To a BEAUtiful Night!

I just want to recognize the great night I had tonight with one of my good friends Ms. Meredith Kelly(who has recently decided to join the blogging craze! WOo!). We both share a love of different world cultures and for this amazing city that we are currently living in and tonight we got to enjoy a great taste of both!

Our night started with a free movie in the park! The Mission Dolores park was showing "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". The weather was great and there were so many people there! It was a really great event getting the community together for some FREE and FUN festivities! Of course, most people were just visiting with their friends and it was hard to hear the movie but still a good time nonetheless.




After our viewing of the movie we both realized we had a sudden craving for chips and salsa (must have been all those Taquerias we passed on the 33) so we decided to embark on a journey to find a late night open Taqueria. Lucky for us we were close to the Mission and only had to walk about 3 blocks to find a very tasty one. We enjoyed ourselves a refreshing Dos Equis and some tasty Mexican food.





Oh the ways San Francisco fulfills me ( :

Joy to the World

"Be true to yourself first Becca, everything else will fall into place."

My Aunt Earlene(sister to my grandma) is like no other person I have ever met in my entire life. She has more spunk in her personality than any other 75 year old I know. Her favorite songs include "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night and "Old Time Rock and Roll" by Bob Seger; both feel good songs that make her feel inclined to get up and dance. She lives with and basically takes care of my grandma, who is deteriorating both mentally and physically more every time I see her. This living situation utterly depresses my Aunt because my Grandma has no desire to ever come out of her room and conversing is not her idea of fun. Because many of Aunt Earlene's friends have passed away and only 2 of her 4 kids choose to talk to her(reasons unknown), she looks for some human communication through her letters with me. I'd say she has average between 2 to 3 letters a week since I have left for college(Jackie can vouch for this since she primarily picks up our mail). Although I do not write her back as much as I would like, her letters constantly remind me of how much I am loved and that someone out there is thinking about me. Besides the large amount of affection packed into each one, my Auntie often includes valuable pieces of advice that give me new perspectives on life and have actually helped me get through some rough times. My aunties has had one of those hard and screwed up lives like you see on Oprah and her viewpoints on life and all of its functionings mean so much to me. All of her letters come in cute little cards, usually with cartoon animals on it, and all end with "Hi to Jackie." I have included some of her wise words and some cute quotes that make up the Auntie that I love.



"Well here it is Friday night and no date again. Now that is just sad. Wish you were here. I'd call you and have you take me out for dinner and we could gossip, tell jokes, eat and laugh and laugh."



"Always remember, live your dreams, set YOUR goals and stand by them, be happy and always take time to laugh. Its the best medicine and has always helped me. Believe in yourself because you deserve the best of all things."



"Will say sorry about you and *@# but then again you got a lot of living ahead of you and lots of plans so first focus on what Becca needs to do & do it girl! There will be another someone in your life in your future. Maybe lots of them (haha)!"



"Sometimes I get really depressed and the old poor me crap starts to work on me and I have to clear my mind and let God remind me of all the reasons I am so rich."

"I enjoyed having Luke(my dog) here. I talked to him all the time and I think he understood me."

"Becca Boo! Still here, still breathing, and baking brownies!"

"By the way, will we get to see Sam during the holiday? I could use a Xmas hug from a tall, dark, and handsome young man. Old ladies say the darn funniest things."

Hitching a Ride: Inspiration for Robin and her Good Deeds

Ms. Robin, my darling roommate's older sister, has made a great challenge for herself for the month of April; to do one good deed each day. This is such a wonderful idea and such a great way to think outside of yourself. Wouldn't it be great if there were more Robins in this world to help create a little more goodness in this life?

Anyways, I was looking through my pictures from Mexico and came across these and thought that this nice deed from complete strangers deserved some blogging recognition. I also thought I could help provide some inspiration and ideas from my own life that have sure made my day!

My family and I were on a quest to go Tequila tasting (hey, it's Mexico!) and thought we would use Mexico's public transportation to get there. Well, of course being the lame tourists we are, we took one bus that only ended up taking us about half way to our desired location. So my parents went into a restaurant asking the owners for some "guidance". My parents came out and said to just start walking up the road. About 5 minutes into our walk, a black truck pulled off to the side of the road and offered us a ride. They were people who had been eating at that restaurant and heard my parent's clear disorientation. So we all pilled on in the back of the truck and watched the road disappear behind us. It turned out we would of had about a mile and a half walk up a curvy and ascending road with no sidewalks (and Lord knows my family sure aren't the most athletic!). The turned out to be some college guys who were visiting from Texas and must have recognized us as lost souls. It was about a 10 minute drive that probably would have taken us about an hour or so to walk. My parents ended up giving them some money even though they didn't ask for it to thank them for their generosity of sharing their wheels with us. Who knows if they had hoped to get a reward out of it or if they were just trying to lend a hand, all I know is that it made me feel great and have some hope for this often cold world.

Thanks to those Texans and to all the people out there like Robin! You guys keep the world spinning.

Little Bugger Just Blew Me Away...

As an older sister with an often pesky little brother, it can be hard to take a step back and see the great kid standing in front of me. However, this weekend I went home to see him get ready for a Junior Prom that he was invited too (he is only a sophomore). I must say, I was just blown away by how absolutely handsome he looked. Usually Blake is just my gangly, stinky, little snot ridden brother but for the for the first time I saw him as the good looking man he is turning into. I am so proud of the person he is becoming and can see all the great things he is going to do in his future. I love you so much little brother.