So this year, things are REALLY changed up. Normally, I got to my parents for Thanksgiving (usually our big family holiday) and spend Christmas with J’s family. Because J and I had Thanksgiving with our friends, J will be flying to his parents solo and I will be spending Christmas with my family. [...]
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December 14, 2009
Well HELLLLLOOOO There – Thanksgiving 2010
Holy cow the last post was August 10? That’s crazy talk but you know, we had issues with our wordpress password and couldn’t log in. There’s a lot of to catch up on. Here’s a list of coming attractions:
Farmers market review of the Montclair Farmers Market
Farmers market review of the Temescal Farmers Market
A visit to [...]
June 17, 2009
We know how to show a gal a good time – Part 2
Prom Date was only in town two days, coming in midday Saturday and leaving midday Monday. We had to show her the best of the Bay Area. Here’s where I have to admit something slightly shameful for a bay Area resident – I’ve never been to wine country. There, I said it. It’s totally embarrassing [...]
April 6, 2009
The Challenge – Wrap Up
This was a great exercise more us to look at what we eat and what we spend. One thing is for sure, food is our biggest cost. At the very least it’s our most variable cost. I’ve always said we pay for convenience and convenience is well worth it. However, I [...]
March 26, 2009
The Challenge
In this nasty economic environment, J and are are lucky to be gainfully employed. Nevertheless, we are trying to buy a house and we may want to develop some healthy for your wallet eating habits. So here’s the challenge – no eating out for a week starting Sunday. A couple of assumptions:
1. I have a [...]
February 10, 2009
A bittersweet memory
In anticipation of the closing of the Scharffen Berger chocolate factory, we went there on Sunday to stock up on some of their limited editions since we wouldn’t be seeing those again. There’s this one guy behind the counter who is always there and crazy nice to us. We spent much time lamenting the closing [...]
January 21, 2009
Existential Crisis
Ok. I’m in an existential crisis. A completely delicious existential crisis. For all of my adult life I’ve been the cook. I cook well and I enjoy cooking. I’m used to being the best cook in the room. Since moving to the Bay Area and having some actual food professionals [...]
September 3, 2008
Scharffenberger Factory Tour
In the first outing for our group of friends in Washington, DC, Pauline, Rootbeer, Writergirl, J and I went to Hershey, Pennsylvania to see the Hershey Chocolate factory. The day itself was a blast and we had a lot of fund spending time with people who would become our dearest friends. The one disappointment [...]
August 12, 2008
Perfect afternoon
Last Sunday, West Coast Rebecca came up with an absolutely perfect idea for her birthday festivities – an afternoon on Lake Chabot in a patio boat. A patio boat is a nice flat bottomed boat with a motor. It’s kind of like a yacht without a belowdecks area.
Sunday rolled around and the weather [...]
