Now and Zen

Eric finally had a day off this weekend after working 20 days straight. Yeah! We spent most of the weekend in San Francisco. On Saturday, we met up with the San Francisco Chapter of the Arkansas Alumni group for the Razorback watch party at a pub near Golden Gate Park. Even though the game didn't go well, we had a good time meeting alumni from the U of A. Later that night we met up with some of Eric's co-residents for a night on the town in Palo Alto.

On Sunday, we decided to go to the Now and Zen Concert in Golden Gate Park. It was a free concert with Colbie Caillat, Dashboard Confessional, Howie Day, and Train (who is from SF). Kristy joined us for the concert. Her fiance is also a resident and was working a 24-hour shift that day. The weather was great- warm and sunny- which is not typical for SF. It was a interesting crowd at the concert- very different from AR. Eric and I really enjoyed the weekend. Now, we are looking forward to Ashley and Ben coming to visit. :)

Enjoying the concert

Me & Kristy listening to the music

Kristy eating an "It's It"- a San Francisco ice cream treat

Eric and his "It's It"

Now and Zen Fest

More CA visitors

Here are some pictures of Eric and his parents when they helped move us here. We hope to have many more visitors!

Eric's parents at the Golden Gate Bridge

Eric and his father

View from Hoover Tower at Stanford University

Stanford Memorial Church

Eric and his mother

Eric's parents at the redwoods

Eric's parents at Pier 39

Wedding in Northern CA

Eric and I attended April Robertson and Scott Stafford's wedding in early August. We know both of them from Arkansas. They live in Vacaville, CA, which is about 2.5 hours north of us. We didn't know anyone there because it was all of their friends from CA, but we had a great time.

Eric with his new Californian sunglasses!

I really enjoyed the rock candy, but it turned my teeth blue!

The bride and the girl with blue teeth (me)

Going back to my cheerleader days...

The Wrights

Our Home

I finally got the pictures off Eric's camera. Here are some photos of our home when we first moved in.

Rita loved all of the new windows! She apparently tried to look through all of them.

The kitchen with all of the wonderful wedding presents.

More of the kitchen

The living room/dining room

Our townhouse

We love it!

Of course, all of the boxes are gone, and we are settled in our new home. I'll try to post some 'after' pictures. Moving is crazy!

Purple Yams

In the Bay Area, there is a lot of different cuisine. Eric and I have eaten Indian-French fusion, Thai, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese food. The other day I had Korean tofu- very interesting. Another pharmacist I work with bought me purple yams to cook. Apparently, you can only buy them at special Asian grocery stores. They are a bright purple on the inside and taste really good. Here is a picture of ones that I cooked for us.

Bike Riding in Silicon Valley

When Eric and I moved to Silicon Valley, it seemed that everyone was riding a bike. We saw people riding bikes to the grocery store, work, and for fun. Eric bought a bike before I even arrived so he could ride to the hospital. It is green- his favorite color. He even has all of the gear for the bike. Here is a picture of him arriving home from work on his bike. He fits in so well here in Silicon Valley!

A few weeks ago we bought me a bike so we could go riding on the weekends here in Palo Alto. I haven't ridden a bike in forever. It is a lot of fun to get back on one! We have so much fun riding together.

Tennis Tournament

Eric and I bought tickets the quarter-finals of the tennis tournament at Stanford University. That night we saw Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova play each other. It was very neat! The people behind us were cheering for Sharapova in Russian. I was cheering for Venus, and she won!

Eric and I at the match. We kept calling home to see if either of our families saw us on ESPN2.

Venus Williams

At the beginning of the match