Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary

This weekend I celebrated the Golden Gate Bridge's 75th Anniversary.



I worked the National Park Service information booth this Sunday during the GGB75th Festival. I created a Park Plinko game for visitors to play for prizes and to learn some Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate National Park trivia.


Some of the prizes included the Golden Gate Bridge Official Sticker, endangered species temporary tattoos, a cute story book about exploring the Marin Headlands and face painting.

  
 I made 6 face paint designs for the winners to choose from and the kids and adults were thrilled to sport their Bridges in fog as well as Beach Strawberry plants.

I managed to survive the day without a sunburn and full of energy. Oh, did I mention I freaked everyone out when I got very excited when I saw the sailors sail into the San Francisco Bay through the Golden Gate? Yeah, that was a legitimate face. Oh yes & my best friend whom I had not seen in a very long time dropped by and found me!



The day ended with a bbq behind the Crissy Field Center with IYEL, staff, family and friends. I was so happy to see my old friends again after so long! It's crazy how far we've come. Becoming teachers, cops, park rangers, getting married or engaged and traveling.

The weekend concluded with a seriously spectacular fireworks finale. They actually launched the fireworks from the Golden Gate Bridge. It was so amazing to watch that my heart was pounding so hard and I couldn't wipe away my smile. Best fireworks I've seen since my childhood days in Disneyland. Take a look below at a much better video than what I recorded.
 
Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary Fireworks Celebration from KFOG Radio 104.5/97.7 on Vimeo.
The Golden Gate Bridge's 75th anniversary was a spectacular waterfront festival! Thank you to everyone who joined us on Sunday, May 27, and to all our partners who helped make the day a memorable one!
Event Production by Foghorn Creative - www.foghorncreative.com
Video Produced by Michael Coleman - www.colemanfilm.com
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy - www.parksconservancy.org

Purple.

The end of July I had the super honor of attending the Yel Out. (What the hair is that?) Well you might not know that I was part of only the best youth program in the existence of the United States of America. From 2003 to mid 2007 I was a high school intern at Crissy Field Center's Insipiring Young Emerging Leaders (IYEL) program.

Every year they have an end-of-the-year presentation summing up their awesome projects the group worked on throughout the year. I remember I used to have so much fun helping put these Yel Out's together and then being super nervous and excited to present.

Anyway this year it was a little more special.. not only was it the tenth anniversary of the Crissy Field Center and a reunion of alumni.. this time we had a special surprise from our friend and mentor Ernesto who proposed to his awesome longtime girlfriend Anna. It was such a happy and magical moment to witness an event like this because it was just.. REAL. Not at all like a movie or witnessing strangers' proposals or those strange proposal youtube videos.



Anyway I am thrilled for the life and adventure to come for this beloved couple. You don't see a love like that everyday. What I mean is that usually relationships don't seem to have a certain spark.. don't last.. are just fun and games.. are plain stupid. But then you see something like this which can inspire and prove that love is true.

Well.. Purple is the official color for Iyel. So in honor of my Iyel Alum spirit I put together a purple outfit and manicure. Don't mind the creepy dorm baño and ripped hot pink shower curtain that obviously was not picked out by anyone else residing at the dorm.

So there wasn't much purple in the actual outfit, you know I didn't want to go overboard and steal the purple spotlight haha! So I wore.. Purple Mossimo long sleeve sweater, Grey checkered J. Crew button up shirt, Grey denim J. Crew skirt, Dark Grey knee high socks that I usually wear underneath my uniform pants.. and since I don't own any purple shoes.. the silver toms had to do.

Now for the nails I had very limited time to create an Iyel themed manicure. For the base I picked a deep purple with a slight pink shimmer, H&M..which will be nameless until I find it again.. and for the letters I used a dot tool and dotted IYEL with Sally Hansen Lightening.. which I don't know why has an 'e'. The manicure was a little messy and the purple stained like crazy but overall I got several compliments including.. something along the lines of "alumni dedication" and "they don't make alumni like they used to" haha
 
Well time has flied and the group of IYELers I belonged to has gone off to separate chapters and parts of the world in the past several years. So these Yel Outs are a great time to catch up and are sometimes the only time a year we may get to see eachother. So it was nice to see some old familiar faces. I just wish I kept in touch more often and wasn't such a distanced person.. literally!

Next thing to look forward to is AlumNight. Every December or so we have an Alumni get together for  good old teambuilders, bowling, dinner, and even scavenger hunt adventures with "the Go Game." Can't wait!

Who Yel?! I-YEL!

Where'd she go?

I've done it again. Neglected this sad little blog. So I wasn't sick forever. It finally went away after like two weeks. Then school was all lame and almost over. Work was always work and this is actually my first full time week of the summer. I still had some fun squeezed here and there. Of course food and more delicious food was involved. Anyway here are some clues as to what has kept me away from being an actual blogger rather than just a blog reader.

Mitchell's Ice Cream with Esperanza

Finding a dress I like in the size I used to be, trying it on and being sad it fit too big but glad I'm not size 11 anymore. I'm actually holding it up with my armpits and I tied it extra tight.

Finally seeing my best friend Lorena while dining at the delicious Pauline's Pizza.

Studying for finals while eating my favorite snack: Chobani Greek Yogurt with TJ's 3 Berries granola

Mother's Day at Elephant Bar

Supporting my brother on his Confirmation Day. Yay Saint Michael!

Pigging out after the confirmation. Pupusa, carne asada, camarones, quinoa, macaroni salad and chimole (salsa) that Judit Maria and I made.

but being able to burn off all the food afterwards by playing some dancing game on the Wii. I was about to sweat; I don't sweat for real, only about to mode. haha

Memorial Day Weekend picnic in Menlo Park celebrating Judit Maria's Graduation.

Finding my first true holo OPI DS polish.. while sporting naked nails for like two weeks, gasp!!

Finally having a Krispy Kreme Doughtnut in Union City after years of not having a fresh one. They closed the nearest shops to me.

Visiting my old stomping grounds to see my brother play his trumpet at the Music concert.

Getting a haircut. Just a layered trim. Can't really tell.

Saying farewell to Myles, Molly, Amanda and Justin. Welcoming Nora and Charles and the other million people who have just moved in to the dorm.

And having pupusas in San Rafael after my car pulled a joke on me the day after I picked it up from the dealership; my Emergency Brake light, ABS, and IMA lights were all on.

Well I'm sure there were many more activities which unfortunately I did not photograph and cannot currently remember.. Oh well.