Big Day Out

Saturday started out as a simple gathering at French Meadow for breakfast before a trip to the Museum of Russian Art. Unbeknown to me, there was a special exhibit on stamps! It was super-awesome and I fully recommend it. The detail is amazing once you check them out with a magnifying glass (provided). This is one of my favorites:

And this was part of a series that made me laugh at the timeliness of it all:

From snail mail art to email art! We then went shopping at Robot Love where I got some Sugarcoat vinyl decals to cover the scratches on my car. Don't drive back from the airport when you're REALLY sleepy, kids! Anyhoo, this is what I'm planning:

There was an apartments-tour of Blue, lunch at Bryant Lake Bowl, and some shopping at Cheapo and this vintage shop that I can only remember because I regret not buying a daisy-patterned swim cap (I have too much hair...):

We laughed at the name of this building:

And I always laugh at this. I've only seen one before in Istanbul!

Oh yeah, Martin and Heather made up the others in 'We.' I wasn't speaking royally or having this day out with Macy Gray the dog and Bob the cat.

We had dinner at Stella's where I had fish tacos that were almost dessert-like and got this sage advice:

Not long into my tacos did the tornado sirens begin. They sound exactly like the old air-raid siren in San Francisco, only these are, sadly, real. Thunder and lightning were going crazy over the north metro, but from where we were eating it was awesome, especially as Fleetwood Mac started up on the rooftop bar's loudspeakers.

That's right, it wasn't that one about thunder always happening when it's raining.