The month of June..

This has been one crazy, busy month, and it going by way to quickly. I wish there were more hours in a day. 

First week of June: TOFU and Soy Festival. Very small festival in Japantown in San Francisco. There were food vendors, games, and tents with  cute soy and tofu treats and snacks. And there was also...

This gaint dinosaur! I swear it did try to eat me! but good thing I was able to talk him out of it!

Then I made a new friend. ...Miss Tofu...

Ate this cute mochi. If i didn't remember wrong, I believe its watermelon favor.

Then we went downtown, did a little shopping, and then we went back home and from there the laziness started. We were so lazy that cooking was not an option and so wasn't going out, so we opted for delivery. People can not get any lazier...

Second week of June: I went to Baltimore, MA for the ASMS conference and attended a short course. It was very informative and I learned a lot...kind of.... but over all I would say it was a good trip. I met lots of people, read lots of posters, and listened to lots of talks.. 

Since we got to Baltimore a day early we did a little site seeing. We stayed at the Hilton which was connected to the convention center and not too far from the harbor. 

This beautiful day turned.....

Dark, gloomy, rainy, and cold within mins. These 2 pictures were taken 15 mins apart. We were on the water taxi when they dropped us off and told us that taxi service will resume after the storm.. my thought "what storm....." and needless to say I was soaked...

Water Taxi 

Can't go to Baltimore without trying their lump of crab cake.

And blue crab..

And clams...

And blue crab cake...can't get better then the 2 in 1

911 Memorial metal...This piece really makes you stand there and think...

The view outside my hotel room window.

We also went to Bubba Gump.. I really like the movie Forest Gump so I had to take this picture!

Third week of June: Annual birthday high tea with Emily. Thanks!

Then we went to a succulent event and the shopping at Palo Alto. Super fun weekend!

Good night world. I am super tired. 

<3 Tiffany

My Weekend: Mission Peak

Mission Peak: Honestly I wanted to climb Mission Peak because I wanted a picture with that pole that everyone has on Facebook. After seeing so many pictures, I decided to get one myself, so I convinced a friend to hike it with me. Driving there alone took an hr. We got there at 11:30 to the parking lot and the hike starts with ...... Lots of cows......

Lots of cows just chilling on this warm day. I decided to come this weekend because the weather was suppose to be cool with an overcast.... totally not true.. Thank God for sunscreen and a light jacket... I rather sweat to death then burn to death... I burn quick.. quicker then cooking an egg under the sun...

No one ever mentioned that there was nothing at Mission Peak except for dried grass, cows, flys, all sorts of bugs, skinny squirrels, slippery rocks, dust, and no wind....

In the beginning the higher we got the tinier the houses got and cooler the view...

..Then it got to dry and I started to run out of water...and the complaining starts.....

To me this was the 1/2 way mark and I needed a picture.... Here was also where people started telling me 20 more minutes.. So not true... I was told 20 more mins 3 times before getting to the top....

I finally made it... All that work for this picture... =) Achievement?

Going down there was also nothing but dry grass and slipper rocky road...

The squirrel didn't move for a very very very long time. I think its hungry...

This cow was super close to us. So close that I can almost touch it... but its got wayyyyyy too many flys covering it... Closest I ever been to a cow... and I went to Davis for undergrad....

This was my reward for completing Mission Peak. It was well deserved. =)

Thanks to my friend Emily always going along with my crazy ideas. Skydiving is next. =)

"Today will be the youngest we will ever be again!!"

Sunday: Ikea to exchange something and the Maleficent. It was a good movie. Sunday was a day to rest and taking it slow. It was much needed after Mission peak.

<3 Tiffany