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events since i last wrote? let's begin with august 11th...

i took evan out to dinner at First Crush, a contemporary French restaurant with an excellent war bar that we were unable to legally sample. i had the duck, he had the chicken, and we sipped Voss sparkling water. the duck was pretty good, juicy and sweet.



and evan and i both agreed that the water glasses were pretty neat because of the water drop at the bottom.



we also discovered that Voss is very good sparkling water. i myself am not a big fan of mineral water, but Voss has this very light carbonation that only kicks in when you sip it, and doesn't make you feel gassy. anyhow, it was a lovely, simple night out, and i got to strut around in my favorite pair of heels. ;D the restaurant location is kind of annoying to drive to though, because aside from the fact that it's downtown, cyril magnin street is just ridiculously hidden. at least we found it and had a lovely little time.



that saturday, the boys and i drove out to jack london square across the bay to see pete escovedo and his latin jazz band perform at Yoshi's. i was there celebrating yvonne's 19th birthday with her and her friends, and we all had a lovely night of drinks and jazz. the ginger ale from their bar was really good, and her friend got away with a glass of wine without having her I.D. checked. ;D pete escovedo's band was amazing. two of his sons are also famous percussionists, and the three of them featured various drum solos. the music was fabulous, and the only missing thing was a spacious dancefloor for some salsa-ing. ;D i met up with yvonne again the following thursday to go clubbing with her and her friends at The Crib for the Christina Aguilera CD Release party! i took whitney out to her first club for a birthday addition, and omg, despite the ridiculous theme, it was a blast! yvonne and her friends are awesome to go dancing with



it was a fabulous night of crazy dancing and music videos. i definitely didn't expect a gay club to be such a fun event. ^.^

last saturday, the girls and i went out to dinner at The Stinking Rose. malulie couldn't join us, but the six of us who could make it went to eat crazy amounts of garlic. we ended up walking around Northbeach for a bit, test-tasting fudge at some crazy shop with really fat plush fats, and eating yummy gelato at Naia.



the food at the restaurant definitely killed our tastebuds with their salt, so the gelato was an uplifting treat. it was definitely a deliciously fabulous night with the ladies, and the gelato cups and spoons were adorable too!

this past weekend has been very eventful. on thursday, my debate camp buddy, jason, drove up from san jose for a visit. him, his friend sam and i went around the piers, enjoying the ocean breeze and random tourist attractions. i hadn't seen jason for five years, so his visit was certainly a landmark event. later that night, the girls and i had a little potluck at patti's house before driving off to Glas Kat for a clubbing event held by Underworld Productions. it was basically a middle school reunion when we all met up with some friends from Lincoln, including Melissa, Edmund, and Alex! the group of us danced til this pseudo-hyphy rap group came up to perform. aside from the awkward moments of unrecognizable rap and multitude of fobs, it was a fantastic night with the girls, and i'll surely miss them again.



james, edmund, and alex were also kind enough to demonstrate the hardship of abercrombie modeling outside of the club.



we broke up early, but moë, patti, and i met up with james, matt, and edmund at Nation's for some midnight snackage. evan dropped by and bought me some peach pie. on friday morning, whitney and i met up for our last coffeedate of the summer. we got some delicious scones from Arizmendi, and ended up at The Canvas for coffee.





i'm gonna miss their large coffee mugs! i dont think that even the Bohemian Cafe has mugs that big. anyhow, it was nice to have that long talk with whitney again; she always keeps me grounded. yesterday, herman picked me up for brunch at All You Knead on Haight street. both of us had lox...mine dripped in american cheese and his dripped in cream cheese. afterwards, we walked around the haight, looking at shoes and "urban" clothing. walked into all the ShoeBiz stores, and admired the Adidas store on the second floor of the newest store. but the coolest shop was Kid Robot, where we each bought a surprise Monger box.



Herman wanted the salt and pepper shakers, Sam and Pete, and lucky him! he got them! i got the bone.



so jealous...haha. at least he didn't get the weener...which happened to be named after him too, btw. we both thought he was destined to get the weeny, especially after we discovered its name, but i guess God liked him yesterday and gave him the salt and pepper mongers. ;D we're so pimp with our new mongers. XD

yesterday night, evan took me out to The Cliffhouse for our anniversary dinner. we both had their delicious organic chicken (yey! freerange!) and headed off to ghirardelli square for some dessert. it was a perfect night, though the weather wasn't ideal at the beach, but at least the sky was another beautiful spectacle at the end of the night. another perfect ending to a perfect summer, thanks dear, i love you.