Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Event: Bay to Breakers 2013

Bay to Breakers is an institution. A drunken, debaucherous fixture on the San Francisco calendar. Technically it’s a 12k footrace from downtown to Ocean Beach, but the serious, registered runners usually finish by around 9:00 a.m. while the other 39,990 “athletes” spend the next few hours strolling along the route in gorilla suits.

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I went as a geisha…ninja…thing.

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And Lannette and Marion were aples and ba-nay-nays.

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Definitely a fellow redditor.

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I wasn’t kidding.

Next year, my goals are (1) a much better, maybe two-person costume and (2) not giving up after half a mile. But the grass in Golden Gate Park is so comfy!

Monday, May 20, 2013

Beauty: The Waterfall Braid

“I found the hair style I want for my (eventual) wedding!” My friend Marion told me I had to help her road test her favorite look on bridal blog oncewed: the waterfall braid.

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This style was seriously tough; it took me three tries to passably recreate it. Much as I’d love to, I can’t imagine doing this on myself.

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Oncewed has other tutorials on expert-level up-dos like the French Braid Bun and Crown Braid, most by braid magician Alison Brislin.

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I need an extra pair of hands…

Happily, the Half-Up-Half-Down is a no-brainer:

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Wedding or not, here I come. (Yes, that was a terrible pun.)