Dakota and Brent Wedding - Catalina Island

The following weekend after Josh and Erin's Maine wedding adventure, our same group of Bren friends met up again for another wedding. This time we were on Catalina Island for our good friends Dakota and Brent who were tying the knot at the summer camp where they first met. The camp was on the south end of Emerald Bay and just around the point from the BSA Camp that I attended as a youth.


Appropriately, the theme for the wedding was a weekend getaway at summer camp. The whole wedding part caught the Island Express ferry from Long Beach to Catalina. The boat ride across the channel was just the beginning of the new friendships and stories that were to be made with everyone who attended the event. Summer camp was everything you could imagine: bunk beds, communal meals, swimming, kayaking, snorkeling, camp fires, volleyball, soccer... It was just like being a kid again except with alcohol. The whole weekend culminated to the main event for Brent and Dakota's wedding.














My three days at summer camp was an adventure to remember. I have a whole lot of respect for Brent and Dakota for putting on a wedding that brought together a group of strangers, who represent the different periods in their lives, and over a weekend creating a single cohesive group of friends that will now share and remember the joy of the occasion.

Erin and Josh - Maine Wedding

I've never been to Maine or the Northeast so there was no way in the world I was going to miss the wedding of my two good friends Josh and Erin. The wedding was held on Bar Harbor Island where both the bride and the groom's families were from. Surprisingly though, for an island you can drive around in one hour, Josh and Erin and the Meyer-Maderia families never formally met until later in life. The wedding was a two day event hosted with the highest New England sophistication; yachts, waterfront estates, lobster, and whole lot of really good people.

Fruit of the Soul 2008

My sister Rachel hosted a gluten free baked goods booth at the annual Fruit of the Soul event held at Specialty Produce. The event brings together over 30 of San Diego's finest restaurants, local musicians, and artists to raise money for the Monarch School for homeless youth. The event brought together my whole family to enjoy a night of food, drinks, music, and fun.

Dad

Mom and Hammy

Julia was down for a visit too

Moving up in Life (La Jolla)

I moved into my new apartment in La Jolla with a good friend and old house mate from Santa Cruz-Alexis Rojas. Alexis moved back to San Diego to start medical school at UCSD and I have to admit he did all the work finding our super epic apartment. Our new apartment is about a 30 second walk to Windansea beach. It is also within walking distance to 3 other fantastic surf breaks. For those of you who know me, this location is about as perfect as it gets for surf or any other beach activity. It is also an easy walk or bike to bars, restaurants, coffee shops, farmers market, public library, and friends.

I am continually amazed in the direction my life takes and the opportunities it brings. I like to say I have everything going for me in life except the job.