vacation update part...quattro?

SATURDAY: BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE CO., BERKELEY, BABY! TELEGRAPH AVE, MORE BEER, GRACE CATHEDRAL

saturday morning, we got in line for the best coffee in town at the blue bottle coffee company in the hayes valley, self-proclaimed artisan microroasters of organic coffee. they only use ccffee that's been roasted in the last 48 hours, and each cup of coffee is individually dripped. yeah. that's what i call fresh. the cappunico was nice and frothy for the whole cup and it was a double shot of espresso! a great deal for 2.75!

after our caffeine fix, we headed across the bay bridge to berkeley's telegraph ave, home to BOTH rasputin music and amoeba music, two of the biggest music stores you'll ever see.

we spent more money at this here store than any other. gillian welch, buddy and julie miller, bloc party, beck and a french pop compilation were some of our purchases.

quite a mural, don't you think?

on UC Berkeley's campus. cadence got to throw pennies into the fountain and make her first wishes.

here's lookin' at you, kid!

dancing...or is she trying to fly? who knows...

i just think it's so adorable the way cadence holds her daddy's finger as she goes down stairs.

cadence finally got to run around to her heart's content. well, maybe not QUITE content, but we really did let her let loose.

nutty birds.

and of course, we couldn't visit berkeley without stopping in at their local brewery. here we are at the triple rock.

more samplers. yummy!

ted + good beer = happy hubby. pretty simple, really.

cadence + cheerios = happy baby. usually.

happy baby + happy hubby = an 'awwww...' moment photo.

and a drive-by shot of grace cathedral because mark kozelek is on my list of Top 10 Voices That Make Me Weep For NO Good Reason.

and that's it folks. we flew home on sunday. cadence has been depriving me of sleep ever since, and now she's coming down with something that makes her nose run. my brain is total mush. mush brain. that's me. just call me mush brain from now on.