Nightlife @ The Academy of Sciences

July 30, 2009

On Thursday night, Will and I met up with a bunch of folks at the Cal Academy of Sciences for their "Nightlife" event. Nightlife is held every week on Thursdays from 6 - 10 PM, where you can dance out to the DJs and enjoy a cocktail as you check out some of the exhibits.

WeDeBe:




More WeDeBe:

Giants vs. Pirates

July 29, 2009

On Wednesday afternoon, I got a nice reprieve from the craziness at work at an offsite for my department. For our offsite (a.k.a. "team bonding"), we went to the afternoon game of the San Francisco Giants vs. Pittsburgh Pirates at AT&T Park.

It turned out to be a pretty gorgeous day at the ballpark:












The Giants persevered with a win (1-0) over the Pirates in the 10th inning. Go Giants!

Crafty Nite

July 29, 2009

On Tuesday night, I went for a run in GG Park and then headed over to Sue Hee's for Crafty Nite with the ladies. I had intended to work on some handmade cards, but ended up spending most of the time visiting and trying to troubleshoot my new work iPhone (whee!).

Katharine made a pretty amazing ahi tuna tartare:







Look at Sandy...she's a knitter!:
Wendy's handmade barrettes:

Thanks for hosting another super fun Crafty Nite!

RunSFM 2009

July 26, 2009

The weekend of the San Francisco Half Marathon was upon us, so on Saturday night, Will and I held a pre-race potluck for a bunch of the ladies who were planning on running.

The ladies hydrated and fueled at the table while the boys (non-runners) enjoyed their cocktails and enjoyed being men...
Wee early on Sunday morning, some of us carpooled down to the start line:
The race was okay, I finished in 2:06:59 (2617/7988 overall, 994/4507 women, 386/1579 age group, pace 9:42 min/mile) which was 32 seconds faster than last year. Even though this was a PR for this race, I felt pretty awful in the last 5-6 miles or so (bad blisters under my arches that had never appeared during my long training runs) and my body just felt tired (I guess weeks of less than 6 hours of sleep a night finally took its toll...).Regardless, I was glad to have finished my fourth half-marathon in the last 12 months, and am looking forward to my fall races.

A bunch of us ended up at Sue Hee's for a post-race breakfast, which was a phenomenal way to finish the morning.
Huge thanks to my running friends who are a big network of support, to Robert and Sue Hee for hosting the post-race brekkie, and big ups to Will, who woke up at 5 am to drive us down to the start line...