Erik's taking my to Sonoma this weekend, so I rush home to get my stuff packed and head up to Berkeley to pick him up from work. He needed to get his car from the shop and his dry-cleaning. We get back to his place and he is not even close to being ready yet. So I spend an hour waiting for him to pack and do all the things he needs to do.

We finally get on the road and its like 7:00pm. Bryan invited me to Sean's place for Happy Hour. However, that was at 6:00 pm. Well after traffic we finally get to Sean's at around 8:00 pm. The thing is we were supposed to get to the Inn up in Rio Monte at 10:00 pm. We stay at the party until about 9:00 pm. Then we get lost in the city for an hour cause we couldn't find the way to 101 North. I only know 101 South cause that's the way to my house. We finally get to 101 North and arrive at the Place around 11:00. Fortunately, they had a late night dinner party and were still open.

We get this cute little room at the top of the stairs with French doors that opened into a petite balcony. The room was permeating with the smell of lilies that Erik had arranged to be delivered to the room. The room had a great view of the Russian River.

We had a Jack in the Box picnic on the floor of the Suite. YUM

Today we had to travel over to southern Calistoga to go to the Tudal Winery. Erik's company is hosting their website and they invited the company for a Rib BBQ get together. Erik and I dropped into Calistoga to get a Linzer (berry/rhubarb pie) for the cookoff.

We have a gay old time at the winery, talking to people, watching them cook ribs, and eating. The best ribs ever.

YUM YUM YUM.

We take a walk around Guerneville and Erik buys me a porcelain fish pipe. hee hee

That night we head back to the Korbel Winery and catch the last ten minutes of wine tasting. We try the Rose... which wasn't very good. Then we headed back to the Inn to rest and have dinner in their cute little restaurant downstairs.

We spend the morning at Korbel Winery. We took the tour of the champagne making process and had a very "colorful" tour guide. The important thing to note was that we got to sample all the good champagnes they made at the end of the tour. We then headed over to Bodega Bay for a late lunch. Afterward, we headed down to the city to go to Tiffany's. Unfortunately they were closed we got there :(

Work as usual. I'm getting paid regularly again, Yah!

I leave work and head home and wait for Erik to come down. He picks me up and he takes me to Tiffany's in Palo Alto and get me this cute little silver ring with a sapphire in it.

(Looks gold, but it's really silver.... bad camera)

We then have a nice dinner.

I love Erik :)

Ok, So I haven't been updating my webpage very often, but you can't hold it against me. Let me tell you why.

For those that know me.. I am lazy, for those that do not know me... you just found out.

So to hold something against someone for something inherent in their nature would be wrong. Just like it would be wrong to hold something against a white person because he is white.

In anycase, I spent a weekend at Lake Tahoe with Erik and his family. Erik, promised to help me with setup for State Fair, a kiddy play being run through Milpitas's Rainbow Theater. So Erik tells me he'll not go to Lake Tahoe so he can help me. Well, the night before setup, he gets a call from his sister. His sister informs him that his mother's birthday was that weekend and that he was a bastard for forgetting it. I too reminded him of his bastard nature and told him that we would cancel my Sunday plans in order to drive up to Tahoe.

The next day, we go and help Lori and Anne with play set up. Suffice to say, we make half a bail of hay, a fence post, and debate on the colors mustard, camel, broown and pink. Elicia and Misty were also in town this weekend. I was too spend time with them on Sunday, but of course I had to do the whole entire Lake Tahoe thing instead. So, I called Elicia and told her that we would meet her for dinner that night. I end up inviting Lori to make it more festive.

Well, Erik and I drive back to my house clean up and down to Lori and Matt's I met Mori's Chocolate dog for the first time. Such a cute dog. Much cuter than any other dog I know with food as their namesake... (j/k)

Well, traffic happens and we decide to eat in the vicinity of Lori's place instead of Monterey as was previously discussed. We end up going to the Hayes Mansion. The food was great, Misty and Chloe were adorable. Oh, and my mashed potatoes turned out to be overcooked risotto, but I guess no place is ever perfect.

The next day I make up at early O'clock and pick up Erik and whisk him off to Lake Tahoe.

When we get there I meet his parents and we get ready to go for a swim. Unfortunately I didn't bring anything to swim in cause Erik didn't tell me too so I could swim :( Erik is inefficient in that respect.

Afterward we head up and I take a nap before dinner. We go to this steakhouse on the strip where we get to pick our slab of meat before we sit down. It was great.

We then went gambling. I lost $10 bucks in Roulette, so I hit the nickel slots and won about $50, then I went back to roulette and won about $60. Not bad. We then drove all the way back home and slept for a long time.

I then had a long week of work and flew off to Cancun with my family and Romania for a week!

But I'll put that in my adventures section one day.