Birthday Girl

Tonight I got to celebrate the birthday of my dear friend, Laura, who turned 21 again...! I've known her longer than that, since my first year at UC Berkeley, where we met in French 101. It's so great to have friends to share more than half a life's history with, even if we can't always remember that far back...

Autumn Leaves

Claire, Jack and I paid a visit to see "Auntie" Laura in the East Bay today, spending about three hours at Tumble & Tea, a great cafe/playroom where adults can have a (relatively) undisturbed conversation while kids bounce off the padded walls. It's a little different from the triple espresso get-togethers Laura and I used to have at Cafe Roma 25 years ago (after French 101 classes at U.C. Berkeley), but we take what we can get. Claire, ever the prowling artist, found some woodgrain contact paper and some sponges and created this tribute to the colors of fall. I love it.