san francisco, sonoma, guerneville and rio nido

in a last final push to finish the downstairs, mathew has been working 4 days a week in the office and fridays at home on the house.

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the downstairs bedroom wall (left) before plaster, (right) after plaster.

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later that day we took a road trip 1) to sonoma for a client meeting i had, then 2) to guerneville to check into a bed & breakfast. the sonoma orchid inn was a nice home away from home.

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as soon as we got there we took a short walk across the street, past a vineyard and sat by the russian river.

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(left) mathew couldn’t resist picking blackberries along the path. (right) relaxing in the b&b living room. we were served delicious breakfasts each morning and fresh baked chocolate chip cookies were always available in the kitchen.

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(left) on saturday morning we decided to kayak for a few hours down the russian river. the water was incredibly calm and we were surrounded by dragonflies, birds and trees. (right) that afternoon we attending a BBQ hosted by our friends bob and irene. this is their cabin in rio nido (about a mile from our b&b.)

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it was a great party where we were surrounded by fabulous food, friendly conversations and beautiful redwoods. we stayed late into the night. (unfortunately i did not bring my camera so you’ll just have to imagine: lights strung overhead, music, extravagant food, paul frank bike rides, bees, mosquitoes, laughter…)

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oh, wait! thomas took some photos (above) mathew enjoying a beer. (right) a late night visit to the playhouse on the hill.

on sunday we drove back over the golden gate bridge, were greeted by a small patch of fog, tons of tourists and then the strong sun and heat of a very un-sanfrancisco summer day (we’ve been having a lot of those this summer.)

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mathew couldn’t wait to get home and plaster one more wall that afternoon.