Gas fireplace removed! What a waste of space that was! It didn’t even heat well, was not seismically sound and was expensive to even run.
July 5 House Progress
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Independence Day 2024
Went to Fairfield to hang out with friends Gerry, DJ, Joshua and David. We watched fireworks in Vacaville, Martinez, Pittsburg (Shea’s hometown) and downtown Fairfield from a relatively quiet (but windy) hillside with the dogs. When David said “Happy Birthday America” I said “Let’s hope it’s not your last.” Bonnie is near David’s head as he leans back and Snoopy was shaking a little so I held him the entire time. You can sort of see him in the picture with Shea and me.
Madhatter Independence Day Festival
Independence Day Row
We informally raced the other whaleboat team in choppy waters off the Carquinez Strait.
Casual Pool Day
Birthday 56
Had a wonderful birthday party and was very pleased with the folks who showed up on a work night (Tuesday). There was even live music and singing courtesy of Brian and Andres! Not pictured are Desiree Allyn and her son Cliff, who left before I remembered to break out the camera.
Chef Shea stayed up late the night before and worked all day to prepare a lot of this from scratch, which was staged in the extra garage fridge:
Birthday Presents 2024
Most of them were G-rated…
But this one came specially ordered from an artist in Portugal. Marine motif mini-cabinet was something I thrifted separately, but what a juxtaposition, right?
San Francisco Pride 2024
Pride Day in San Francisco was a LOT of walking and fun. We ran into tons of folks we knew on the ferry ride back to Vallejo, but we were so tired and barely got on the boat ourselves that we didn’t take pictures with any of them. At least we got a shot of Sanjay and Neeraj when we stopped by Sundance and joined in for a couple of line-dancing songs. I also got to stop by the booth for LGBTQ Minus Tobacco for the first time at SF Pride, which was great, but I neglected to take a photo with them too, damn it.
Pride Day Row
June 29 House Progress
After someone broke into the house and stole several things from the garage from the contractor and me I got access once again to assess the damage. Assholes.
