Tawny Compact Package: Playing Catch-up, Part 3 (July 14-20)

This week's highlight was a two-night visit from Tio Miguel, who was down from Portland to receive training in Ecotect, a groovy architectural energy-efficiency analysis software. (Hope I got that right.)

As we await the arrival of our meal at Axum Cafe, our favorite Ethiopian restaurant, Ayla is bewitched by Miguel's enchanting smile and dreamy dark brown eyes. (Uh oh, she's already a sucker for those tall, dark, and handsome types.)

Hooray, Beer!

Ayla loves a good import...

Back at la casa, Miguel enjoys a gelato from our next-door neighbor, La Copa Loca, while Ayla looks on with envy. What? No, that is not a children's mobile made from a coat hanger jammed in the side of Ayla's rocker. What kind of parents do you think we are? Please move on to the next picture. Nothing to see here.

"Maybe we could run off to Mexico, Miguel, and you could use Ecotect to design a beautiful, energy-efficient palapa for the two of us."

We finished the week with a Sunday brunch with Aaron, Sarika, Jessica, and Megan, at Toast Cafe in SF's Noe Valley district.

Aaron tries to steal a kiss while Sarika tries to balance the bill...

Jess shares some pictures on her snazzy iPhone. Not that I'm jealous or anything. In the foreground: all you need to get through life--cash and coffee.