Vallejo Gay Network and Solano Pride had their annual pride picnic on Pride Day itself this year. The location was in a lovely park on Mare Island in Vallejo. We brought our two Yorkies and our friend Joshua brought his Yorkie, coincidentally.
Gaia is my cute little cousin (once removed) in Italy who is studying English and who we got to spend a lot of time with during our last trip to Italy (before Covid). She has been good about sending us voice messages on Whatsapp and staying in touch even though she was painfully shy when we first saw her. Here is our video message for her birthday, which I understand thrilled her:
My cousin, Brenda Hayden, visited us and we had a wonderful reunion after FIFTY YEARS! She is from the Bay Area also and now lives in Washington.
I know a lot of guys have been growing their beards and hair out longer during Covid because of the lack of access to haircuts and all, but I have really been enjoying the process of combing out my extra long goatee and the reactions I’ve gotten from people who saw my new look. Even when I was job interviewing lately I decided that this was really me and I was not going to dye it or comb it down or minimize it. I interviewed as I look and that’s how I got hired, which is exciting.
I also took some pictures to show the accomplishment of finally getting the hot tub set up! We missed not have one for eight months!
