Yearly Archives: 2011

…and I don’t even particularly like collard greens! So, back from the farm and with a couple pounds of super leafy collard greens. Margaret and I found a recipe for collard green pesto on Tuesday night. The whole thing made even more “organic” by my inability to find the food processor. We chopped the pesto…

Hooray for Alemany Farm! This four acre organic farm is tucked away in San Francisco by the 280 freeway in Bernal Heights and run entirely by volunteers. Rob, Trent and I so enjoyed our tour of the farm on Saturday. We saw the french-style vegetable rows, the fruit tree orchard and garden-style terraces. And sampled…

Rob and I ran across Emmy’s in the Mission during our bike tour on Saturday. After a few taste tests of the wonderful pickles and jam – we decided on two jars of jalapeno jelly. One for us and the other decorated with ribbons and herbs for our dinner hostess. The spicy, sweet jelly is…

We spent this weekend celebrating summer with friends all around the bay. To start, Friday night ping pong and bean tacos with Margaret: We watched Justin Biber: Never Say Never – and I have to say, I really enjoyed it! Kid has talent. Saturday morning, Rob left early to volunteer with the bike coalition. I…

This is happening. Thanks to Hey, Stop It and HonestlyWTF I’m going to make my first ever friendship bracelets this weekend. Want one? It doesn’t hurt at all that I already have the nailpolish, round gold buttons and oxford shirt pictured in this photo for inspiration.

What a week! We’ve been out and about almost every night this week for lovely dinners. On Monday, we biked across town in the warm weather and had dinner at The Tipsy Pig. Wednesday night, dinner at Anchor and Hope (the calamari is so good!) and a Kooks show at Slims. And Thursday night, over…

For our latest beach house, let’s head to the lakefront instead of the beach! This little red cottage is in Lake Tahoe. Details, clockwise, from the photo: Cabin – A little old fashioned cabin for rent right on the west shore of Lake Tahoe. Blanket – A Pendleton classic inspired by Native American design, rugged…

Rob and I have taken on ping pong as our summer hobby! We bought a tabletop set that uses our dining room table as a base. It’s far too small, but helps level the playing field since Rob is pretty good from his college dorm days. It’s the perfect thing for this week’s unusually warm…

We had a wonderful spread of food with us at Mountain Play this year. Such an easy menu too: Cold roast chicken – Picked up from Whole Foods Pasta salad – Orecchiette with pesto and sun-dried tomatoes Rolls – Acme pain epi makes delicious little sandwiches Cheese – Bermuda Triangle from Cypress Grove Mustard –…

Perfect summer weekend! Warm weather and a lot of lazy adventures with friends. On Friday, I was completely worn out from the week and went into sick-mode. I watched A Room With a View (love), ate macaroni and cheese and read Period Piece. On Saturday, Trent called early asking us if we wanted to get…