It's a sweatshirt tied around your waist kinda day

Over the past weekend, I was discussing weather with friends, and lamented the adoption of Fahrenheit instead of Celsius, and the irrelevance of temperature anyway. We in the bay area are subject to a constantly changing micro-climate, requiring San Franciscans to be prepared with layers at any given time. Recently, I've been a little obsessed with weather reports, as I have access to a current one on my iMac's Dashboard, and have been deciding what to wear that day depending on the weather. I got to thinking, why not just rate the weather in terms of how many layers you will have to wear that day? On a day like today, it will most likely be in the high 80s. Now, this is normally t-shirt and tank top weather. But if you're out in the avenues, or if it's around dusk or later, you'll need to wear a long sleeved shirt or sweatshirt. Too hot for a jacket, but once the wind kicks up, it would be nice to cover your arms as well. A fall day in the low 60s? At least 2 layers and a jacket, or two t-shirts and a hoodie, etc. Anyway, just a thought.

Patriotic

What could be more patriotic than flag-shaped cakes and BBQs? Maybe being proud of your government, but I'm just not quite there yet.



Nick made a strawberry tiramisu in the likeness of the flag!
















We played rock band and drank beer.



A good time was had by all.
Because the weather was San Francisco like, we did not see fireworks.












As is typical for SF during the holidays, the next day was gorgeous weather.