the life of Patrick Santana in words and pictures
The Scions in Winter: Patrick, Darryl, Lee, and Mark. Cheep hotels, hot skies, full moon, Mismaloya, Yelapa, the Rio Cuale, descanso del sol, Villa Tita, Ano Nuevo streepers, and Scrabble (of course). Dec 28. 2001 – Jan 8 2002. Continue reading “Puerto Vallarta 2001”
The annual gathering of the tribe for turkey, starcraft, Annie and James, and presents, presents, presents! Dec 22-27. 2001 Continue reading “Christmas 2001”
Making houses and a mess. Dec 18. 2001 Continue reading “Gingerbread”
Bruce and Dana and their big tree host a trimming. Dec 2. 2001 Continue reading “Dana and Bruce Tree-trimming”
Fancy-pants brunch at the Garden Court with Darryl. Dec 1. 2001 Continue reading “Darryl’s 28th Birthday”
Danny, Darryl, Steve, Ed J, Lee, EJ, Ed B, Dana, Bruce, me (and Mike and Brad too) gather at my place to drink, eat, drink, and eat some more (in that order). I got to try out my new huge table. Darryl got to try out the Glogg. Nov 22. 2001 Continue reading “Thanksgiving 2001”
John Angelico, Patty Olmos, Darryl, and I take the Celica up to Mt Tam for a night’s view of the meteors. We stayed out till 3am and saw a lifetime’s worth of falling stars. Nov 13. 2001 Continue reading “The Leonid Meteor Shower”
John Epperson, Darryl, and Patrick Marks vie for Canastas. Nov 13. 2001 Continue reading “Canasta with Lypsinka”
A combined deck-warming party and pre-Castro Halloween cocktail event. A bevy of bejewelled and berobed burghers descended on my abode. I explicitly said, “no costume necessary” — and look what happened. Darry as Darzon continues his ‘green’ tradition. I broke with my perennial “game piece” theme in favor of Mr. Clean — my true Inner Spirit. Oct 31. 2001 Continue reading “Halloween on Walter Street 2001”
Catching lunch with the couple before Half Moon Bay Oct 25. 2001 Continue reading “Emily and Ryan”
Getting into mud and grass, wrestling my yard. Oct 20. 2001 Continue reading “The lawn boys get dirty”
Darryl and I blow off the bare naked butts in favor of a game of Scrabble in the park. Of course, Jax decides that he wants to play by s tanding directly over the board over and over again. September 30, 2001 Continue reading “Folsom Fair day”
Tasty treats, Organic buddies, and friends from all over the city converged to celebrate in true Maoist style… Sept 15, 2001 Continue reading “Andy Goldfarb’s birthday”
Fondue. Fritos and Beans. Pork loin. Rice salad. Bundt cake. Cute boys and girls. Totally fun. – Sept 10. 2001 Continue reading “Joey and Paul’s Potluck”
A totally last-minute gathering of friends for beer and bbq. Surprisingly: Ed Judd, Ed Babin, Joey, Drew, Darryl, Burton, Danny, and Peter. Mike and Brad were sousing it up at Southern Decadence in New Orleans, but Mully represented their floor of the building. – Sept 3. 2001 Continue reading “On the deck Labor Day”
Jax, Emily, Darryl and I head up to Copperopolis to try out the new kayak — and just get away for the weekend. Hot weather, lovely skies, gramma’s cookin’ — and I still managed to be waylaid by a sore throat/head cold the whole time! – Aug 25-27 . 2001 Continue reading “Kayak lake trials”
Mike wining and dining at Mecca: Darryl, Lee, Chris, Marko, Clay, and me.- Aug 18. 2001
(Oh. And Phil C at the Pilly, later on that same night, showing undies.) Continue reading “Mike Woo to-do”
This trip could also be known as the Road to Mandalay. Of course, there was nary a man t’ lay… but Darryl, Lee, and I did get in several days of spa lounging. – Aug 5-8 . 2001 Continue reading “Las Vegas”
Andy R’s annual summer event, this time with Ding Dongs and Twinkies (literally). – July 28. 2001 Continue reading “Andy Ranacis birthday”
Sunny D could be the name of the event. Good food, a little kayak trying-out, and general relaxing hanging out. – July. 2001 Continue reading “Coppertown”
The new dog, Jackson, gets introduced to Ocean Beach by pack alphas: Darryl and Patrick. June 19. 2001 Continue reading “Dog Day Afternoon”
Sun, guyz, BBQ, keg, and my dog at Dean Mathiowetz’s annual event. Sadly, I’ve been unable to locate the pics from this event. The search continues…
June 17. 2001 Continue reading “Fiesta del Dean”
Camping Lite with the boys: Ed, Darryl, Mike, and me – June 10-11. 2001 Continue reading “Camping lite”
Whipped up a little BBQ on a very hot May afternoon. Darryl, Mike Woo, Ed Judd, Dean Mathiowetz, Lee, Peter Villapudua, and I . – May 30. 2001 Continue reading “Impromptu BBQ”
Friends in New York City and New Haven. And one last round of drinks in the Anchor Bar…. – May 22-28. 2001 Continue reading “Reunions”
Of course, Wallpaper magazine was on the coffee table… and Morrie looking not a day over 25, per usual. – May 20-21. 2001 Continue reading “Morrie’s pad in NYC”
Clear ocean air, home-cooked meals, ritual cocktails, drifting home from The Pavillion at dawn… House of Mike and Ric, with Mark, Steve, Peter, Chris, and I also in the joint. Sweet – May 18-20. 2001 Continue reading “Fire Island, Revisited”
Around town with Jeffrey and Byron. May. 2001 Continue reading “Streets of New York, 2001”
A visit to the grandfolks, with Jane, Bob, Emily, Annie, and James too. – April 7 – 9. 2001 Continue reading “Copperopolis in springtime”
Just a bunch of shots taken in March. That’s Dana and me at brunch at The Ramp. Ed Judd and Danny up for Will and Grace. Burton making fresh pepper salad with lime dressing. Mike Woo directing his starring role in Survivor 3. And a late month visit from sister Emily. Oh… and me, caught brushing my teeth. – March. 2001 Continue reading “March, around the house”
With drag queens doing runway numbers in the background, John, Patty, Lee, Darryl, and I celebrated turning 36 (and 37, in my case) at AsiaSF. I took a ton of pictures — but mostly they were a blur. Errr… maybe that was appropriate…? 🙂 – March 6. 2001 Continue reading “Birthday Boys 2001”
What do we do? Skip over to Black Sands and lay in the sun all afternoon. Followed by some last minute hangout with his buds. Silly! – Feb 27. 2001 Continue reading “Jeffrey’s last day in SF”
The boys practice their halting Spanish on our gracious Mexican hosts. Endless hunts for 10 peso coins to take the bus to the beach. In the end, we fell in love with Puerto Vallarta. Feb 15 – 19. 2001 Continue reading “Puerto Vallarta 2001”
