Last Sunday, the lady and I decided not to be stuck inside on such a beautiful day. So we went to Popeye's and got some good ol' fried chicken and some butterflied shrimp and took ourselves out to the Berkeley Marina. There's this great set of hills in Cesar Chavez park in the Marina (which are the highest point for miles) where people often go to fly kites, so we brought a blanket up the hill and had a nice little fried chicken and shrimp picnic.

I took some photos of the crazy kites. You may see them by clicking here. The octopus kites really freaked me out when we first arrived. At first, the signal in my head was "IMMINENT DANGER; RETURN HOME," but upon further inspection, they were quite friendly and even somewhat happy.

In several of the photos, you can see the Great City of San Francisco in the distance past the bay. In one, you can also enjoy our view of the Golden Gate Bridge and the Marin headlands. I turned around and took a shot of the city of Berkeley (facing back into the hills); the University's campanile appears somewhere in the bottom right of that photo. It's the vertical white thing, and both labs I work in are quite near to it. Hope you enjoy!