well, i decided to attempt to embrace it by having a party in san francisco at the wine bar, amélie (props to amelie for putting up with our party). i wished more of you could have been there, but i do realize that not all of you, unfortunately, live near the bay area. but there were still enough people (some of whom i haven't seen in awhile...that's you, former uc-davis labmates!) to make it a fun time. jenn even snuck away from the hospital and flew up from san diego! a lot of wine was drunk , but not enough dancing occurred...well the venue wasn't really appropriate for dancing and we stayed too late to try to find a nightclub before they closed. i would highly recommend amélie to anyone looking for hip wine bar to hang out in san francisco. i won't regale you with the photos dannie took of me trying to be a model (including the one that is my new facebook profile pic), but please enjoy the group shot of some of us below ...

