Amanita Vivian and the Rotisserie Chicken

Fidel and Karen sent a few pics of Amanita and some prose from Fidel:

"Its a brand spanking new year and with this new year came......... Amanita Vivian!!!!! Amanita is one of the most chillest little persons you will meet. She chills, thats what she does for most of her waking hours.

Stares, raises her eyebrows as if she just realized something then yawns and makes a sleepy face and a crying face before she burps*. Then she cries and starts turning everything she sees into her mothers bosom.

Its the equivalent of turning everything into a rotisserie chicken when we are hungry, or a hot dog or hamburger. When she is hungry get out of the way! It's a good thing she wasn't born with piranha teeth like I wished for."

My niece rocks!!!

Visit from Linda-Part 2

Saturday night the three of us decided to get a little crazy and check out Miz Kitty's Parlour, a local old timey vaudeville act. Miz Kitty, who plays the banjo for the local "Flat Mountain Girls," gets all gussied up and mc's a broad range of acts that range from rope tricks to belly dancing. It's all takes place in the Mission Theater, one of the McMenamin's establishments, so the beer flows like wine (which always improves the reception of the broad humor and slapstick). I forgot my camera so no pictures. You'll just have to imagine what goes one when acts like "Leapin' Louie Lichtenstein the Rope Swinging Stilt Walking Mad-Man" and "Yasmira the Tempting Swirly Bellydancer" hit the stage.

Sunday found us in the Pearl district, checking out Cargo, a store that has everything that is imported and decorative...and difficult to find a use for.

clever baskets made from rolled up plastic bags

There's got to be a domestic use for 20 square feet of fake rosebuds

paper mache masks from Vietnam

Linda's visit was short but achieved its primary goal of letting her meet the grand-bump and drop of the first airlift of bibs. The second airlift is scheduled soon.