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Weekend at Jerry’s

July 19, 2010

For the second time in the past week, I just lost an hour and a half of work by getting logged out when pressing “save.” It’s a real nasty trick. I fear this will be a shortened version of our weekend at Jerry’s. 🙁 But a sweet one! 🙂

JP recently moved to the other side of the Bay – to cut his commute in half (or more) – but he’s been gone so much lately that he hasn’t had a chance to get settled. Lea and I packed our overnight bags, and moved-in for the weekend for Operation: Unpack Jared. When I first walked in, I started moving boxes and arranging furniture like a man possessed. In fact, we were all so efficient that we turned what could’ve taken all day into a 2 hour chore.

To show us his appreciation (for starters), JP took us out for lunch to Barney’s Gourmet Hamburgers. This is the real deal, folks. And while they have one entire page of the menu dedicated to various hamburger concoctions, I was craving the standard flame.

JP got his with bleu cheese and caramelized onions…

After, we picked up some wine racks, and JP and Lea dropped me off at the apartment to tend to it while they made some trips to Target and whatnot. I was like a kid in a candy store. My task was to put the wine from all these boxes…

…onto these racks. Anyway I wanted. The result just couldn’t be prettier. 🙂

Left-to-right, across the bottom:

Sweet wines – Gewurztraminer, Riesling, Rose (column 1)
Sauvignon Blanc (2)
Viogner and other interesting whites (3)
Chardonnay (4-5)
Merlot (6-8)
Worldly reds – Italy, France, Spain, Argentina (9-10)
Aussie red blends (11-12)

Left-to-right, across the top:

Pinot Noir (column 1)
Syrah/Shiraz (2)
Zinfandel (3)
Cab/Merlot blends (4)
Cabernet Sauvignon (5-8)

Since we did such a good job Saturday, Sunday was reserved for nothing but fun in the sun. JP found a 6 mile loop at Wildcat Canyon Regional Park. It was great to get out and explore a new area; and just about a mile into the hike, a large fox crossed the trail just 50 yards ahead of us.

For perspective, here’s a 360 degree view from the park’s highest peak.

One of the more interesting trails I’ve ever seen is San Pablo Ridge, which follows, up-and-down, a series of earthly camel humps. Like that of an “undulating caterpillar” as we read it described.

Looks fun, right?

Looking back.

There’s one hill that’s so steep that it was easier to run down than walk down and having to fight gravity along the way.

It’s a great way to go, but unfortunately for me, I was rocking Chacos and this run gave me one nnnnnasty blister on my left heel. Fortunately, however, I have a pretty nice brother who insisted on giving me his socks. I know this picture isn’t necessary, but it’s my blog and I’ll gross people out if I want to. Hope you’re not eating right now.

As I walked up to this herd of cattle, not knowing whether there were any bulls in the mix, I was suddenly second guessing my decision to wear a red shirt.