Weekend Without Jake

Jake left for New Orleans on Thursday but I found many things to keep me busy!  Friday night I went over to my friend Amey's house to help prepare and then eat an Israeli feast.  The whole dinner is documented here, where Amey has delightfully turned me into a cartoon has illustrated our hilarious conversations.  Such an honor for me and Turnip to make it onto her blog!  The dinner was as good as it looked in her photos and that salad will be making an appearance on Turnip Mountain's dinner table sometime soon.

Saturday I ended up meeting with my friend Erin again.  We haven't seen each other in about 8 years but this month I got to see her in Montreal and then she came to San Francisco for an African studies conference.  Such a treat to see her two times this month!  We ate at Gracias Madre, an all vegan Mexican restaurant in the Mission District that turned out to be one of my favorite meals of all time.  We were very hungry and dug into our food with gusto, so there are no pictures to document this fabulous meal.  I am already trying to get some local friends to take a road trip to eat there again.  It is definitely worth the long drive to eat there!  Can't wait to take Jake there as well.  He's going to love those tortillas and potatoes especially.

Then today, I woke up to this:

I let Turnip out to pee and she moved fast!  Turns out it is hail, not snow, but a novel experience nonetheless. 

Turnip hides from the cold and jams herself into the crevices of the couch.  Too adorable!

Must say goodbye to the weekend, for I'm working the next three nights in a row.  Jake will be home tomorrow evening and then it's time for my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving!