Fabulous friends!

We have great friends. Recently we celebrated Erin's birthday in Sonoma with a wonderful group of her family & friends, and had our "last laugh" at Colette's place in Berkeley, before she departs for her new job in Ft. Collins... a little documentation of good times is below.

Paisley Dillon showing me her wedding photos while Sara Furst feels like she's getting kicked out of the bachelor house.... Erin Huschke, Julie, and Kate Pankopf - Erin's b-day celebration in Healdsburg was part high school reunion!

Fun times at Chez Colette, as per usual, included a Worton Special drink, this time featuring whipped cream and "jimmies". Good times were had by all, and they guys got jiggy wit' it, while the ladies rocked out to Moxy Fruvous casettes....

The fabulous "mini-moon" roadtrip, Oct. 4-12, and the beginnings of married life!

After the wedding, we loaded up our new Volkswagen R32 and drove cross-country, via the Michigan upper peninsula, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, then into Canada to Winnipeg and across the Trans-Canada Highway via the Rockies to Kamloops, then down into Washington, Oregon, and back to Cali. It was a beautiful fall color tour, and we especially enjoyed Banff to Jasper, and a day off of driving to hike around Jasper National Park. Some photos of our adventure are posted here.


Since then, life has been completely crazy. We have been trying frantically to catch up on work since our wedding-related time off & distraction. Interspersed between work binges we attended our friends Christine and Robert's fabulous LA wedding on Oct. 13 and spent a lovely weekend with Wendy & Garrett; sold our Chevrolet Lola (to Dave Worton, so she's still in the family); Julie spent Oct. 22-24 in Washington DC talking climate change and renewable energy to policy people (and getting optimistic about how much climate solutions work is going on there these days!); we attended our heroic fire-escaping friends Erich and Kim's wedding in San Diego on Oct. 26; housesat a weekend for our friend Shuster to take care of his very happy dog Hannah; Dave finished a demo of his song written with Jay, "Strange Man," and posted it to their MySpace band page on Nov. 12; Julie headed back to DC to review science Nov. 12-14; and we've been trying to spend lots of time with our lovely friend Colette, who will be leaving for Colorado at the end of the year. Activities have included watching Dr. Zhivago and planning a trip to Russia, a Sharks hockey & hot tub night, and martinis & 007 after watching Clive Owen thwart the Spanish Armada at the Emeryville AMC. (photo at left above is at the end of that epic evening)

Life is good, but full! Now it's time for a productive 10 days of work, and then I'm off again to Germany for a science meeting on Nov. 26 ... phew! Happy Thanksgiving!

Our 300 favorite wedding photos....

A selection of only our favorite 300 photos from the wedding can be browsed at: http://picasaweb.google.com/julianefry/WeddingSelectPhotos
What a fabulous party that was! Thanks to everyone who made it so special... we are truly very lucky. Love, J+D

Julie + Dave's Wedding Photos!

Hi Everyone,

Below is a link to a website where I posted pictures from Julie and Dave's wedding weekend:

http://web.mac.com/ahmadbaker/Site/julie_+_daves_wedding/julie_+_daves_wedding.html

Please feel free to pass the link along to others. Enjoy!

Amber

Saturday night!

Hi friends!
Just to get the ball rolling for Saturday night activities... one suggested nightspot I've heard about is The Loading Dock, at 205 Lake @ Cass,Traverse City Mi.49684. Phone is: 231-941-4422. www.theloadingdock.org A great microbrewery for dinner/drinks is North Peak Brewery, at 400 West Front Street, downtown Traverse City, 231-941-7325. www.northpeak.net
Another fabulous Michigan activity is mini-golf, and Pirate's Cove at 1710 U.S. 31 North, Traverse City MI 49684, 231-938-9599 (probably a drive, not a walk) is open 10 am - 11 pm every day!
Hope you find some fun stuff to do - more info will be in your hotel rooms. We can't wait!! Have fun - Michigan is gorgeous this time of year!!
We will call some of you after the rehearsal dinner on Sat. eve and try to catch up with you in T.C.!
Love, J+D

Julie + Dave Photos

Hi Everyone,

Sorry I don't have any embarrassing photos of Julie, but I did manage to find this picture of Dave.

Steve and I will be renting a car and staying at the Bayshore Resort. We plan to go to all the group events, so please just give us a call (646-234-8325) if you need a ride.

Look forward to seeing all of you soon.

Take care,
Amber + Steve

Sandrine and Fabrice's travel info



We will arrive in Detroit on Saturday at lunch time and will be driving to Traverse City where we hope to arrive by 6:00pm. We will stay at the Bayshore Hotel and will leave Traverse City on Monday late Morning for Detroit.

I hope to be able to add pictures of Dave to this website from his time to New Jersey...



See you all in 3 weeks

Sandrine and Fabrice

Hello all,

Andy and I are looking forward to meeting all of Dave and Julie's friends and family and celebrating in MI! We arrive Friday at 6:40 pm from O'Hare and leave Monday at 12:19 pm. We're staying at the Bayshore (reservations under Heilshorn), and we're not renting a car. We're definitely up for Saturday evening activities.

