I love alfresco dining and today was the perfect day to enjoy breakfast outside. Banana blueberry pancakes made by my daughter, crispy bacon, a big bowl of fresh berries and mangoes (another reason to love summer), and yogurt with homemade granola. Perfect! We set up outside in the garden, wait, forgot the coffee, back inside, grab …
San Francisco Treats. Back in the Day Visited Mom in San Francisco…a beautiful, sunny day so we took a walk in the Marina, my old stomping grounds. There is something to be said for growing up in the city. After school we would wander down Chesnut Street for a snack. Our favorites? Hunt’s Donuts for brain freeze slurpees …
We went to a wedding this past weekend. I love weddings, a big party that brings friends & families, the young and the old together in celebration. A fusion of traditions both old and new, ones that bind you to your culture or religion or to your new family. Halfway through my own wedding I …
Helping my kid move back from Berkeley for summer break has its perks. Lunch at his favorite restaurant, Ohgane in Oakland. Korean barbecue is a dining experience. Waitstaff stoke the wood charcoal and change out the grill while you grill beef, pork, octopus, or chicken perfectly marinated in soy,sesame, garlic and spicy sauces. Yum!
Great city, great sites, great history, go. My kids loved the classic Make Way for Ducklings so the highlight of our first trip to Boston was of course, the Public Gardens.
Spent a day at Love Apple Farms at a macaron class taught by Maggie Catrell. We arrived early and strolled the gardens winding our way through planter boxes filled with beautiful greens and herbs. Nestled in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the farm grows vegetables for Manresa Restaurant in Los Gatos and runs a storefront offering housemade jams (the …
Masters Northwest Regional Rowing, Lake Vancouver, Washington. An excuse to spend a weekend in Portland! Portland is one of my favorite cities. Funky and eclectic, full of personality, food trucks to fine dining, indie record shops and vintage clothing, just a great vibe, and to top it off, crazy donuts from Voodoo Doughnuts…it has it all! If you …
An idea from a friend has me taking a photo a day for a year in order to improve my photography skills. It has forced me to be more thoughtful when I take photos, learn the different functions of my camera, how to crop my photos to add interest and how to cheat a little with …
I love baking cookies. Every Christmas I bake an assortment of cookies for family and friends, a tradition I started years ago. Last year I made bags of granola instead and realized just how much less stress I had by not baking 10 different kinds of cookies! But (sigh), I’ll go back to baking cookies, …