I talked Adam into kissing one. Did you ever do this? It was a right of passage for a preteen Californian (seriously). Some chemical the slug exudes makes your lips numb. And sticky, of course.
I flew down to San Diego last Friday for a girls' weekend. I was incredibly flattered to be invited. The group (9 of us total) are all Cal grads, most of which Elese met through friends or business school. Sun Hee (who Elese and I visited in Switzerland last summer) certainly traveled the farthest to be there. It was great--lots of shopping, lazing about, and catching up (in my case, getting to know everyone better). Several of the girls remembered me from my year or so working at Wall Berlin--I'll see if I can dig up a photo from those days.
I definitely think getting away with the girls is something all of us should do more often.
Here's a small sampling of the group, waiting for our table at brunch. Shannon, to my right, was the host of the gathering. You'll notice that the sun is out and we're all wearing flip flops. It was such a nice change! The weather here really is starting to drive me nuts.
We spent much of the weekend at Shannon's boyfriend's house. He and his roommates were amazingly accomodating--they cooked, cleaned, let us invade their space, and made a mean bloody mary.
