- leslie and brien
leslie and brien brien showed up sans costume. the penalty: putting on one of the hostess's formals. (my costume was scavenged from my closet after realizing that i'd weeded out most of my fun dress-up wardrobe. where is my goth dress?) - harini jenn haight ashbury
harini, jenn, haight, ashbury another excursion to the city: leslie pokes around with harini and jenn. here, they eat crepes on the street, at the corner of haight and ashbury. - sunset 1
The sun sets. - leslie jenn sf houses
leslie, jenn, sf houses - jenn harini shopping
jenn, harini, in the coolest hat shop ever. a few women sit in the back, making everything in the store. if only i had $70 to blow on a pair of slippers... - johanna and brian
johanna and brian as you can see from the next few pictures, my life is peppered with bri/y/a/ens. fortunately, they all spell their names differently. - leslie bryan and badass tree
leslie, bryan, and badass tree - jenn in the woods
Leslie and Jenn went out for a short hike in the woods. - veg oil
only in the bay... - melissa leslie bryan mauli
melissa, leslie, bryan, mauli melissa and mauli were two of the (4) hostesses. mauli (a night fairy) was selling cups for drinks for $3. - amy leslie johanna jenn
amy, leslie, johanna, jenn from the halloween costume party filled with teachers letting loose. amy's costume was one of my favorites--especially when she got out on the dance floor. - jenn and leslie golden gate park
We've ventured into San Francisco a few weekends now. Though we have yet to snap any pictures of streets or buildings, Golden Gate Park offered a few photo ops. This is Leslie and Jenn, a fellow TFAer. - exquisite bed
exquisite bed Bryan and I splurged on some fabulous sheets, making our bed officially the best place to come home to, ever. - fruit from marina cove
the magic of california: we plucked this unripe orange off a tree between our apartment and the laundry room. - setting
On 10/11, Leslie headed to the Santa Cruz mountains for the TFA October retreat. A day of workshops, bonding with old acquaintances, a free massage, and mutual bitching about how freakin hard this is. The setting: a Bahai retreat in a redwood forest. - bryan and jenn golden gate park
bryan and jenn, golden gate park - leslie and hannah closer
leslie and hannah, watching some seals. or sea lions. or somethings cute, frolicking in the waves. - artistic rocks in the park
artistic rocks in the park - hannah pensive
hannah, pensive - jeff hannah frisbee
jeff, hannah, frisbee - leslie and hannah
leslie and hannah, distant - jeff and bryan kite
The first weekend in October, and we finally made it to a beach. This was in the perpetually cloudy but lovely Half Moon Bay. We spent a few hours on the beach and then had some outstanding seafood at a local joint dripping with character. - leslie swings
Leslie found a swing. - speaker with hills close up
speaker with hills, close-up - bryan buddy 2
Bryan launches Buddy, the perpetual disappointment. - badass sea crap
badass sea crap - bryan watches kite while world tilts
bryan watches kite while world tilts - orchid
After years of pining, I finally got my orchids. This shot looks ridiculously artsy, but really it's just the unglamorous light of the sun coming up. See, our daylight savings shift means I get to work after sunrise now, so that's exciting. - birds
birds - speaker with hills
The next weekend, Leslie spent a few hours adding some detail. (Mom will recognize these flowers from her bathroom painting.)