i love you mummyshots

what a weekend. the mandarin immersion mom's night thing was a blast, i discovered a new happy juice, pear and rosemary martinis and mmm are they good. i also felt the beautiful diversity of the public schools...sure these are all middle class mamas who might look like me on some paper record of socioeconomic status or parental education (probably many more educated and wealthy than our own little family, actually) but i found myself almost in "i love you guys territory" talking to some folks i never would have come to know at all if it was not for the witchcraft of the sfusd diversity lottery. a shout out to our fantastic hostess, who not only made the pear martinis but cooked and served homeade bread pudding with caramel sauce and extra special chocolate chip cookies.

then there was a lot of kid time for two days. we had an extremely long-play visit with friends today and at one point maya walked out of a bedroom where she had supposedly been quietly reading books while the boys went beserk with war games in the back yard. she was a nudie and had decorated certain body parts with the one pink thing she could find in this house of three boys-- a strawberry shortcake pink magic marker. go girl.

rich dropped me off on valencia street, maya wailing at me through the window as he drove away. i browsed in a bookstore and felt a little touristy checking out the young folks with their unique attire--handlebar moustaches and pippi longstocking outfits. everyone seemed so sophisticated and freaky at the same time, and i saw a surprising number of babies peeping out of slings and bjorns. a cool and misty night, and i was fortunate enough to see and hear the fabulous mummyshots again, at amnesia. i'm no music reviewer, but they are a pure delight, deep and silly and talented and laughing, i really can't describe, just come over and i will play you a cd and make sure you go to the next show. lots of old friendly faces there and an amazing list song about the dome.

speaking of the dome, a song rich recorded there with carlton melton is now being played on the bbc radio playlist in the uk and scotland. check it out.

tonight, going to bed, maya told me that next time i went to a meeting (this is our reason for all nightly outings for parents) she would go with me because we were "stuck together with tape, butter, and jelly."

that's all folks
love, jamie