My Weekend

On Saturday at 10:30am we met our photographing friend at Berkeley Marina (his good suggestion) and we took photos for about an hour and a half there. The sun couldn't make up it's mind and it was playing hide-and-seek with the high clouds. I didn't wear my glasses, which also act as sunglasses when I'm outside, and so both hubby and I were kinda squinty. It was also hazy, but we still got some nice shots out there. And the camera is a high-powered digital camera with a huge ol' lens on it, and digital pictures are very truthful and unforgiving. I look as old as I am and not as I perceive myself. ;) Then we went to Pyramid Brewing Company for lunch in Berkeley, and then back to our friend's house in Castro Valley. We did nice shots of hubby and I in black turtle-necks with a black background and so the images are very striking, and he played with the lighting also like illuminating only half of our faces for some of the shots. Then we had one more change of clothes, I had on a sweater with different shades of blue and hubby had on a button up shirt in a pale shade of blue. They came out good too, but I'm not sure about the black background for those pictures in blue. Then they (friend and his wife) fed us a lovely dinner and we left around 8:30pm, a long day but a good visit with some great friends. :) Oh, and since they're digital photos we got to see them all within minutes on his computer. He printed us out a proof sheet so we can pick out the ones we like so he can get them properly printed for us. And he's doing this free of charge, and as advertising for his photography company which is fine by us!

Then Sunday, we got our butts in Christmas gear and went shopping for gifts for folks and made sure to pick out some Christmas cards to send to people. Now I have to get my Christmas card list going and get them out! But of course first I have to get some Christmas stamps from the post office (I need stamps anyways ;). At least it's still early in the season. I have more gifts to buy, but yesterday at least jogged some ideas around in my head for people's gifts. Then this weekend is our company Christmas Party at the San Francisco Concourse where it was last year and the theme is "Boardwalk" so who knows what they'll come up with! They seem to have a pretty fat budget for the party every year and it's always a great time. We're splurging on a hotel this year so we don't have to leave early to catch the BART home. Here's where we're staying, and we get a company discount with them too! http://www.hoteltriton.com/

That's all for now, gotta git to work... bye!