the color of money

with the cats away, the mice will play - or more appropriately, when the parents are away and brendan is house sitting, there will probably be a bbq that turns into a north beach bar hopping drinking fest. good lord - it's almost 11pm on sunday, and the haze that i have been walking around in since 9am this morning in finally lifting. . .

in celebration of my house sitting duties, and the major life change of going 'legit,' and leaving the freelance world behind, i decided a small bbq was in order. as with most of them, they went in waves - the first wave started around 12:30pm yesterday and involved the college football boys, who stayed until around 5 or so. it was at this point, the second wave appeared, which consisted of willo and a few friends (jee and amy), with a few more showing up over the next few hours (eva ewa and renee) - a few other friends stopped by, as well as my roommate, and as we watched the sun set behind the golden gate bridge and enjoyed our various drinks of choice, for a moment, all was right with the world. as the sun left us, so did the little warmth we had, and we headed to the kitchen area, where we continued to drink and get sillier, until we finally decided it was time to leave the confines of the house and head out to north beach - we hit a few different bars, and unded up at specs, which is a cool little place next to tosca - at this point it was mysef, jb, willo, ava ewa, amy, and renee. we ended up meeting this very interesting couple from chico, anastathia and dennis, she being in her mid 30's and dressed to kill, and he being in his mid 50's. we sat and talked about books and art and music, and i tried to sound halfway intelligent as i tried to paw my way through the vodka haze.

at this point, we all sort of broke up into little groups of two, myself and eva, willo and renee, and amy and jb (who was very, very drunk by now!!). 2am eventually rolled around, and left to our own devices, we all choose our paths - except jb who was too drunk to choose anything - he was laid to rest in the guest room in the basement of the lombard house. i must say it was a great day and night - eveyone just clicked and had a great time - luckily willo came armed with a camera, so there should be pictures posted soon, and since the events of the evening are hazy at best past 12:30am or so, i am exicted to see them!!

well, i must get to bed - big day tomorrow - first day at the new job - i'm thinking shorts, flip flops, and a wife beater - they won't know what 'em.