Calista Catherine and Cassandra Claire Brady: Michelle Comes to Visit

About Calista and Cassandra

Calista Catherine was born at 5:32 am on February 15, 2007. She weighed 8 lb 1 oz and was 21" long. She was born with a "true" knot in her umbilical cord, which is rare (it only happens in 1 out of ~8,000 births) and is supposedly both auspicious and a sign that she will be wise. She was excited to show up for the birthday of her grandmother Eloise, so they now have that in common along with a middle name.

Cassandra Claire was born at 5:37 am on October 17, 2009. She weighed 8 lb 4 oz and was 20.5" long. She is a quintuple Libra - her sun, moon, rising, Mercury and Venus are all in Libra - so we think she will be very fair, balanced and aesthetic. Her middle name is Brisen's paternal grandmother's middle name (Evelyne Claire Vannice).

Both girls were born at the wonderful CPMC in San Francisco, in Laurel Village, in the exact same delivery room (one of only two big rooms!) which their mom thinks is a very special thing.

Calista and Cassandra both derive from Greek mythology. Calista means "most beautiful," and is part of a myth involving Zeus, Hera and the Ursa Major constellation. Cassandra was the daughter of Hecuba and Priam, the king of Troy, and endowed with the gift of prophecy but fated by Apollo never to be believed. (We've promised our Cassandra to take her predicitions seriously!)

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Michelle Comes to Visit

My dear childhood friend Michelle from Ashland came to town to promote her new film she edited and produced, Falling for Grace. If anyone gets the chance to go see it, we totally recommend it! Hopefully it does well and Michelle gets nominated for an Oscar. I'm just waiting for her turn on the red carpet!

The Post Party after the premier of the film was also really fun. Here I am with Elisa and her mom (also from Ashland) and her friend Beta (who Michelle and I met up with in Paris in 1992 along with Elisa!).

Below -- at Momi Toby's, Stephanie and Terry's bistro in Hayes Valley. Michell, Calista and Terry. Me and Michelle. Scott, Calista, me, Michelle, Susan Clark and Faye (who wrote and starred in Falling for Grace) for the film's MySpace party.