Yearly Archives: 2009

It’s already the first of December?! Time to kick off the advent calendar. This year’s theme: favorite simple things about the holidays. Fuji persimmons are a new favorite this year. We brought home a big bag from Rob’s grandmother’s ranch last weekend. I guess I’d only had the bitter acorn-shaped Hongsi before. These are delicious…

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.…

We had a great LAC party last night! I wish I had more photos of the ink, paper, mulling spice madness that went on as we learned how to screenprint with Gocco. Our hostesses Lauren and Kellie provided a huge spread of food including mulled wine, mulled cider, cheeses, strawberries, chocolates, cookies and hot tarts.…

Ah, Thanksgiving! Food, family and stuffing – I love stuffing. Here’s one idea for a outfit on Thursday: Dress – Boden’s little purple dress is great dressed up for holiday parties and pared down with boots for work.Apron – A must to help protect your dress from gravy and other menaces. In my book, a…

Our tandem commuting craziness is catching on. Last night we saw another couple riding Market Street home from work. And then, on the way to visit some special paintings (whee!) in progress we saw another tandem parked in the Mission. If you’re not ready to splurge on a bicycle built for two, maybe this rubber…

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…

Yorkshire tweed blazer with leather elbow patches straight from the UK! Are those ducks printed on the liner? That is just too much. Lets each get one and go apple picking this weekend.

Cooking your first Thanksgiving turkey next week? This vintage antler handle carving set would be the perfect accompaniment to your perfectly roasted bird. It’s $24 from Etsy.

Midnight on the third Thursday of November (tonight!) is the official start of Beaujolais Nouveau season. In France, the arrival of the season’s first wine also marks the start of the holiday season. I was in Paris for the arrival one year and was amazed by the number of signs and posters all around the…

We had our first frost warning of the winter this week. Colder temperatures call for adding a down comfortable to the bed, cranking up the radiators and switching to more substantial sleepwear. I’m a huge fan of the classic pajama set but they seem harder and harder to find in good quality each year. Luckily,…