Well we finally recovered from Friday and all the energy vibrating off the walls and out into the cosmos!
This morning started with a true frantic party mood!
ManEe hung out with friends…
Diane, Shirl, Sally, and Aloha had breakfast and coffee and laughs until mid-morning…
Babaloo, Kamakhya, CaliScribe and the girls – Cypress and Sam – went off to the San Diego Zoo…
SanDiegoDem was at a little league game…
Well we had a wonderful time everywhere…and are still going strong into the evening.
Night at the beach below the fold….
Party tonight was at Aloha’s place…she cooked the most marvellous marinated chicken…and we had salad and fruit and chips and dips and wine….
We all talked about our days and what we saw…and a little politics…very little! The revolution has to wait until after we finish the party!
So without further ado…Pictures
Aloha, Sally, and Smokie the Pootie!
ShirlStars and Man Eegee starting with Munchies
SallyCat, ShirlStars, SanDiegoDem, Man Eegee – hanging out on Aloha’s balcony
Kamakhya & ShirlStars checking the Wine Collection
SanDiegoDem and Man Eegee watching the sunset
Babaloo, ShirlStars, Kamakhya…
The Saturday Night Gang
Kamakhya, Babaloo, ShirlStars, Diane101, Man Eegee
Cali-Scribe, SallyCat, AlohaLeezy, SanDeigoDem
Sunset…and the party goes on!
More edits and comments from the crew shortly….
We love the fact that we had a place to meet called Booman Tribune…and the reunion is going on! We have so much love here it we are going to float home!
Love and hugs and smoochies…
Great photos! It looks like you’re all having a great time! Don’t forget to post photos of you all skinnydipping on the beach. 😉
those photos are too HOT to handle. . .some of us did “sturdy” dipping, some “skinny” dipping, some “Oh my God! you can’t do that on a public beach!”
This has been such a fabulous time, none of us want it to end. . .so plans for continuing these gatherings are in the works as we speak.
Wish you all were with us in person.
Big Hugs,
Shirl
the pictures didn’t come out in the moonlight, guess your imagination will have to do 😉
Aloha just said: “My tummy is full. My tummy and my heart is full.” That pretty much sums it up, great food, great company and CHEESECAKE!!!
Too bad, but I do have a pretty vivid imagination. 😉
Enjoy the cheesecake!
Oh, you’re making me wish I were there. Have a great time.
SanDiegoDem, I hope you had as much fun at Little League today as I did. Did any of the meetup crowd come out to cheer your Padres, Dodgers, Red Sox, Giants, or whatever? (We don’t have Dodgers in our LL in the Bay Area, incidentally.)
I had to root for Alex’s Diamondbacks by myself 🙁 But it’s ok because they won 🙂 But tomorrow Alex’s travelling league has a game at the ballfield that is about 2 blocks from Leezy’s place and Caliscribe will still be around so I am threatening to drag them out to the ballpark.
You know, I mostly lurk here and participate more at the Orange place, but this gathering has still been like meeting family to me too. Such an amazing group of women (and Manny!) :-> So I promised Diane that I would stop by Village Blue more often and check out the cafes here too. It certainly does seem as if Booman has created a wonderful community. I hope he reads these and sees how much we all appreciate that.
Yippee! I got great BooTribbers AND I got to see real live Pandas to boot!
I don’t think you all had NEARLY enough wine bottles there. I suspect the giggles will go on far into the night.
I’m pretty sure we weren’t looking at the empties there.
No but they are now opening the white port to go with the cheesecake. Both my tummy and my heart are full. There is so much love and energy here it is incredible. And Booman, we cannot thank you enough for bringing us all together. Long live the Booman!!
Cheesecake? awwwww 🙁
eat a piece for me.
Not to worry, I owe you a bag of virtual M&Ms. Here you go. < boran2 tosses M&Ms at the monitor >
If that bag was open … well you just made a mess didn’t you? Are you scooping them up right now and shoveling them in your mouth?
but thanks for the thought.
