Weekends

This was one dynamo of a weekend! We kicked things off with two company Christmas parties on Friday night. First, Rob’s company celebrated at Bacar. We only managed to get through wine, appetizers and a calamari frisee salad before having to dash across town in a cab for my company’s event at Rosewood. My boss…

This apartment was packed with holiday cheer, rainy downpours and a great deal of apartment hunting. On Friday, Rob and I rode the train home in the middle of a rainstorm. At eight the rain let up and bit so we walked over to my friend Kellie’s house in the mission. Along the way, virtually…

It really feels like the holidays after this festive weekend. On Friday, we came home from work and went straight to the Christmas tree lot down the street. Our tradition is to buy a tree fresh off the truck, still wrapped up, and carry it home. Pizza delivery and Bing Crosby as we unwrapped the…

Thanksgiving weekend in Fresno…in our traditional manner, it involved at least one epic adventure. On Thursday morning we drove to Sanger from San Francisco to stay with Rob’s parents. We arrived around noon and helped finish the the preparations for our big meal. Rob’s dad cooked a bunch of dishes in his solar ovens outside.…

Rainy weather and a lot of relaxing this weekend. It really feels like the holidays now. On Friday, my whole office went out for drinks to celebrate a big week. We first shared some red wine, mussels and fries at Local. Then walked to Varnish which is a cool art gallery in an old brick…

I’ve been consciously trying to take it slow these last few weekends -to savor the break between a crazy summer and the holidays. It’s been lovely! On Friday, Rob and I went to the movies downtown after work. We saw The Men Who Stare At Goats, which was disappointing and strange. The director should have…

This was a fairly quiet weekend, but one that included some of my favorite things! On Friday, Rob and I both had to stay a bit late at work. Finally at home, we had a spaghetti dinner, watched Hulu and turned in early. Rob woke up the next morning before six for an all day…

What a fine weekend! Rob and I rode home on our tandem bike along with a few thousand others dressed up for Critical Mass. It was wild to see the city taken over by so many bikes. At the apartment, we quickly packed up the car and drove up to Healdsburg in thick traffic. We…

Summer is finally here in San Francisco – of course, it arrived the day after I packed up my summer clothes and put out the tweed. Regardless, it was a lovely backdrop for this relaxing weekend. On Friday night, Rob and I rode our tandem bike from work downtown to Hayes Valley for dinner and…

Rob and I took the weekend off to celebrate our first wedding anniversary. We drove up Friday night to one of my all-time favorite places: Point Reyes and Tomales Bay. Good food (seafood, cheeses, produce, chocolate), an adventure biking in a wind storm, amazing scenery, hot-tubbing and a lot of lazing about in a giant…