My youngest brother, Josh, and his fiance, Kathleen, visited me from Michigan for a week and it was great! They just left for the airport.

Of course pretty much all I did was cook. I liked having a full house. I miss having family around and having people around in general. We haven't met alot of people in San Francisco.

Josh and Kathleen are the easy going types so it was chill. Our upstairs neighbors/friends also had their little brother and his friends in town and so we did some joint parties. It made me happy because I like nothing better than a house full of people that I can cook for (wait, did I already say that?).  

I hosted everyone for a couple nights and it was very fun. I found it physically more difficult to cook for the usual large party gatherings I do, but I don't care it is all my love that goes into it.  

I just want others to enjoy and be happy -- that is why I do it. Much time and effort goes into every meal and I just want to be able to do it for as long as I can.