No M&M’s…only dark Chocolate with the White Port…oh and my favorites – Afrika cookies! Oh…amazing stuff here.
Hearts are truly full…
As soon as I get photos back from the waterproof camera I’ll post a quick diary on sea kayaking in La Jolla! A way, way cool thing to do…teaser watching tiger sharks swimming around in clear, cool water! p.s. Tiger sharks don’t bite!
Hey folks, that looks like a great party you got going out there! Here, we’re just waiting for the next big round of spring thunderstorms to roll through, and believe me, you wouldn’t be frolicking on the beaches here!
All snark and envy aside, it’s really gratifying to see that the bad ole ‘internets’ don’t really alienate people more, rather, it can help facilitate great connections of like great minds and souls. Such as yours. Party on! I can feel there in spirit, and that’s a great thing.
Carpe your per diem! (You might need the extra change to get back home… 🙂
Oh wow! You guys have fun for us all!!
<pouting with immense jealousy>
And might I say…Manny! You are a hottie!!!
Oh wait! Don’t tell Cthulu’s Bunny Slippers…damn the perils of having the hubby sign up….
Seriously though, You all look so beautifull together! One day…this whole damn pond is gonna find a way to be together…all at once!!
Howdy Cake!
Glad to see someone else is being insane and staying up too late on the one night we lose sleep! We caught a good Eddie Izzard show on BBC last week, and I thought of you … funny how that works, huh?
Anyway, aren’t we sooo envious of the SoCal folks?
Hey, what are you folks doing at the beach? April 2nd here in Sweden and it’s snowing. You must’ve snatched our spring.
Did you change your watches and clocks?
(Sorry, this is the first time I’ve had to do this since 1976 and getting to do new things is just so exciting.)
Hi everyone,this is my last post before leaving at 10 to go to train and then home to relax and wind down after this glorious weekend.
It has been so much fun and I have tons more pics to post when I get home and I expect we will all write something about it.
And I promise I will have the Great Best Last Word on it all. . .donchaknow!
This has been even better than our wild immaginations conjured up! Just Fabulous
Hanging out eating the yummy danish and fruit that Aloha has provided for breakfast! Talking and unwinding a bit before we all travel. The energy has been just high pitch all weekend. Weather is a little cool…but SoCal sunny!
We got down to some serious politics as the night got late. Expect some diaries on interesting topics – since we all want to continue the conversations! So amazing to see people get so animated in person with their opinions! Written words just don’t do it the same way!
Going off to grab another cup of coffee!
They’re still here!!!! All kidding aside I will never forget this weekend. We have so much to share with each other and as others have stated here, it is wonderful expressions and body language to go along with the words. Carry on!! I highly encourage regional gatherings. The energy and love is enough to carry us through.
You’re all so beautiful and I’ll be taking some time to get over my jealosy that I couldn’t be there to help Manny represent our gender. Though I know Manny needs no help in that department.
It’s good to hear that more meetups are in the works. I’m crossing my fingers and hoping that I’ll be able to make the next one.
Love to you all
and I’ll hold you to another meet-up…I seem to recall something about a morning walk and coffee! A really great beach was about 3 minutes away…
Love and hugs friend!
You were sorely missed, SS, and we made up all kinds of wild stories about you to fill the void! :>)
To the gang, Babaloo, the kids and I made it home safe and sound. The drive was long, but we made it through with some great conversation and thankfully good weather (until we hit the bay area where it has been raining all weekend).
This was such a fabulous trip for me. It was such a great thing to really put faces and personalities to the names. Aloha is even wackier in person! ;>)
Define “wackier” for me…lol. It was great to meet you my friend and glad to hear the trip home went smoothly.
Oh Super…you were here with us in spirit. We felt your presence. This is only the beginning of more wonderful gatherings to come.
Everyone is on their way home now. I just dropped Diane and Shirls off at the train station. The house seems so empty and quiet. And damn, there is so much left over food…lol. Until the next time my friends…Namaste.
