I feel like from now until January is going to be packed. My To Do list is outrageous (I know, I know, isn’t it always?), I’m working four jobs (freelance artist, WordPress admin assistant, House of Air barista, & Lick-Wilmerding High School dance costume consultant), and there’s going to be travel, guests, & holidays all rolled up into one big ball of awesome. Happily, this past weekend, MM and I were able to take a deep breath and have a little slice of real weekend to start November off right.

On Sunday, we braved the rain, a bus on parade route, and a slightly nutty, totally great bus driver, to get to the Ferry Building for the Larkspur ferry to Marin. We had plenty of time there to pick up a present for MM’s dad, bread (herb slab from Acme Bread Co.) for my House of Air staff event, delicious macaroon’s from Miette, and excellent coffee from Blue Bottle.

We took the ferry across to Marin and were picked up by MM’s mom, who drove us to their house in the hills of San Rafael. I hadn’t spent a lot of time with MM’s parents before, but we had a great time. I got a tour of their house, we had lunch, and giggled over old family albums – which reminded me a lot of my Mom’s size-able album collection. The experience made me doubly excited for my upcoming trip to CO for Thanksgiving – only 2 weeks away!

We drove MM’s car back and he dropped me off at House of Air for work. I was sad to have our day out end, but felt bolstered by the beautiful sunset setting SF aglow. I really do live in a beautiful city!

Here’s to November adventures!