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Jamigos 2.0

By threejamigos | April 2, 2015 | Comments 0 Comment

Wes and I are now “empty-nesters”, well, except for Sammy our dog. So how to fill time once spent micromanaging my kids-go back to work full time? Nah. Reboot my blog? Thats a start although not much of a reboot since I had a grand total of 2 entries! I started 3Jamigos during a family vacation to Europe when my 1st kid graduated from high school, but with 2 still at home, life remained crazy busy and the blog was relegated to the back burner. Now with all of them “launched” its time to dust it off and try again, why not? I would like to say I thought long and hard about what direction my blog should go in…but I didn’t, and despite the gazillion of blogs out there already, my blog centers around food. It will also have photos of things I love like sports, travel, and family as well as musings and sometimes rants on the same (I will try to stay away from politics). A pediatric pharmacist by trade, cooking and baking translate well. What this tells you is I have a math and science background and I’m a bit compulsive and analytical and that is how I approach recipes. I try a recipe and think about what made it awesome or a bust.

Every now and then, such as graduation and kids going off to college. I tear myself away from food and sports and do something out of my comfort zone. When my kids headed off to college I realized that they didn’t want my “pearls of wisdom” or “the talk” so I dusted off the sewing machine and made comforter covers and pillow cases for them. I am the antithesis of a craft queen but it felt good sending them off with something to remind them that I was watching over them and still trying to keep them safe and warm. Check out the monster buttons on their comforter covers, haha!

London Bike About

By threejamigos | July 3, 2012 | Comments 0 Comment

We head to our hotel the Trebovir which quite possibly has the smallest bathroom we have ever seen.. imagine, if you will, the bathroom on a plane, plus a shower in the same amount of space, yes we have entered the twilight zone of tiny bathrooms. Kids are pooped but we have reservations for a bike tour around London at 3pm, off to find lunch.

First stop lunch near our hotel in the Earl’s Court area. We find Wagamama Noodle Rest…if you have ever had ramen in any joint in Santa Clara…Halu, Kahoo, Orenchi…DO not bother ..this upscale Asian fusion joint is nothing to write home about. There is one in Harvard Square in Boston, note to self..don’t bother.

We meet our bike guide..Chris for our “Secret Tour of London” the weather is grey and drizzly, fitted on cruisers we head out for the sites..London drivers are not fond of cyclists!! We zig zag through the city seeing the Tower Bridge, Leadenhall Market (also known as Diagon Alley!) Burough Market, The Monument, Globe Theatre, Brick Lane and the Tower of London. A nice overview of London.

We hit a pub on the way back, Fuller’s Black Bird, to sample pub food and watch Germany take on Greece in the EUFA Cup. The boys vote for fish and chips, I slurp on leek and potato soup followed by Yorkshire pudding with sausages, Mui goes traditional with a steak pie and Wes has a sausage pie. Pub food gets the thumbs up.

And so it Begins

By threejamigos | June 24, 2012 | Comments 0 Comment

We are off to Europe! Jeffrey has graduated from high school, family vacation time! What to expect from our blog? Photos, lots of photos. Wes takes great pics as many of you may know from our Smugmug site. He has chronicled our sports, food and travel adventures on SmugMug and I will no doubt use his photos as well as Jamie’s..she has turned into quite the shutterbug.
So, if you like food, opinion (we are very opinionated), sports and random thoughts..you have come to the right place!

3 Jamigos Excellent Adventure Begins

To ease ourselves into our adventure we stop in London first. We learn how to navigate the underground to find our way around. A little practice before we go to countries where English isn’t the primary language and navigating will be a bit tougher. We have visited some of the major cities including New York, Boston, Chicago and now London, makes me wish BART ran to more cities in the Bay Area, what a boon that would be if public transit was part of everyday life instead of our cars!