// Snap Judgment - Vijai Nathan - "Like a Virgin"

 Vigai Nathan talks about her experience losing her virginity and what it means to her family.

  Snap Judgment is a cool radio program hosted by Glynn Washington. Every week, I listen to awe-inspiring storytelling of people's experiences and lessons learned. It can be found on NPR.

// ted talk - regrets

Kathryn Schulz gives an eloquent explanation of what we regret about, how we feel, and why it could help us become better human beings.

// tomales bay oyster co. & sterns grove, san francisco

This weekend, I went for a roadtrip with my family to Point Reyes, on our way to a humble oyster farm called Tomales Bay Oyster Company. The weather was perfect. We arrived there late, so tables were plenty and we were able to score ourselves a bag of 50 oysters to shuck. I have to say... shucking my own oysters was much more fun than eating them already prepared half-shelled.

Afterwards, my brother took us to a cute park in the middle of San Francisco's Sunset District. It's a little difficult to find because of the small hike down to the woods, but once we got there, there was no sign of houses or city structures. We found one of the city's three natural lakes, Pine Lake and even a small wedding was underway.

During the summer months, Stern's Grove is holding a free concerts for their summer concert series. Such expected performers are Rufus Wainwright and Andrew Bird.

We listened to 70's road trip music, curated by Spotify. One of our favorites was by Terry Jacks:

{ on being okay }

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I believe that our world puts too much emphasis on 'being okay' all the time. It's perfectly normal and even healthy to feel tired, bored, stressed or sad during times when our body certainly feels that way. Perhaps a way to feel okay -- or even better -- is to give ourselves the pleasure in feeling everything there is to be alive and human. And with that experience, we'll actually move on to new feelings and understandings about ourselves and the world.

Sometimes things aren't okay. And that's okay too.

{ proud burger }

Love this!

Last weekend was Gay Pride week and San Francisco's Burger King had a sweet treat for their customers: