Sad. It’s 8p and we’ve only had 6 kids come by for trick-or-treating. :o( The scaffolding must have scared them off.
Last Thursday night, G, Lisa, her friend, Kayne, and I went on the SF Ghost hunt. For what it was worth, it was a cool pre-Halloween thing to do. We toured a few of the many Victorians in the Pacific Heights ‘hood. It was also a very informative and historically educational walk in the neighborhood. We forget how “wild” San Francisco was in the late 18th century. Though we didn’t see any ghosts, there were some freaky things we did see. Something about a key defying gravity. Unfortunately, our other halves laughed, chuckled and got all scientific on our butts. Well, they weren’t there and that’s all I have to say. ;o)
Hope y’all had a fun and safe Halloween!
Sorry for the blog lag again. I’m in mourning. Okay, okay, so they’re not dating anymore, why cut the one person that could guarantee you a definite female audience? So, to further that point, Alias has been cut from the TiVo to-do list. Le sigh…ouais, il est francais.
Last weekend, S+I joined our friends Niki, Bill, the Darlings and the Eastlacks and headed down to Fort Mason for Oktoberfest! It was just craziness inside. So many people! They had sold out of the 1L steins, so we were left with the 1/2L steins.
eine, zwei, drei…
here are some of the boys partaking in jager shots – blech!
After Oktoberfest, since I was the least drunk out of the 8 of us, we packed everyone into our teeny-tiny A3 and tried to make the opening of the “new” deYoung museum. Afer finding parking, and finding the actual line to get in…we decided to leave. Yes, the museum was going to be open for 31 hours straight free of admission to celebrate the opening, but we were a 3 hour wait from the door. 3 hours? Oh, yah, forgot to tell you, it was about midnight when we got into line. So, we all left, packed into the car again and made the not-quite-5-minute drive to Bill’s house atop twin peaks.
To make a long story short, Bill’s roommate has an awesome house atop twin peaks. They’ve got crazy views of the city as well as crazy history of the house – something about panic buttons everywhere. And, oh yeah, they’ve got an elevator in the house. An elevator!
In other news…I’ll spare you pictures of the roof and the post as chez rebaud is slowly becoming one nightmare after another. Le sigh…all I need say is two words and you can probably sympathize…D R Y R O T. Ugh.
To finance this ginormous project ahead of us, we tried our hands at a poker night at Adam + Shelley’s place this past Friday. I didn’t fare as well as last time, but S made up for the both of us. Our friend, Brad, who was playing for the first time (or so he says) with us came out as the big winner. Beginner’s luck? ;o) Just kidding Brad!
‘uggh. Just can’t get over it.
I haven’t blogged on the house lately, so guess what today’s topic is?
Chez Rebaud has a new roof with fancy flashing, I might add. Had it completed just in time for the coming winter. Though, it’s been beautifully sunny and relatively warm that past few weeks.
In preparing the house for stucco repair and exterior paint and eventual new landscaping, Sylvain decided to start attacking the Aloe plant in our side yard. After renting an electric chainsaw from Home Depot, he managed to take most of it down. I did my part and raked whatever was cut into a huge pile (to be disposed of this coming weekend). Sunday, after taking Lucie for a long walk to Mt. Davidson, we then focused efforts on the bamboo plants. Advice: if you want bamboo, keep it in pots�because it is a b**** and a half to get rid of. Monday, Columbus Day, Sylvain had rented a gas-powered chainsaw to thoroughly rid the yard of the aloe plant.
I’m excited for the holidays this year! I bought the candy for the droves of trick-or-treaters I hope we will have and some garland to decorate our ghetto support post. Will need to buy pumpkins at some point this weekend and partake in some pumpkin carving. Also, looking forward to Thanksgiving and having a delicious and cozy meal with friends and family. And especially looking forward to Christmas, as this will be the first Christmas we celebrate in Chez Rebaud (we were in Paris last year), complete with d�cor and THE TREE!
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This past weekend, S & I were in Las Vegas for my uncle’s surprise 50th birthday! It was a F-U-N time had by all. After checking into the Luxor, we met friends for dinner at Mon Ami Gabi at Paris for some yummy French food. Then, we made our way to the Border Grille at Mandalay Bay for “surprise” cocktails. (Yes, my uncle was completely surprised!) After cocktails, S & I and others (Gerard, Randy, Jeff, Debra, and Kara) headed down to Slots ‘a Fun under Randy’s suggestion. Slots ‘a Fun was quite that – especially since the table games were so cheap. ($5 blackjack, $3 craps, etc…) It’s a price to pay since the place is so smoky and pretty ghetto, if you ask me. Instead of winning cars, you can choose from either an ATV or Honda scooter. Yah.
“Le Tour Eiffel”
All hugs at Paris
Saturday morning, we made our requisite visit to the Bellagio for brunch. (Which is THE BEST BRUNCH BUFFET EVER! Shame on you if go elsewhere. I hear the buffet at the new Wynn is just as good.)
After walking about, Sylvain and I ended up at the poker room at the Luxor. S talked me into playing Limit Texas Hold’em. I was a bit nervous – but had no reason to be since I did fairly well. $30+ well! Before we knew it, it was time to get ready for the birthday dinner at Caesar’s.
The one amazing thing about Vega$ is that it is constantly changing. Everytime we go there, something is new. New clubs, new facades, new casinos…anyway, I digress.
Dinner was at Chinois at Caesar’s. It was a great party, but we didn’t stick around to find out what the club scene was like. We agreed to meet Jeff & Randy at the Palms. But changed the meeting place to the Luxor.
Props to the westsiiide!
Rub the buddha belly for luck!
Finding a $5 table game on a Saturday night is near impossible if you’re not downtown. So, S & I headed back to the poker tables. It was a lot more serious this time around and the dudes sitting next to me were being jerks. So after figuring that I broke even, I headed out to sleep.
Sunday am, we met the family at the House of Blues for the Sunday gospel buffet brunch – way fun! Even though, it wasn’t the Bellagio, I can’t resist biscuits and gravy for brunch. Then we were back on a plane to SF.
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