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Today, I'm going to omit the extensive regional event listing to make room for all our photos from this past Sunday's SFKossack event. The event listing will be back tomorrow to promote meet-ups around the nation.
a gilas girl flew into the Bay Area for a conference last Saturday. The SFKossack events began immediately. She had dinner that night with Markos and Susan Gardner. The next day was going to be a long one but one we hoped would be full of fun.
BRAKING: The DIVA is not infallible. Only a few knew about the critical error/misunderstanding in the announced location of the ferry departing to Tiburon. kimoconnor figured out at 8:30 AM that our ferry was leaving from Pier 41, not the Ferry Terminal as it does on week days. Long story short, I re-routed a few people to Pier 41 only to re-route them back to the Ferry Terminal when Kim did research and determined the majority wouldn't make it on time. We needed to abort Tiburon and re-plan the whole day. This was all while we were all commuting to the city. Kim pretty much saved the day by discovering this in the nick of time. She also came up with the plan of taking the ferry to Sausalito instead. I quickly telephoned lineatus, my personal restaurant guide, to find us a spot that could take 18 people. She did and reported back. SFKossacks rallied! Plan B went into action. Note to self: Have everyone's mobile numbers. I did not have Steveningen's and he missed our new plans. I'm still in pain over that. Steven, you don't need to read the rest of the diary. :( [forehead kisses x100]
Let's begin with the ferry portion of our photos:
SFKossacks: Glen the Plumber, remembrance, norm, smileycreek and paradise50 with the Bay Bridge behind them
MB and Glen the Plumber enjoying the view
skywriter chatting with madhaus, where4art in the scarlet jacket and Lusty with her usual laughing face
Golden Gate Bridge off in the distance
smileycreek loving the swift breeze
A Zillion (actually 31) More Photos Below the New Day sunrise cloud
norm
We approach Sausalito
PHOTO BY LINEATUS: She sees our ferry coming in
PHOTO BY LINEATUS: side pocket is there waiting for us
Cafe Picolo in Sausalito with a terrific view of the city
PHOTO BY LINEATUS: Glen the Plumber prepares for Jedi Mind Meld
L-R, Front Row:: madhaus, paradise50, Lusty, norm, where4art
L-R, Back Row: smileycreek, remembrance, a gilas girl, Glen the Plumber and Meteor Blades
Lusty decked in Daily Kos orange!
Ferry ride back to the city
PHOTO BY CITISVEN:
We dock back at the Ferry Building and kimoconnor and citisven are waiting there to help us navigate to MUNI and head to Golden Gate Park and the Japanese Tea Garden. Here we are waiting underground for public transit.
Front, L-R: remembrance, navajo, kimoconnor, paradise50 and MB
Back, L-R: Glen the Plumber, skywriter, Lusty, Lorikeet and norm
citisven
PHOTO BY CITISVEN: Where4art, navajo, Lorikeet and Meteor Blades
We arrive at the Japanese Tea Garden
MB calls this Buddha's serene flip off
PHOTO BY CITISVEN: Sven's sleeping duck
Japanese Tea House
PHOTO BY CITISVEN:
At the Japanese Tea Gardern
navajo, FogCityJohn, a gilas girl, Mrs. pocket, Lorikeet and remembrance
a bit of FogCityJohn, a gilas girl, Mrs. side pocket, side pocket and Meteor Blades
Sakura?
jotter joins us for dinner
slouching (a Raging Granny) joins us for dinner, also
Glen the Plumber and citisven
smileycreek and jotter having quality time
So sorry all these photos are blurry, I must have been too excited:
Everyone is excited that Silky arrives
paradise50 and smileycreek hugging Silky!
The Plumbers get in on the action as Silky meets slouching
We had a great jam-packed day, filled with fun, plus the weather was gorgeous!
SFKossacks ROCK!
Food pr0n will be in my tip jar.
Lineatus's Flickr album is here.
My photo album is here My Flickr slideshow is here. Both include citisven's photos.
The event schedule will be back tomorrow!