Whats that you say? Berkeley is the best ever? I agree.

Quickie update: Chelsea came to visit this weekend!!! We were watching a girly movie together thursday night when she suddenly started almost crying and we realized it had been WAAAAAYYYYYY too long since last we had gotten together for some BFF bonding time.

So Saturday morning at 11am we were happily awoken by the ringing of cellphone bells, letting us know she was lost, 3 miles from our apartment.  This was quickly remedied and we started the day out right with drinks, cap'n crunch and cigars in the back yard.  Because really, what says saturday morning like some bourbon and lung issues?  Later in the day was Rivoli's, which as anyone who knows me will already agree that a single post cannot cover the amazing-ness of this restaurant (Saturday's trip sponsored (at least in part) by the Jerry Mann Foundation For Feeding Poor Children Who Love Really Good Food).

And today, oh today... the magic, the fun, the shuffleboard.  Chelsea and I found this crazy hole in the wall pub called the Kingfish, that sounded like a good yet somewhat frightening time and decided that it was a good choice to make that our location for the evening.  We coincidentally found out that Shawna (my drunken pottery friend from college) was in town AND convinced Alexis, who moved to Berkeley 1 week ago, to come join us for $3 beer and ethiopian food.  The food was a bust, but the beers were good, and the shuffleboard table belonged to us for 4 hours.  Who knew that UCSB kids were made to slide little metal pucks across wooden tables? not me, that's for sure.  But it was/is a match made in heaven and will be repeated again soon!

Chelsea just headed out, driving 8 hours back to Orange county on adrenaline, energy drinks and ritalin, and I miss her already.  But sometimes these little weekends just remind me how glad I am to live in a city surrounded by so many people I like! Tomorrow, barbecue.  It's almost good enough to cancel out the boredom of my new temp job! Almost...