today i went to lunch with steve to a greek restaurant. the owners of the place are a couple from lebanon who've been here for 33 years. steve eats there almost every day and knows them really well. He asked him (Samir) how his tooth was feeling. "Oh, very well, thanks for asking! I already had the surgery!" It was really cool to feel like we had the 'in' with these adorable proprietors.

then we built a cake. and tore up a bike. we used the angle grinder (i think) much more than necessary. then we sanded. then decorated the cake. then fhe. then dinner for sweet adeline's birthday. then house party for sweet roommate's birthday. then impromptu dance party.

such a good day.

ps- steve's sisters in junior high are super rad. the 14 year old is wild about cooking. he was making corned beef and cabbage with baked brie when we were there. the 12 year old likes to take poorly photoshopped photos on myspace and fix them, just because. it ruled. she would show us all of these myspace friends she had who had terrible photoshop jobs. one girl tried to make herself skinnier, but forgot to slim down her entire leg, so there's this little blip on the side of her leg, like there was a ballbearing under her skin.