Hi Armin

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this weekend was awesome! did a whole lot of gymming, had ramen sat morning in sf for Miki's bday, then had dinner at Gambardella's (1165 Merrill St., Menlo Park, CA) for diana's bday. the food was uber yummy - fresh pasta and cream sauces. hunny had the fettuccine testarossa and i had the special rack of lamb. my lamb was so fresh, it had absolutely no gaminess and even hunny liked it! he loved his pasta also, finished it off in 15 min flat! afterwards we hung out at cafe barrone and tried the iced mocha. yummm-sugar rush.

then sunday came. i had been looking forward to seeing armin ever since i missed out on going to wmc with everyone. diana and i barted up and had a yummy slice of blondie's while walking to the hotel. haha. then to work off the pizza before dinner (dinner was only in a couple hours) we went for a run on sf. although the initial hill was really steep, the view up top was gorgeous and well worth the run. also it made running the flat parts in the embarcadero area much easier and almost leisurely in comparison. it was nice and sunny in sf but the wind definitely kept us cool. we made it back to our lavender hotel (the walls of the clift hotel were lavender, we even had lavender m&m's as part of the welcome) just in time to shower and get ready for dinner. the hotel seemed just right for us. nice and cozy for two girls to do some catching up i would say. the beds and pillows were wonderful! there were super puffy pillows which suited my liking and there were flatter pillows which were perfect for diana. friends came over to the hotel room to meet up before heading across the street to see armin. as we were waiting for people, we bumped into armin in front of the elevators of the hotel! diana recognized him. i had never seen him in person so i thought he was a good friend of hers that she knew was also attending the concert. then diana starts squealing in excitement - that's armin! you know, the DJ we are going to see! NO WAY!!!! later as we are still talking about him, he passes by us again and smiles at us! haha. way cool.

dancing for almost four hours straight followed. the music was awesome. i was trying to describe to hunny how dancing to a really good DJ feels. he's not a trance music fan and is more of a hip hop person. although i love to dance to hip hop also, it's not the same. with trance, i don't need to be under the influence of anything. although i don't do drugs, i do like to have a couple drinks when out at night. with trance, i really don't need anything else but water and maybe some red bull to keep my energy up. really good dj's know how to work the crowd's energy. the music will start at a slow crescendo and then climax with the whole crowd cheering and jumping. it's amazing to feel that rush! also all our friends were also into the music so we all had an awesome time jumping up and down and cheering together. ah i wish i were a more prolific writer to do armin justice. think of the excitement you felt from anticipating that new toy your parents were in the process of paying for at the cashier. you are going to have that new toy in your hands any...second.. now! - multiply that feeling by 100. :)

the only downer of the night were all the creepy guys that tried to dance with us. to the guy with the sunglasses, about 5'2" and trancing out, waving your arms and trying to give us some sort of "cool dance show"( it was anything but cool) while all of us are FACING the dj - trying to ignore you. please know that when people are ignoring you, it's a gentle hint for you to go away. in the end, you didn't get the hint and we had to humiliate you by just walking our whole crowd away from you. next time, i hope you get the hint.

the following morning diana and i lounged around in bed until almost noon. then we were recommended a breakfast place called Dotty's on OFarrell and Jones. however when we arrived, there was a line and we were starving. so instead, we went to Sear's Fine Food for breakfast food. diana had an omlette while i had the al's special - corned beef hash, hash browns, eggs and swedish pancakes. who knew little pancakes were so yummy? while barting back to union city, we were oh so glad to be relaxing in our seats as we saw a big rig accident causing bad traffic on 880S. hooray for bart! it was so good to have so much time to chat with diana - we just don't do it often enough.