Yearly Archives: 2012

I don’t usually post about work parties, but they really are some of my favorites! It’s one of the best things about being a boss. This time, the occasion was celebrating the 2-year anniversaries of the first two people we hired on the marketing team. My co-director came up with the idea of a lightning…

This was a strange, fun weekend! On Friday night, I helped throw a party at work to celebrate anniversaries on my team. I’ll share more details soon, but it was a lot of fun. I looked like this at 6:30pm… …and caught a ride home soon after. So, the rest of the night rainy night…

This is my third week of kettlebell training at my office. It is crushing hard, but so fun! I feel stronger than I have in years already. And I think it’s going to be really good for my back. If you want to try it, be sure to find a serious instructor. It could be…

Having an ice cream maker is such a cheat! You can throw almost anything in there and make an amazing gourmet dessert. Over the weekend, Jackie’s parents gave us each about 5 lbs of kiwis fresh off their trees. Last night I made a simple kiwi sorbet with the spoils, served after a spicy curry…

Rob and I usually like to volunteer for MLK Day of Service, but this year we had different plans. Instead of working at a national park, I volunteered with my office at a community center on Friday and then we drove Sean and Margaret to San Luis Obispo for the weekend. She was introducing him…

On Tuesday, Nicole, Elizabeth and I got tickets to one of Yelp’s Holiday Hangover parties! This is the second year Yelp held fun free events for five nights. Our night had a 1950’s theme, with a lot of people dressed to the nines. The venue was a cool antiques warehouse (so many places to rest…

Did you get a Kindle (or Nook, or…) for Christmas? I’ve been devouring oddball old books on mine for a year now. ManyBooks.net has such an extensive library of free books to download. I’ve found some gems, including the Sherlock Holmes series and Mary Roberts Rinehart. Lately, I seem to be on a very silly…

The first day at work after the holidays is back-to-school for grownups. It’s a great chance to start the fresh year with some fresh duds. I’ve been hitting up the online sales at Bloomingdales, Nordstrom and Barneys – all easy to do local returns when things don’t work out…as capes are apt to do.Cape –…

I’ve been wearing a FitBit for a work project. It counted that I hit over 50,000 steps this weekend! Whew, this was a good one. On Friday, Rob and I dressed up to the nines for the birthday of Bike Party, complete with bow tie and faux fur coat. We met up with a big…

Hands down one of my all-time favorite dinners in San Francisco. When Jackie and Pierre were here last week, we drove across town for a crab pilgrimage. Spicy crab at PPQ Dungeness Island is the best thing ever. The fresh (giant) dungeness crab is lightly battered with a salt and pepper mixture and then tossed…