Here are a couple of action shots of Dave and Julie at our wedding in Ohio a couple years ago. (Dave, I've decided not to post the dance troupe photos, because I think they might be more embarassing for me than you!)



Cheers,
Sarah

This one?

I believe this is the photo you're thinking of!

Thanks!!

Hi everyone!

Thanks so much for everyone who has posted their travel information so far! This is really helpful! I'm also pleasantly surprised by all the great pictures that people have posted. In answer to Ben question, I seem recall that we were simply removing the CRT from the TV to make a very nice bookshelf! I wonder where that picture of the TV-bookshelf went - I also wonder what happened to the remains of the CRT for that matter - I'm sure it wasn't related to the train bridge by any means! :) You must have held significant restraint not to post any more incriminating photos!

Thanks to Hillary for posting the picture of our weapons of "brass destruction." (Jay and I can really be a bunch of brassholes!)

Kristin, those are some great photos from the California pre-wedding party! That was really a lot of fun and great to see everyone there. Can't wait to see the rest of you all soon in Michigan - it will really be a beautiful Michigan fall - my favorite season.

Thanks everyone so much! I can't wait to see you all soon!!

Dave

(p.s., if I weren't so techno-hindered I would probably know how to upload some pictures of my own... Any help?)

"Demolition" Dave

"Demolition" Dave on the Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge (212 Feet above the Hudson River) in 1998 or 99. What's he doing with that CRT monitor in the first photo?

Tracey and I will arrive in Traverse City on Friday at 1:08 PM. We're leaving on Monday at 11:05 AM.

We are staying at the Bayshore Resort. We will not have a car.

Berkeley crew

So in hopes of enjoying some of beautiful Michigan, the Berkeley folks (Delphine, Tim, Dave and Colette) will be taking the red eye into Traverse City arriving Saturday morning at 10:27am. We'll be going on the vineyard tour and lighthouse walk on Saturday afternoon (where we hope to meet some of you!) and would love to meet up with anyone who wants to have dinner in Traverse City that night. We'll be staying at the Bayshore Resort. And we're all leaving mid-day ish on Monday. We aren't renting a car.

So the first picture (on the right) is from when I first met Julie at ACCESS in August 2005 (the best randomly assigned roomate EVER!). It's been wonderful having Julie and Dave in Berkeley and many wine country trips (left), trips into the city (right), dinner parties and drink fiascos have ensued.

This last photo is a reminder of a wonderful New Year's a group of us spent in Tahoe and some of the best times had (so far!) in Northern California!

So here is Jay and Dave last summer at my parents' house. I don't have a good picture of me with Dave saved on this computer...so the pic on the left is me holding a goat down while one of my fellow vet students is trimming its feet. Enjoy--

Hey there,

Karly and I will be flying into Traverse City on Saturday evening via NWA (the rap group, not the airline) at around 8:45 p.m. We'll be staying at the Bayshore Resort and will be leaving around the middle of the day on Monday. We don't currently have plans to rent a car.

Karly wanted to know, if you're not changing your name to Frichalak, if you were going to use MichFry, instead. I mean, you didn't say you weren't, so I'm going to assume it's a yes.

-D

p.s. You already have seen embarrassing pictures of Dave and I, so I don't think I'll bother posting them again. :p

Amber & Steve's travel info

Amber Ahmad Baker & Steve Baker:

arrive TVC at 3:18pm Friday, Sept. 28, United 7223 from Chicago

depart TVC at 1:46 pm Monday, Oct. 1, United 7140 to Chicago

Staying at Bayshore Hotel.

California Pre-Wedding Extravaganza

What fun to join you guys in Paso Robles this past weekend. It was fun to hear about wedding plans, hang out and meet so many of your west coast pals. Hope to see you in September!
-Kristin

Dave and Julie enjoying Sunday morning
Julie and Kristin tasting at Bianchi
Julie enjoying some relaxation in the hot tub
Holy cow- who ever expected the great experience at Stillwater. Looking forward to that wine shipment in October!
And who can forget the toad. He was so cute!

Hi Everyone,

I am really looking forward to Dave and Julie's wedding and having a wonderful weekend visiting with old and new friends! Looking for embarrassing photos...

All the best,
Lauren.

oops, I forgot the "embarrassing" pictures

I didn't have a digital camera when Julie and I lived together and Dave was our upstairs neighbor (2001-2002). I'll do my best to dig those up before the wedding...

Here's some from our graduation (June 2006) and the Fry-Larsen historic 7-Course Beef Outing (and fried fish that was eye=ing Dan).

Two months!

We are so excited as the RSVPs come in how many of our favorite people will be able to come to Traverse City for our wedding! We're very excited to see all of you!

And here is a photo of Dave & I instructing you to please blog your travel plans once you've made them, so we can be more specifically excited (actually I don't recall what we were really "instructing" on in this photo - perhaps one of the other participants in the recent "not as bad as I thought it would be" drinks evening can remind us?)

