Birthday Extravaganza

Last week was the first time I got to spend my birthday with my sister, Jen(who is NOT an actress)....in about 10 yrs!  We used to always celebrate together because her birthday is March 6th and mine is March 7th.  As children we'd have huge parties together.  It was a yearly event at our house.  Well...this year I planned it so that I'd be in San Francisco to celebrate both of our birthdays.  My brother, Harry lives in SF as well and my other sister, Eugenia flew up from LA to join us.  The party started on the 6th with a really yummy Mexican dinner with Jen's friends.  Then the following day  was my birthday breakfast at my favorite place in Berkeley called "Bette's Oceanview Diner"  It is my favorite place to have breakfast in the whole world!!!  YUMMMY!!!  That day, the 3 sisters watched the movie "Definitely Maybe"...very cute and perfect for ladies day out!  Then, at night we had a nice dinner followed by a comedy show in the city.  On Sat, the girls met up with Harry in the city at the Ferry Building where we just walked around the farmers market and sampled a bunch of cheeses and dips.  It was great!!! I love samples!  The farmers market there is above all the best one ever!!!  It doesn't compare to the one in NY, Union Square.  There is one stand with different  smoothies...and they are just brilliant!!!  The best ever!  There are also really great dried fruits..which I bought a whole bag full!!!  My dad came for lunch and we decided to eat there....though, by then, we were already quite full from the samples.  hahaha....At night, we went to a place called "Yoshi's" to have dinner and watch Lizz Wright perform.  My best friend, Karen from high school flew from LA to spend my birthday with me!     All I really need for a great birthday is my family and my closest friend.  The show was excellent!!!!  She has a great sexy voice and she is such a great performer....so inspiring and she made me cry!!!  Her songs are really great too....check them out!!!  Ok, for the final day of the birthday extravaganza.  We attended a Rosemblum wine tasting event.  We rode our bikes there and then spent the entire day wine tasting and eating meatballs with cheese.  OH, and the Rosemblum ice cream is soooooooooo delicious!  It was a great finale to the entire weekend.  I didn't really try much of the wine because I'm not big on alcohol..but, Harry got pretty smashed...and I'm wondering how on earth did he ride back!  hahaha....what a weekend!  I miss my family and my friend!  Thanks Jen for arranging everything!

this is my friend Karen and me at Yoshi's

this was at the wine tasting...we brought my dog Seth in and he was a hit with all the drunks there!  hahaha

I have a lot more photos with the rest of my family..but, I can't seem to find them...I'll have to post them next time