a wonderful visit

the past few days were pretty eventful, so i unfortunately could not make it to the blog to keep the world posted. again, my sincerest apologies. i was not only playing the part of a grad student, i was playing the part of tour guide. during phil's visit, much was seen. i took him to "the mission" area for some very affordable curtains, delores park for the sights, the castro for some drinks and so on.

he returned the favor by setting up some posters he took from my bedroom in new jersey and helped set up some other posters given to me as a gift from one particularly special reader who sent an offering to spice up my "jail cell" of a bedroom. many many many thanks to you <3







then i took him to the fisherman's wharf at pier 39 for some serious tourism. lots of good food, attractions, tourists, sculptures and smelly sea lions.





smelling the sea lions created quite an appetite for the both of us so we went to the crab house, a very swanky restaurant where we dined on some shrimp and crab



needless to say all of this activity was complimented with some napping.



on saturday night we celebrated the visitation with a bottle of champagne and overpriced organic pizza. good times all around



on our last day we went to the newly renovated california academy of sciences for its grand opening


we explored the aquarium complete with a penguin center




followed by a sigourney weaver narrated planetarium exhibit about distant universes



it also featured an actual swampland and rain forest environment that you could explore and study. insane. absolutely insane.

as if things couldn't get any more strange than walking around in a rain forest in san francisco, we closed out his vacation with a visit to the 25th annual folsom street fair. it celebrates, shall we say, a very different part of the city's population...



leather, naked people, booze, events, leather, display booths of leather and plastic wear, chains, leather, leashes, public displays of affection/drunken lust and leather. there were plenty of pictures not suitable for this blog, but i just had to post this one because how often to you see a centor on the phone? fantastic.

for now, i just dropped phil off at the airport and am read to get back to work... because there is a lot to do. it's nice that i get to wake up and see family and friends and other new additions to my walls. hope you all had a good weekend.

special thanks to nancy pelosi for that incredible speech that helped overturn the 700,000,000,000.00 dollar bailout. it's a historic speech and i couldn't be happier.



what? so you think that when phil comes to visit that i wouldn't pay attention to the news? please.

love and loyalty