Roomies?

Hi!
I think I've worked out who I'm staying with after the wedding... but is anyone else looking for people to share hotel rooms with? If so, I hope this blog might help you find one another!

Promised photographs...

Right, so here are a few pictures that were taken when Julie and I last caught up ... which was in August 2003. Gee, long time now! Can't wait! I was on my way to NZ to start work and it seemed like a great opportunity to drop in, as it hardly matters which way around you fly. But you can take more luggage and spend an awesome time with one of your bestest friends!

So, I don't know if they are funny or truly embarrassing; fact is that I only have the ones where we both look like goddesses ... but I have a faint memory of one of us sitting in a cauldron, I got to dig that one out sometimes. Maybe...


One of the adventures during my stay was flying to Santa Barbara for lunch (jet-setting us!) with Fred and Ryan (?), and I positively enjoyed myself once we were far off the ground.
I am sorry for all those OhMyGods, but couldn't help it. It's not your flying, love, it's me!


The cute Julie picture was taken on a beach near Zuma - I don't even know if that's north or south of the main blob that's called LA - ignorance! The focus of the evening was watching the sunset and staring into at least the right direction towards my future home.

So, we watched the sun go down and waited for the main attraction of the area to open: Zuma Beach Sushi! I had first been here in 2000 and dwelled on nothing but fantastic memories of this place, so Julie made it an item on our T0-Do list and made it happen!




Mmh, food. You shall never see me any happier! If I remember correctly, this is abalone with a somewhat special sauce. Also on the menu that night were fried shrimp heads, me thinks ...




So, here is a photo from earlier on the same day of our beach mission. Finally found someone to take a photo of the two of us!





And here is the (maybe famously) dubbed photo ... Thinking World Formula. Beer certainly helps!

I can't remember the name of the bar, but maybe someone can enlighten me?


Funnily enough, I did came across the in a novel the other day - the main character was drinking there, too - but it has since escaped again.

We had a 'public transport only' day that day and met up with my old boss near Melrose who could absolutely NOT believe we didn't have a car anywhere... remember that, Julie? Well, that's at least the reason for the Metro Rail plan in the photo!

Student Universe info

Jules wanted me to pass along this info because it works for ANYONE with a .edu e-mail address. Studentuniverse often has awesome deals on flights (also rail/hostels abroad). You sign up, they search for you on the campus directory (They'll notify you by e-mail if they can't confirm your "student" status. When I moved to MIT, I had to call in and get them to look again, but it was no big deal).

www.studentuniverse.com

fyi BOS to TVC (1 stop) $355 Sat-Mon, $245 Sat-Tue., you get the idea

When I know more about actual plans--Matt's band the MotionSick has their music video release on Friday, the 28 and we may drive as well--I'll post to try to coordinate. You can check out the skateboarding polar bear I filmed at the shoot. It's totally reasonable that with global warming they've needed to find alternate modes of transportation.

Sooooo looking forward to catching up with everyone and meeting all of Julie and Dave's other friends and family.

Hugs,
Cat

Hello, it's Ina here!

Hooray! I love the blog, this will be so much fun :) Thanks for the credit, but as with all most ideas - I just stole it!

As for travel: I am flying from Dunedin via Auckland directly to San Francisco on Saturday, September 15, arrival is 12:25pm. It'll be a good trip, very few plane changes keep me happy.
Then a week with Julie & Dave, am arriving in Detroit on the same plane as them.

After what will absolutely definitely be a fantastic, outrageous, enthralling celebration, I am then flying from Detroit back to SF to connect to a flight to Auckland and Dunedin on Wednesday, October 3. I am SO excited!

Right, more work to do here ... but it's a lovely day here in Dunedin (still just the middle of winter), but if the coastal climate teaches you one thing, it is: Don't delay in enjoying the good weather, it will not stick around!

Dunedin, for those who don't know but somewhat care is the second biggest dwelling on the South Island of New Zealand. We call it the Mainland (because the mass is larger than the North Island, but then we also call people from Auckland Jafas - "just another funny Aucklander")... Julie was here to visit in 2005, but I hadn't quite made it back here yet between the transition of an intern to a PhD student. It's a pretty little spot, small town that is completely dominated by University students and staff, there are many outdoor activities nearby, lots of tramping (=hiking), vivid wildlife with the possibility to see seals, albatross, and yellow-eyes penguins just minutes away from town.
What I am trying to say is - come visit sometime!!

Photographs of Julie and me are about to follow ... what a great way to procrastinate the afternoon away ...

Dave & Julie's travel dates, etc.

We fly to Detroit on Friday, Sept. 21, landing 11:47 pm, and will be driving up to Traverse City soon thereafter.

We'll leave by (new!) car around Oct. 3 and drive back to San Francisco.

We'll be staying with our families, except Sept 29 & 30 we'll stay either at the Bayshore or Holiday Inn, or a hotel very nearby.