Friday evening I went out with the guys to the Elbo Room in the city. We had a pretty good time and afterwards we ate at a cute little diner which proclaimed they had the 'Best Hotcakes Evarrr'. They weren't bad, but Ole's Waffle House in Alameda has the best pancakes by far.. better than IHOP even!

While we were at the Elbo Room, this guy started chatting with me and the conversation ended with a sleeaezy pickup line. He had asked if the guy friends I came with lived in the east bay also.. to which I said yes, and then he went on to offer a place to stay for the evening so I didn't have to drive back. Nice. I've gotten the most unique pickup lines at the Elbo Room in the past. Once, a guy proclaimed very loudly, "Hey didn't we meet last weekend in Pebble Beach? You know.. the room with the ocean view, it was great - don't you remember??" I guess you have to get your 'in' somehow.

We ended the evening pretty early because all of us had things to do in the morning. I went for a long, pleasant ride on Isabella then had to rush back because out on the trail I recieved a phone call that Lizette and Mom were in Berkeley! I didn't even know they were coming up.. so the rest of the afternoon/evening was spent helping Mark move and clean his old apartment. Despite the work, it was good to hang out with the family.

Mark's building has this ancient elevator which fits no more than 6 people at most. During some of the rides up and down, we'd turn off the lights for fun, leaving everyone in the pitch dark. At one point Lizette began making smooching noises and I say, "ooooo...! Kissy kisssyyy!" which throughly disgusted Mom. She says to Mark(in the dark still), "Can you believe these are your sisters??" and he answers, "Yeah. This is why Julienne gets so many hits on her site for 'brother sister butt sex'". The next time we were all on the elevator and we turned off the lights, I went and grabbed Mark's boobs, to which he responded by trying to grab for everyone's butt (including Mom's). I got credit-carded by Lizette before the elevator doors opened and we headed to his new apartment.

Yesterday was the Himalayan Festival - bought a $5 skirt (hooray) and that evening had a great time with Amit and Merima at Pasta Pomodoro. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.. hopefully Merima will post the portrait I drew of her.