we celebrated my birthday with my folks and some siblings by hitting a classic san francisco vegetarian restaurant - the greens. since we have two of their cookbooks and have only visited them once before we thought it would be nice to sample their fare again. i tried some of their olives and did not care for them. my brother tells me that my pallate is still "juvenile" and i'm so glad to hear it. over 30 and still juvenile is a good thing, don't ya know? my pallate certainly enjoyed the io syrah and the mondavi cab-thanks for bringing them, bro!

james swept me off to the ferry building to indulge in foodie delights for about a half hour before dinner. we got some fancy cheeses and honey to go with an after dinner champagne and a rousing game of pass the pigs (thanks dawn and drew) with my folks, who were in town for the joyous occassion. i won, hooves down, once, and me da snouted the other game. it was too much fun until mum fell asleep rolling the pigs. all in all, a very memorable birthday. my thanks to everyone for your well-wishes. here's to another fantastic year!