Proud auntie ...

I had a great day with Travis and Frances' almost 2 1/2-year-old son, Felton! He is so smart and cute and fun to be around. He knows all the Canadian provences by their shape, so don't even try to stump him. If he sees a certain shape anywhere, he'll say, "That's not the Territories, that's Alberta." Or, he'll say, "Ontario!" "Prince Edward Island!" "Nova Scotia!" And, every single body of water is the Great Lakes, even if you tell him it's San Francisco Bay. It's really CUTE. But I'm not biased.

Hanging with Mad Dog...

It sure was fun to see a familiar baseball face on the golf course in Las Vegas, where I ran into 347-game winner Greg Maddux -- I covered his 300th victory in San Francisco in 2004.

Covering golf...

The LPGA is a blast! The No. 1 woman in the world is from Guadalajara, which made it more fun to talk to her. Eric is the photographer I work with on so many fun stories, and my golf coach and workout pal, Shooty, came out for a day to help. ... Off to Las Vegas for PGA this week, and what a nice change from baseball.

More Sadie!

Mom and Sadie are already the best of pals! Sadie loves nibbling Asian pears, mom's shirt sleeve and attacking innocent marigold plants.

Wooden racket and puppy fun!

We all were so thrilled Suzie also made the trip up from Northern California! Not only did she play great tennis and become a hit with Sadie, she placed third overall in the women's 10K Salmon Run at the Fish Hatchery! YAY! A nice tuneup before her NY Marathon in early November.
Petra, her mom Lenka and sister, Lucie, loved Sadie, too! Yes, Sadie is just so adorable and lovable. We're going to keep her.

Visiting Dusty B. ...

Had a great day visiting Dusty and seeing his beautiful solar-powered home. What fun!

Painting with Omar

A fun day of oil painting with Omar before a game.