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An East Bay Summer Day, With Family

19 Jul 2013

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Cole took these sweet shots yesterday. We went over to see Madie and Alex, and I had it in mind to help her in the baby’s room, but we ended up not accomplishing much. Instead, we walked over to Piedmont Ave to get fish tacos at Baja Taqueria. Chief and Nanu met us there (We were all waving at the car. I *LOVE* good timing). After, we walked to a bookstore. I had flashbacks to Dad buying books for me and Madie. And then we came back and sat on the porch. It was niiiice. Madie is 39 weeks, in case you are wondering – due date is next Friday.

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Alameda Flea Market

14 Jul 2013

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I guess they don’t call it that anymore. It’s the Antiques Faire.

I loved it! They have so much – I can’t wait to go back! It’s the largest antiques show in Northern California, and it’s held on the 1st Sunday of every month. Better than garage sales in almost every way. I went with Kristi and we met Madie and Nanu. And I got a chair :)

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So Clever! its a dog bed. We loved this for a one day ‘DIY’.

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This looks like ours, but not nearly as nice.

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Here ‘she’ is. I’m just going to say that the chair is awesome and comfy and leave it at that. Oh, no, wait – I’ll leave it at this:

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Happy Fourth

13 Jul 2013

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Happy 4th, From Emeryville!
Kristi used her super-duper Marriott discount and got us two lovely rooms.. Why Not!
We were on the 9th floor with a great view of the San Francisco fireworks.
But first we women shopped at the mall, while Mark took the kids to the pool for a couple of hours.
Then we had a magical dinner, alfresco, with the best weather of the year!
I had a view of the sun setting over the city, and it was warm with no wind.
Pasta Pomodoro – who knew?

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Mark got Uncle Greg to pick up some fireworks outside of SF, so the boys go to do a little messing around in the parking lot.
We all decided it was a great way to do the fourth!!

Kauai Vacation Photos – Slideshow

07 Jul 2013

Aloha!! We had the BEST trip!
Here is the show, short and sweet.

this link:
https://oscarandlucy.com/wp-content/slideshows/2013/hawaii2013/index.html
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https://oscarandlucy.com/wp-content/slideshows/2013/hawaii2013/index.html

We stayed at the Kiahuna Plantation in Poipu, on Kauai.

I really wanted to use this song for our slideshow, (‘On Top Of The World’, by Imagine Dragons,) because of a memory I have from when I was young.
My family was vacationing in Hawaii (different island) and Dad had driven the rental car out onto a big mountain top of black lava. I don’t remember other people – we had the place to ourselves. The view was incredible, and we were all really happy. The Tears For Fears song came on on the radio, ‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World’. We opened all of the car doors so we could hear it nice and loud. It was so epic that it stuck with me: the moment, the feeling of being out there, with my family, and dancing to our own personal soundtrack. We felt like it was playing just for us! I guess now you can have any song you want at any time, but then it seemed like a small miracle.

So, when I first heard this Imagine Dragons song, I knew it would be my Hawaii song :) It was practically on repeat.
What about you? If you have any songs attached to your vacation memories, I’d love to hear!