Another Memorable Summer Day....

Our friends are visiting us from Vancouver. The Urban~~Baby~~ Toddler is ecstatic playing hostess. Blissfully running around, laughing out loud, making up inside jokes, and holding the hands of two lovely friends while leading them on walks around her town.

We met the Baranis 8 or so years ago while on a trip with mutual friends in the beautiful Okanagan Valley. Their children at the time were 3 and 6, and the best darn kids we have ever met. Year after year, the kids have only gotten sweeter, funnier, and more interesting. The parents haven’t improved much; they have stayed just as warm and lovely as ever!

So yesterday the Urbans and the Baranis got a day to play tourists in the Big City. We visited Alcatraz and took a Bay boat cruise. Swayed together in the gusty San Francisco winds, sipping on Peet’s. Enjoyed a nice lunch at the original Boudin Bakery, a delicious dinner of Persian cuisine at the always wonderful Shalizar, and of course discussed plans for our upcoming diets, starting Monday!

San Francisco out of a tiny window from Alcatraz

Alcatraz

My girl was carried on Uncle’s shoulders and Auntie’s tireless arms for hours. Her two friends graciously let her pretend that she was as old as them.

Late at night, when chit chats had ceased and children were put to bed, I laid my head on my pillow and reminisced of my childhood summers. When the air was so hot during the days it would stick to you. When friends and family would always come to visit, and I too could pretend to be one of the big people, giggling long into the cool summer nights… I love those summers and those places where everyone is an important part of the conversation, no matter how young or old….

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