Deb is a faaaantabulous cook. And a lotsa fun to drive with. Nilly is wee, and very Nilly! I have had fabulous pasta and several glasses of wine, and there are many bodies in this house all giving off heat, but people keep telling me the thermostat is a perfectly normal 72 degrees. I think I'ma go outside where it is a cool and breezy.. some degrees cooler.

Sail is much fun, and it was a great afternoon. Ginger's and my flight out from Atlanta was so fast we landed almost before we left. It was an okay flight, except we had the only asshats on the plane who wanted to lay their seats back in our laps. But that's all in the past.

JZ and Hec are here, Hec braving the House o' Cats and JZ spectacular in red. I have to go and socialize some more. Having much fun. Wish you were here!

Gronk. In a good way, but still, gronk.

Kitchen cleaned up, Lee, Teppy and SailAweigh off at hotels. Nic home; Bev and Nilly chattering like schoolgirls in the next room, in side by side beds in the dark; ND in the kitchen, chattering to Nic. We all have amazing pajama trousers.

I am sooooooooo tired.

We all have amazing pajama trousers.

certain lines just complete a picture

Jessica arrived safely late last night. Be kind to her today, she may be suffering from the jet lag and sleeping in an unfamiliar place.

Deb, what time's the appointment in Laurel Village?

Hey, SFistas "Ragged Beauty: Repair and Reuse, Past and Present looks really interesting.

It's at the Museum of Craft and Folk art from August 20th to October 31st.

We had a rousingly fun book group meeting last night, followed by my giving someone a ride to her car shop (which is now open until midnight - !!) and battling the construction work on "my" bridge. I got home around 11:30 and crashed immediately. So I'm afraid Deena and Katie will be subjected to seeing my house in its usual messy state, as last night was my big window for house cleaning AND packing. We'll have to run by there anyway to throw some stuff in the car, then head out for the beach.

Grumble, grumble about working today at all, but I should just shut up and get cracking so I can get out of here early.

Oh! Dunno if anyone will have time/inclination to fit this in, but the Title 9 blow out sale is this weekend. It is *so* worth making a trip there. They make the best women's sports equipment clothing.

Remaining Blowout Sale Hours Friday - August 20th, 10 am - 8 pm Saturday -August 21st, 10 am - 6 pm Sunday - August 22nd, 10 am - 4 pm

Blowout Sale Location: 1331 8th Street in Berkeley Just 2 blocks from our store.

Directions: From I-80: Take Gilman Street exit, head east, turn right onto 8th Street Call us if you need more info, 510-655-5999. See you there!

Royal Robbins is a having a big sale over the weekend, too. (a few blocks away)

So, I'm here to report that Nilly isn't all that wee. I mean compared to Hil or Allyson, she's just not. Her feet are wee, however.

It was very fun hanging at Deb's house last night. Very loose and casual. Nilly gave us our wedding present. My favorite thing was when Nilly described her dinner with Tim and Allyson and Kristen (and Polgara?): "Everybody talked so fast! Tim would say something and Allyson would say something and Tim would say something. I learned that the best way to follow the conversation was to watch Kristen's face because she's so expressive and she knows Allyson so well that she could anticipate where the conversation was going."

What's that? Is someone other than ND actually sharing information on a visit with Nilly?

Pictures, too. I took half a roll last night and will finish the other half today, drop 'em off at a one-hour place ASAP, and have something up in Ofoto by tomorrow morning. Not as fast as ND's insta-documentation, but good enough in a roughshot, homespun sort of old-timey way.