NOPA

Headed North of the Panhandle for dinner with our friends Dad who is in from the East Coast. We dined for three hours starting with the very pretty cocktails, and with dinner moved on to a very good pinot. Fort Ross, if you ever come across a bottle and are in the mood for medium to full bodied wine. I tasted vanilla, but may be totally wrong.

It was such a nice time. My two friends and me have all spent time with each others parents on different occasions. One of them is having us over for Thanksgiving dinner in Berkeley. Since my parents will be in Southern California they gave me a very good bottle of tequila to show their thanks to my host family.

There is just something about adult friends that is really beautiful. I don't know how I got to be so blessed. As we sat and talked at dinner, I felt lucky that although we grew up in geographically different households we all had parents in longstanding and loving relationships.

We all relate to our parents and each others parents in a loving and caring way. I hope I am as cool and fun to be around when I am a parent:)