark! I got to see this Barry Bonds guy that reportedly hits a lot of homeruns. Nothing spectacular happened last night but it was fun watching him hit the ball and then have the ball caught immediately by the pitcher in the 8th inning. I can see the appeal of going to a baseball game. It’s like a really big and expensive Happy Hour for San Franciscans…it’s too bad that the Giants are in last place. At least they broke their 11-game home losing streak against the Dodgers last night.

Here are some photos from the game. Thanks for taking us, Susie!!

another year older

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It’s Jesse’s 32nd Birthday today!!

We’re celebrating tonight at Fringale, one of Jes’ favorite restaurants in SF. On Saturday, we’re going out to dinner with friends to LuLu where he can get drunk and belligerent. What fun!

A month later…

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It’s been a little over a month since I moved up to San Francisco and it’s been exactly one month since we moved into our new condo. We now have furniture, most of the boxes are unpacked, a few frames are up on the walls, and we’ve have made ourselves at home in South Beach. I also finished three weeks at my new job and got my first paycheck on Friday. Woohoo!

The Labor Day weekend was spent relaxing at home, getting the car washed, and running some errands. For the past week or so, I’ve been taking Koa to an isolated strip of grass behind the ballpark and training him to respond to my call when he’s off-leash. This morning I tested him and he came to me 9 out of 10 times. Good Dog! So, we took him to Chrissy Field for his final test today. It was a beautiful sunny day and the field was HUGE! Once we arrived, we let him go and ZOOM! He took off running across the field, leaping, turning, and having a great time. When I called him, he came running. When Jes whistled, he came running. Yay!! What fun! Our little wanker is a little less of a wanker now.

Here is a collection of photos from our first month in SF. Enjoy!

Nice try, Team Bang.

dsc_8034.jpgLast night we went to Golden Gate Park to watch Bang play in a volleyball tourney. It was fun being spectators and enjoying a foggy evening at the park. I also got to give sports photogging a try and I realized that I need a faster lens. Regardless, Bang has a collection of photos of himself playing volleyball and flying in the air.  Dude, he’s got mad hops!  :)  And of course, I had to throw in a few photos of Koa at the park too.

Nice job, Team Bang. It’s just too bad that you lost.

free rides

As you all know, I take public transportation to work everyday. It takes me 45-60 mins door-to-door depending on the shuttle and transfers and costs me about $8.90/day.  Apparently we’ve reached an exceedance in emissions this week so they announced a Spare the Air Day yesterday. That means I get free rides on Muni (all day) and BART (until 1pm). Awesome. I’m saving about 6 bucks a day! It started yesterday and keeps going until emissions are down. However, I think we only get 4 free days per year. Oh well, I will take whatever I can get.

Bathtime!

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Koa’s been long overdue for a bath. I got off work early today so the first thing on my agenda was to try out the bathhouse down the street. It’s actually a pet supplies store that has a room on the side for you to wash your dog for 15 bucks. It seems pretty steep for having to wash your own dog but I actually think it’s worth it to not have to buy (and store) more doggie supplies and to not have to clean up the big wet mess afterwards.

imgp0516.jpgThey have all the professional supplies including the stainless steel bath counter, apron (for me) that goes down to the floor, convenient water spray, nice smelling shampoo, a really powerful blowdryer, and all the grooming supplies you need. Koa wasn’t very happy at first but once he realized that he couldn’t get out, he just took it with a sad look on his face. It certainly helped hooking him to the side so that I didn’t have to hold onto him with one hand like I used to. With the ability to use both hands, we were done in no time and he smells so much better now.

Here’s a photo of him just outside of the bathhouse…all clean and fluffy again.