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Rob rented a house at Stinson Beach for my birthday in a few weeks! I’ve been obsessed with taking a weekend getaway with friends at Stinson since watching the 1972 Woody Allen movie Play it Again Sam. Here’s a dream outfit to head north for a fall weekend at the beach: Sweater – I love…

This weekend was fun…and a little exhausting! My parents came to town for a visit with Aunt Lucie from Chicago. Rob and I joined them on Friday for dinner at a Chinese restaurant near their hotel in the Marina.  Then back home to prepare a brunch for nine people the next morning. Set the table…

Rob and I packed our bags and headed to Palo Alto Friday night, escaping the traditional October heatwave, concert crowds and a long week of work. My sister, Jean and Trent made us steak salads for dinner and we crashed to bed on their air mattress pretty early. Leisurely breakfast the next morning – they…

Another relaxing weekend in San Francisco – these warm, early fall days are the finest the city has to offer! On Friday, Rob and I had dinner at home: penne with mushrooms, kale, almonds and lemon. Slept like babies on our new mattress that arrived Friday afternoon, should have upgraded a long time ago! On…

Rob and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary on Friday!  I got him a big box of manly chocolates: And he got me these beautiful flowers from the same neighborhood florist who made my wedding bouquet. We went out to dinner to celebrate at Bar Jules in Hayes Valley – Nicole gave us a gift…

This weekend started with a much needed mellow night of pizza and a movie at home.  Rob and I had a leisurely Saturday morning with a jog, picking up dry cleaning and breakfast at a cafe down the street. My parents arrived for a visit shortly after noon.  Mom went to drop by work with…

It was so nice to spend the weekend in the city with old friends!  Our late summer warm weather was out in full force for the last few days. On Friday, Rob and I relaxed at home with pizza and a movie. On Saturday, we had a leisurely morning before packing up for my company’s…

Did you have a nice long weekend?  Rob, Nicole and I headed up to the mountains for Labor Day. We drove out of the city on Friday afternoon. With the Bay Bridge closed for construction, there was SO much traffic. It took us over 7 hours to get to our campsite outside of Lassen National…

Rob had a big mountain bike race in Mendocino this weekend and I stayed town. My natural hermit tendency left me looking forward to a few quiet days of catching up on work and relaxing. However, there were too many people to see and the weather was far too nice. (By the way: I’m hiring!…

For the first time in what seems like ages, we stayed in San Francisco for the weekend!  And the weather even complied, bringing our late sunny summer.  The occasion?  Rob’s parents came to visit for the weekend from Sanger.  We started out with thai for dinner down the street, followed by It’s-Its and work on a…