February 3, 2007

My Gift to My Daughter, Briana

Today is my daughter’s 18th birthday, what a milestone.

She is a pretty cool kid and has her mom pretty plugged in when it comes time for gift-giving. She loves presents.

When she was younger and I traveled a lot, I made a deal with her to get her one present for each night that I was gone. You could always find me scrambling at airport terminals before boarding looking for 7 gifts to bring back.

Although I agonized all week on what to get her, I knew it had to be 18 presents. The good news is that a lot of friends and family contributed to this 18 countdown. So here’s what an 18-year-old San Franciscan adult gets for her b-day.

1. Pearl earrings from Tiffany’s

2. Chocolates from Joseph Schmidt

3. Voter registration packet

4. Sexy stuff from Victoria’s Secret

5. The Dreamgirls CD

6. 3-page care instructions I wrote for her babysitter when she was 6 months old

7. Dinner at House of Prime Rib

8. 18 red roses from Ah Sam’s

9. Tickets to see Jersey Boys

10. 18 lotto tickets

11. 18 platinum hearts

12. Lucky Jeans