Yearly Archives: 2009

Outdoorsy visitors have plenty of fun options in San Francisco between our shady parks and miles of coastline: Kayak in Sausalito Rent a bike for exploring the city or pedaling around Angel Island Hike Marin Headlands Take a rowboat around Stowe Lake in Golden Gate Park See the redwoods at Muir Woods Get a view…

When you have parents with you, you’ll probably also have both a car and a slightly bigger budget. Here are a few suggestions for exploring San Francisco with your parents: Go to North Beach for an italian dinner followed by Beach Blanket Babylon Spend the day at the Legion of Honor viewing fine art, Rodin…

San Fransisco has a lot to offer our littlest visitors! Pack snacks and be prepared for long days out and about: Spend a day at the Exploratorium and wandering the Palace of Fine Arts park outside it Take a boat to Angel Island with picnic supplies from the Ferry Building Go the Academy of Sciences…

You’re passing through town for a conference or business trip. Not much time, but a few hours to see the sights. Here’s what you can quickly and easily do in downtown San Francisco: Drop in to SFMOMA for a bit of modern art Have a cream puff from Beard Papa Do a little shopping on…

San Francisco tourism is doing quite well these days. It seems like a different European country exports their entire population each week. This week: we’re absolutely overrun with Italians. San Francisco is an amazing city and great fun for a vacation. So, I’ve decided to dedicate this week – at the heart of our tourism…

Wow…what a weekend. This is another one for the record books! On Friday, a heat wave hit the city. Temperatures in the high eighties slowed us all down dramatically. Rob and I had a beer after work out on the fishing pier in the bay. We briefly joined the Critical Mass ride on our tandem…

I get my stitches out today and more biopsies taken. Not looking forward to it, but it is an excuse for a lazy morning working in my pajamas with coffee and croissants. Have a great weekend! Update: All is well. I have a clean bill of health and nothing “atypical” left in my wrist. Very…

Here’s a recent request from Ashley: I am twenty-eleven years old, 5 foot 9 inches tall and weigh about 165lbs. I have long naturally curly brown hair and green eyes. I have no style what so ever….I am a jeans, vintage tee and chuck taylor/flip flop kind of girl. My cousin is getting married September…

I’ve got a thing for old-fashioned, paper-wrapped grease pencils today. You can use them to write on glass and metal, or just to accessorize a perfect tweed pencil skirt. It must be the combination of back-to-school season and watching too much Nova. Take a look at sugaroni’s entire photo series on art and office supplies…

Just when I was thinking I was completely sick of this whole cold-salad-for-lunch kick, I stumbled across a new favorite. On Sunday night, I tapped into my stock of preserved lemons to make a big batch of Moroccan chicken with preserved lemons and green olives along with a side of Israeli couscous. This bright and…