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I usually use Vox to post personal stuff, and carpeaqua to post nerdery. With the insane schedule I've kept over the past few months, putting updates on either site has been a taxing situation.
Clowns: delightful or terrifying?
terrifying. the ostensible "we" are laughing at their misery. those white faces with the large red mouth? stephen king had it right in IT.
Jeff was in town the last week for work and we got some quality hanging out done. Lots of delicious food was consumed thanks to some newly discovered restaurants (Rotee, Maru Ichi, Mandalay) and several trips to SF equaled much enjoyment.
Friday Night
- The Format concert
- Visited the Golden Gate Bridge
- Dinner at Rotee with Cathy, Owen, and Erika (best Indian food I've ever had and best meal I've had in a long time)
- House Party with Chrissy's friends in Mountain View
- Breakfast at Country Gourmet
- Mini Golf with Josh
- Exploring Castro Street in Mountain View
- Dinner at Maru Ichi (best Ramen I've had in the US)
- Swimming at the hotel pool (first time I'd been swimming in years!)
- Dinner at The Counter
- Tasty pizza from very nearby A Slice of New York
- Watched British gangster flick Layer Cake
- Lunch at Wahoos
- SuperHappyDevHouse19
- Dinner at Mandalay with Jeff's friend David, his fiancee Aimee, and my co-worker Iroro (props to IO for the restaurant recommendation)
- Jeff, Cathy, and I chilled at Shine (more props to Shine)
- Attempted to get tater tots at Butter but it was closed
- Instead discovered the awesome Crepes A Go Go right next door
A couple weekends ago, I went to see The Format at the Great American Music Hall with Jeff and Chrissy. Jeff's flight from the 'Burgh was delayed so he didn't get into SFO until around 10 (originally scheduled for 8:30). Fortunately there were 4 opening bands, so we still made it in time for nearly all of The Format's set. Our timing couldn't have been much better because just as we arrived they started playing Snails, which is one of Chrissy's favorite songs.
The floor was pretty crowded, so we made our way up to the balcony and had a great view. The Format played a fantastic set. I loved the flow and ordering of the songs. And I am always impressed with Nate's vocals. He's got a great singing voice and then he's also go the melodic scream mastered.
They closed the show with a new song called Caravan. It had a really catchy sing along chorus and lots of horns. Good stuff! Highlight of the show for me was hearing my favorite two songs back to back: On Your Porch followed directly by If Work Permits. Hearing the emotion in vocals for these songs live always gives me chills.
If you get a chance to see these guys live, do it!
Set List:
Snails
Timebomb
Tune Out
Janet
On Your Porch
If Work Permits
Tie the Rope
The Compromise
I'm Ready, I Am
Inches and Falling
She Doesn't Get It
Caravan (new song)
Who is the very first friend you ever had? Are you still in touch?
My sisters. Of course we're still in touch.
I was connecting the new alarm clock radio I got for my birthday and happened to hear an announcement about the O-bon Festival in Japantown San Jose this Saturday and Sunday. Fortuitous! I had gone last year and it was a lot of fun, so I was excited to take Chrissy there and have her see the San Jose Taiko drum group.
We started the day by heading to Tanto for delicious Pork and Kimchi donburi. Following a few errands, we headed over to the O-bon Festival and got there just as they were setting up the Taiko drums. They played for about an hour and...it...was...awesome. Photos here. Chrissy totally wants to join a taiko drum group now (and I kind of do too for that matter). We ended our Japan Day by hitting up Azuma Japanese Cuisine for some tasty sushi.
