October 08, 2005
Awesome...Just awesome
It's Fleet Week here, and our friend Pam had her delightful annual party on her rooftop patio overlooking the bay, to watch the Blue Angels. They were, as always, stunning. Splendid. Awesome.
And as always, it's difficult to get good pictures of them with my digital camera. It's probably hard with any camera. Either they are dots against a blue sky, or they are close....but close they are moving so fast, you hear a roar and then KER-BLAM! They go right over our heads and then they are gone...
You want peace, talk to these guys. We call it Pax Americana. It's the only option available;
don't bother asking the hippies.
There's a bit more below...
I would not want to watch these fellows perform if I were one of America's enemies...
That's Charlene in pink, with Will behind her. The others are our friends
in the Thorpe family; Kathryn, Karina Payne, and their Grandmother Madeline Doran.
My brother got married during Fleet Week (in another city.) They found out they were in the flight path, and so put in the program that the Blue Angels would be flying in celebration of their marriage.
The timing worked out perfectly, with the planes overhead as we exited the church... :)
Posted by: B. Durbin at October 10, 2005 08:53 PMThat reminds me of how Charlene and I had our wedding reception in a restaraunt overlooking SF Bay. Our timing and position were (by pure chance) perfect for a big fireworks display. I think it was for the 50th anniversary of the GG Bridge...Someone told Charlene's dad that the restaraunt needed his VISA card to pay for the fireworks...
Posted by: John Weidner at October 11, 2005 07:03 AMThanks for the pics! It was a great party but a little disappointing as a fundraiser. Anyway, I want to thank, from the bottom of my heart the four people (of 80 who attended) for their generous checks to The Katrina Victims Fund. c/o Bank of America, 1995 Union Street, San Francisco, CA 94123. I will disperse the funds collected to my brother, his girlfriend and two other friends who lost everything. If you want to see some really close up pictures and commentary of why I am doing this, go to http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Uc=n7vl128.10k36pe4&Uy=-lsttlk and be sure to read the comments under the photos.
Posted by: Pamela Wiget at October 12, 2005 08:16 AMThanks for the pics! It was a great party but a little disappointing as a fundraiser. Anyway, I want to thank, from the bottom of my heart the four people (of 80 who attended) for their generous checks to The Katrina Victims Fund. c/o Bank of America, 1995 Union Street, San Francisco, CA 94123. I will disperse the funds collected to my brother, his girlfriend and two other friends who lost everything. If you want to see some really close up pictures and commentary of why I am doing this, go to http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Uc=n7vl128.10k36pe4&Uy=-lsttlk and be sure to read the comments under the photos.
Posted by: Pamela Wiget at October 12, 2005 08:16 AM
