ah, the weather has been absolutely beautiful. to celebrate independence day, james invited me to go sailing on a boat with his friend goldie from work, her boyfriend and some other people down in tacoma--my first time on an actual sailboat. we went down there around noon and were on the boat until midnight--->see my pictures. mount rainier looked incredible down there and the air show was tons of fun to see. i just sat back, soaking in the rays and enjoyed the gorgeous day.

i'm starting to feel much better and am able to move around a bit more. i even made it to salsa class with jon on thursday. friday, i saw the symphony again where bobby mcferrin was the guest conductor...enjoyed it very much. at one point, he asked the audience "are there any sopranos in the house who can sing bach's ave maria?", and 4 women leapt up on stage...and bobby proceeded to vocalize the background as these 4 women burst out into a gorgeous rendition of this aria. i was mucho impressed. and on saturday evening, headed down to pier 62/63 with eugene, christina, robert and some other people to see Buena Vista Social Club presents Ibrahim Ferrer...great Cuban, salsa, rumba, etc. music. afterwards, we headed over to wild ginger to get some late night munchies...here are some pictures i took along the way.

i decided last week that i'm definitely going to head over to prague in august to attend my friend peter's wedding. i'm incredibly excited as my bestest friend from kansas, sara, will be there for a chamber music festival. not only will i probably be able to hear her play violin but i get to celebrate my birthday with her and wil in prague (my bday is only 3 days after the wedding). now i have to find a good plane ticket and start booking the hotel....