Friday, July 27, 2007

A Meline Day Out

July 23rd marked the one year anniversary of the death of Gabe's mom, Leslie. Bummer, right? Fortunately, the Melines are all vibrant, optimistic people and took the chance to spend the day having fun, celebrating life. In town this week are Gabe's sisters Summer and Sari, Sari's girlfriend Dre and daughters Qiana and Storey, and Qiana's boyfriend Jonny. We had a great day on Monday in San Francisco, doing all sorts of touristy things I never do.








I just love San Francisco. We stopped at the headlands before going over the bridge and I managed to take a photo of Gabe, Summer, Bob, and Storey.



















We met up with the rest of the crew near pier 39 and checked out the sea lions, the old penny arcade, the merry go round, ghirardelli square, and ended the day at a baseball game. Enjoy the photos from our adventure:
Somebody is apparently not very happy with the public transportation in SF right now. Some of my favorite graffiti ever.

I was drawn to take a photo of the crabs while equally disgusted by them.

The cutest couples of the day: Qiana and Jonny, Sari and Dre.

I love how Summer and Bob had the same serene expression while looking at the sea lions. Like father, like daughter I guess:
It was such a pretty day, I couldn't help myself but take pictures of blooming flowers as we were walking around.

This is the only picture i took of myself all day.
Penny Arcade! Such silly, silly fun!


My personal favorite "game": The Opium-Den. You put a token in and the high on opium person starts writhing around, a giant snake comes through a hole in the wall, and the chinese man starts chanting or something. Hilarious!
I love how Gabe sticks his tongue out whenever he is thinking hard or under physical strain. He lost the arm wrestling match.
Qiana and Jonny enjoy dinner:
We went to Ocean Beach before the game cause Jonny had never seen the ocean. This is what happens when you try to get the Melines to take a photo together:

We took the street car to the ballpark. Qiana and Jonny kept being really cute.
Storey OD'd on cotton candy during the game.

Waiting for the bus on the way back to the car (the giants lost, by the way).

Qiana and Jonny as reflected in the window of the street car:
It was a long, good day. I feel lucky to be a part of such a great family.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I love the opium den, too! I tell everyone about it. That, and the "jazz machine," that plays pure chaos. Crazy white people.

- Kate