Love the t-shirts, even love the font on the t-shirts. 
Their son is adorable, and had the best deadpan stare at the camera, from beneath a very fabulous hat. But, since I err on the conservative side w/ kid images (other than me own), the little cutie will have to remain as cute as your imagination [...]

The lil’ monkey moons at her downstairs cousin, who is demonstrating some primo Pride pride.
Flip-side of his sign? “I was a witness when my Grandmas got married.”  Which he was. In 2004 and 2008.  He rollerbladed all the way up Market Street, complete with a rainbow flag superhero cape. Didn’t get the blades wedged [...]

En route to Pride, Berkeley, CA.
We walked as a family to our nearest BART subway station: the girlie, the boychild, the beloved, her brother, and his two kids.  Came back with our across-the-street lesbo family chums, about six hours,  several hot city miles, 5 ounces of sun screen, a half-dozen friends (both expected and unexpected), [...]

There is no way to gently ease into a sentence like this so I will merely plunge in and say that early Wednesday morning last week, I heard the news that a dear, old friend had suddenly, unexpectedly, died.  No warning; no cause of death found; simply the fact of it.  Her heart — enormous, [...]

Herewith, this year’s Baba’s Day — not all of it, but much of its highlights — in 20 (!) pictures. With a few explanatory/riffy captions beneath each one.  
[For posterity, I should note that a coupla years back I made a Baba's Day proclamation, which holds true for this year and any other one to [...]

Under what circumstances would a jumpy Baba happily let her son run smack down the middle of the street? Block party!
Yes, Baba’s Day was all I might have wanted it to have been. That and more, on which I will expound later.
Meanwhile, predating Baba’s Day this weekend was: Block Party!  We have some neighbors who, [...]

Solo dance, Berkeley, CA.

For a split-second she actually grimaced at the camera, in an attempt to “smile” for it. Don’t know where she learned that craziness; certainly not from me.   So instead I said, “How ’bout just look serious at it.” Which she effortlessly obliged.
Best wishes this weekend to those of you celebrating Father’s Day this Sunday [...]