here's a pic of jerry's dog 

We got the keys this past Wednesday.

Anna and I are super excited.

The tough part is the make all the design decisions in the next two weeks and find a decent contractor to do the work.

Over the last 3-4 days we've been pouring over many different kitchen designs in 'http://www.dwellmag.com'>Dwell and Metropolitan Home.

One thing we haven't discussed is the cost of this renovation.

a pic from Chi's visit to Hawaii 

cool art 

that guy kicks ass 

Elizabeth, Ali, Dennis and Anna at Art After Hours 

Anna's 30th birthday. she still looks 18 to me 

Dinner at Google tonite was crazy.

People went wild over "Breakfast for dinner " theme
it was like people were lining up for stock options..

SALADS

*Apple-Pineapple-Plum Salad

Apples, pineapples, black plums, and pistachio nuts, tossed in yogurt, honey, lime juice, and lemon zest.

**Honeyed Carrot Salad with Cumin

Carrots, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, cumin, lemon juice, honey, parsley, cilantro and olive oil.

**Jamaican Fruit Salad

Pineapples, Thai young coconuts, strawberries, shredded coconut, lime juice, brown sugar and mint.

*Linguini Milanese

Al dente linguine tossed with extra virgin olive oil, Italian parsley, shredded parmesan, garlic, red chili flakes and nutmeg.

**Zucchini-Corn Salad

Zucchini, red onions, corn, mint, lime juice and chili powder.

**Roasted Tofu & Shiitake Mushroom Salad

Roasted tofu, roasted tomatoes, shiitake mushrooms, celery, lemon juice, oregano, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, Serrano chilies, red onions and blue lake green beans.

**Roasted Dueling Beet Salad

Roasted red and golden beets, toasted cumin, sherry vinegar, grape seed oil, Dijon mustard, orange zest and red onions.

NATE’S DINNER SPECIALS

BREAKFAST FOR DINNER

EGGS TO ORDER

Over hard, over medium, over easy & poached

Hollandaise on the side

FRENCH TOAST

Fresh thickly sliced bread soaked in a mixture of eggs, cream, whiskey, orange juice and sugar, browned on the flat top and topped with powdered sugar

SCRAMBLED EGGS

Eggs scrambled with smoked salmon and green onions, or plain

BREAKFAST POTATOES

Diced Russet potatoes browned with seasoned salt and red onions

BACON

Yum

SAUSAGE

Yum

MOMMA RORIE’S PANCAKES

Blueberry & Banana Nut

AUSTRIAN BLACKBERRY COULIS

Organic California blackberries, burgundy wine, Tahitian vanilla beans, pomegranate molasses, with house made caramel

ORGANIC STRAWBERRY JAM

Brian’s ranch “specially grown for Google” strawberries, Madagascar vanilla beans and lemon juice

OLD FASHIONED PEACH AND NECTARINE JAM

VANILLA CREAM

BLUEBERRY COFFE CAKE

With streusel topping
SOUPS

*Curry Lentil

Hunter’s Stew

**Vegan Black Bean Chili

Grilled Sirloin Chili

what's up with Lakers?

I mean, can't we all just get along.


Shaq is headed to the Heat.
and Kobe still might sign with the Clippers?


this is a major f*ck up with upper management ( Dr Buss and Kupchak )
- they should've not publicly said that they were willing to trade Shaq until Kobe was signed.


the good news is that the Kings, Mavs, Spurs and the T Wolves are all good teams to make the finals

I'm so excited.

we finally got a house in Alameda. we close on July 14th

It's not like Alameda is the best city in the world, but Anna wants to live there.
It turns out, after a while I started to want to move there.


Alameda is an older town. It's actually a city of 2 islands.
It use to be a major U.S. Naval base as well.
Alameda has the largest Victorian era houses per capita in the U.S.

The house we got was built in 1963/64.

The good news is that it is 3-4 blocks from the beach.

Also the ceilings are high.

It has lots of great potential.

Now the tough part, how do I have my house look like one of those homes in Dwell magazine without spending more than $30k on remodeling.

we have to completely gut the kitchen, replace the floors and carpet.

Anna wants the toilets replaced too.


we also have about $5600 in fungus or dry rot that needs to be fixed.

oh and it appears that the last tenant ( yes this house was a rental for a long time)
was growing marijuana in the attic area.
Inadvertantly, the tenants or friends of the tenants disconnected the hoses for the heating and how it's exposing the asbestos.