Recently in Adventures in the city Category
Yet another perk of working for KPMG: fun team building events! Today my team and I celebrated our accomplishments by going indoor skydiving. Past events have included sailing, rock climbing, go-kart racing, fabulous dinners, and the like.
Skydiving was one of my favorites so far. After a brief instructional video we suited up and donned our safety goggles. We spent a total of 6 minutes each in the wind tunnel - less than 2 minutes at a time though. Each session seems to last a long time, as staying up requires a lot of concentration. In my case, that was the most difficult part as I could only concentrate on the hot instructor!
My conclusion: I'm ready to try the real thing!
Check out the artistic skills of me and my roommates!
My roomates, Cooper and Jules:
My pumpkin, Charlie:
Jules's pumpkin (it's a cyclops-flower-face, duh!) - note the leaf ears!
Cooper's masterpiece:
I met up with the two women I walked with in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in July. Patty, Sue, and I took the ferry to Angel Island and walked the five miles around the perimeter. We also checked out some of the abandoned buildings from when the island was a military base in WWII. Despite the cloudy weather, it was a lovely day.
I didn't know when I signed on with KPMG that I'd be so spoiled! Yesterday my engagement team took the afternoon off and went sailing on the Bay to celebrate our accomplishments. The afternoon was perfect - nice and sunny and the water was calm. We sailed (and by "sailed" I mean drank beers while our captain sailed) around Angel Island and back and took in spectacular views of the city skyline and the Golden Gate Bridge.
After lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe at Pier 39 we boarded the Mandalay, a 36' yacht we chartered through the San Francisco Sailing Company. The price was incredibly reasonable and the service was top-notch. Here are a few pictures from the trip:
I went to the San Francisco Gay Pride Parade again - this year sans Lindsay. Instead I went with my roommate Sara and one of the summer interns from Montana. No new pictures from this trip because it was pretty much all the same as last time. The difference this time is that I ventured i to the celebration at the Civic Center afterward. I'll just say that was the first and last time I'll be doing that. We all agreed that we'd had enough when we walked by a thoroughly oiled naked guy standing on a street corner grinning from ear to ear and well, "demonstrating his stamina." I'm not sure what this has to do with gay pride, but I know that I've seen enough!