I jealous too! I’ll post my next east coast meetup diary later today. See ya then.
SallyCat,Diane, Shirls, Bobaloo, Kamakhya, CaliScribe, Manny,SanDiego Dem…I miss you all already. Just woke up from a very long nap and no one was here :(. Hope all had a safe journey home and please lets keep in touch. I love you all dearly!
I’m right here! What time is dinner? :->
How was the game? Sorry I missed it. You guys pooped me out and I napped for most of the afternoon?
Flight delayed for a while today due to rain in SF…got to hang out in the San Diego sun for an extra hour or so!
Planning a trip back down just for kayaking and hanging out with Aloha and SanDiegoDem – spouse wants to come next time!
Wow…just so amazing – love and hugs to the entire meet-up group! I’ll pick a couple of dates and we’ll start planning a Northern CA meet-up!
Love and hugs and smoochies…you are all the best!
I just dragged myself to the computer and maybe I can type a short comment but I gotta tell you I am totally drained from the high energy level we had all weekend..I have so much to write about but cannot do it till tomorrow when I recover.
Bottom line is it was fantastic and incredible and full of love and caring and you all that didn’t get to attend must know that you were thought of often.
Supersoling, as others have said you were with us in spirit and we all talked about how much we care for and missed you.
To Aloha, my sister, thanks so much for being the abolutely gracious hostess with the mostest, that was one heck of a party you threw and I will be posting pictures tomorrow of the dance, etc…..Love and huggies and smoochies to all.
It is for sure that the two old ladies are tired out, far more excitement than either of us are used to in our quiet blogging lives. . .LOL!
It was too much to even wrap our minds around, we are letting it all sink in as we rest the complaining bodies. So much that we want to share with everyone and hoping it will all settle down into some space that we can give you all some sense of how great it truly was.
Aloha, sleezy-leezy, WOW! what a party you threw, and the greatest hostess ever. So many wonderful times and special moments, I will long remember. I hope someday everyone can get some glimpses of the Aloha that I now know and love to the depths of my heart. What a woman, and what a Hottie!
To the rest of the SoCal Froggie Family. . .you all were just absolutely the best, and what an absolute JOY it was to spend the too little time with you.
I hadn’t thought before hand what a high energy dynamite time we would share with all of us Strong Independent, thinking, caring, and fun loving folks of like mind. WOW! It is to dream of that there could be gatherings of such strong and informed people to show the way to those less inclined. I think our little group of 10 could storm the gates and clean out this administration in a heart beat. Hard to believe that anything isn’t possible. . .a truly powerful expression of what is possible with the type of people that we all are here at the Frog Pond.
A lot more to come in the following days. . .
Loves and hugs,
Shirl
heheheheh! I guess I still don’t know who I am. . . I think I will get my own identity back in the next day or so, meantime, it’s anyone’s guess.
The drive was uneventful, no run-ins with the Border Patrol thank FSM. I’ll post more tomorrow after I’ve gotten some sleep (and coffee!). I miss you all!
It was so wonderful having you here and that you made it home safe and sound without incident. Keep up the great work and for informing me on immigration. Miss you!
((((Leezy)))))) and Boohumans 🙂
What a gorgeous place!
I’m sorta glad I didn’t come… WAIT!!!… I mean I would have LOVED to have been there you all know that – but I came down with a bug AGAIN and only today have held much down.
But I get to “meet” you guys every day in here and for that – I am truly blessed.
I know there will be a day when we will all join to celebrate the death of this war and regime and a start of a new life and world.
((((Janet))))) Why thank you sweetie! I sure hope you get well soon sweetie. Do take care of yourself. Looking forward to the day that we shall meet face to face. When the time is right it will happen. That I am sure of.
Feeling better and gotta be out abd about tonight. Hey!!! we’ve met in a better way than face to face. We’ve met Boo to Boo 🙂
We can be anywhere in this bloomin world and still have each other’s backs 🙂
Smokie Pootie… love your black cat 🙂