Saturday afternoon we went to Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church to witness our friends from WPC tie the knot. Neither of us had been to Moraga before. Although there is some bad traffic around that area, it is beautiful once you get there.

The church is on a hilltop. This is the view from inside the church.

The church building itself is also very nice.

This picture was taken by the father of the groom before the ceremony. Too bad I missed most of the ceremony due to the fact that k started making noise. At least D was able to fill me in. 🙂

The getaway car.

The reception was at the Oakland Marriott, where we also reserved a room. k seemed to enjoy her first stay in a hotel room.

This bed was sooo comfortable. The whole ensemble can be yours for around $3,000 according to their catalogue.

The view from our room during the day.

The view at night.

k slept through most of the reception. Amazing, considering all of the glass clinking and such. There were about 400 people in attendance.

Cutting the cake.

The lovely couple.

Note: She’s Chinese and He’s Japanese, so she wore this Chinese dress part of the time and then changed into a Japanese kimono-dress. How cute. I believe the wedding cake topper was also Chinese-Japanese.

The only time we got lost during the long weekend was going to D’s cousin’s house in Santa Clara. I’ll just blame it on Yahoo! maps, which told us to make a left instead of a right. Santa Clara actually reminded us a lot of Irvine. D’s cousin’s wife cooked us a delicious dinner of short ribs with a vegetable puree, mashed potatoes, rolls and salad. I called it “gourmet” but she described it as “rustic”.

The next morning we headed up to Berkeley. We had fun posing with k around campus. We couldn’t resist buying her a couple of things at the student store. Notice that I dressed k in her tie-dye outfit so she would blend in.

Taking a break by Strawberry Creek

Sitting on Oski

Wheeler Hall

Sather Gate

I don’t think this bridge has a name.

Can you believe the student store on campus sells dried squid? Ew. They also had sushi to go, which was unheard of when we were there.

We stopped at one my favorite Berkeley cafes–Cafe Strada.

Lunch was at Zachary’s. Deep dish pizza–yum. Yes, it still deserves a place on D’s restaurant list.

We made it to Cupertino in six hours. After exiting DeAnza we looked for a place to eat and ended up at Siam Thai. The chicken dishes we ordered were tasty, but my side of pad thai was somewhat lacking in the flavor department.

Afterward we went to my friend W’s house. I first met W during my freshman year in the dorms. I started saying “ai-yah” and “yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah” because of her. 🙂 Anyway, I was excited to meet her two daughters, each of whom coincidentally have one of my names. (I’ll let you figure that one out yourself).

W served us some refreshing watermelon. This was no ordinary watermelon so I had to take a picture!

Next we went to my second cousin’s house. Her baby was born within a couple of days of W’s youngest (they’re about three months old now). As you can see, both W’s baby (pictured above) and k’s third cousin (pictured below) have a lot more hair than her!

Next stop…Santa Clara.

We just returned from a trip up to Northern California. This was k’s first “major” trip and she did pretty well. It all started with a wedding that we were invited to in Moraga. We decided it would be a good opportunity to visit people, so our itinerary was as follows:

Friday: Visit my college friend and her family in Cupertino. Visit my second cousin and her baby in Cupertino. Visit D’s cousin and his wife in Santa Clara and stay overnight at their place.

Saturday: Go to Berkeley (mostly so D could go to the Student Store). Attend wedding in Moraga and reception in Oakland. Stay overnight in Oakland.

Sunday: Visit D’s family in Napa and stay overnight.

Monday: Go home, but stop to visit my Grandma and Auntie in Paso Robles.

As you can imagine, we’re tired, but it was lots of fun. We have lots of photos to share, but for now, we will leave you with just one of D and k at a rest stop somewhere along I-5.