BTLA: Bands, the Bay, Birthdays, Babies, and Battlestar Galactica!

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Bands, the Bay, Birthdays, Babies, and Battlestar Galactica!

May has been an awesome month so far!!

Some pictures of things I've been up to recently:

Daughtry concert

Chris Daughtry (former American Idol contestant and now band-leader) and his band, along with Life House, played at Arco Arena last Friday. It was a great concert that Kelvin and I attended with Serena and Brad, and adds to my concert experience (Billy Joel, Greenday) in Sac-town.

Office Party

This past Friday, Wai Kiu and Hanh generously opened up their home to let us host an Office Party. You may recall a former post in which I described my newfound obsession with this TV show; well, Kelvin and I had (for a while) been talking about putting on a theme party.

We asked people to dress as Office characters, had great Mexican food, had fun decorations featuring pictures of the characters and various other Dunder Mifflin paraphernalia, played episodes in the background (to try to convince non-Office-watchers that this is one of the most hilarious and well-written shows ever!), and had people play Trivia (Ashby rocked the house, with Swati a close second). There was also plenty of baby-holding, with Mason now almost 6 months and Madeline about 7 months (I think). Thanks to Wai Kiu for taking so many pictures (a lot of which I stole!).

Some of the group: Kristen (as Karen), Ashby (as Jan), Anika (Angela), Swati (as Kelly), Brenden (as Creed), and me (as Pam) with Mason (as peapod, which is not a character as far as I know of...)

Ashby, me, Kelvin (as Ryan), and Swati

Some decorations:

The Cake (you have to watch this show to get this)

We gelatinized Phi's VA ID card, in the tradition of Jim-Dwight pranks

These posters are made in the spirit of a funny episode where the Office characters debate whether Hilary Swank is, obviously, Hot or Not

My favorite character...

with Mason (in the peapod) and Madeline

Anika/Madeline and Hanh/Mason

Working hard at matching/trivia

This is Ashby with her "fake" prize for winning the Trivia (this rock was what Michael gave to Toby as a going-away present)

Battle of the Residents

The California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP) Conference was in San Francisco this weekend. A bunch of us drove up for the day to explore the city and then compete in Jeopardy.

First, we ate fresh Dungeness crab on Fisherman's Wharf. I absolutely adore crab, and this was by far the best I have ever tasted.

Serena/Brad

Serena, Brad, Kelvin, and I then went out to Point Lobos and (on Oliver's recommendation) explored the Sutro Baths, which were a large swimming complex built at the end of the 19th century for the rich and famous; however, they are now ruins (a la those of Roman Baths) after a fire in the 1960s. They were neat to explore, and we hiked a bit around the ruins on a path along the water with view of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Jeremy, Michelle, and I then got serious to compete against residents from other California FP residencies in the "Battle of the Residents" where we had to buzz in and answer Jeopardy-style questions, with team collaboration allowed.

The questions were absolutely terribly written, and I think we knew too much to answer them correctly; however, we ended up tying for 2nd with USC (losing to UCSF Fresno). Maybe we will do better next year (if the questions make any medical sense!).

We wandered around a bit (here is the UCD team at the gates of Chinatown) before an absolutely wonderful four-course French four-course meal at Jeanne D'Arc, a nearby restaurant that Michelle picked for us. I think I am still stuffed from the rich food!

(Me, Kelvin, Kristin above the lion, Jeremy, Michelle, Dr. N)