Yearly Archives: 2013

Did you have a nice long weekend?  Rob, Nicole and I headed up to the mountains for Labor Day. We drove out of the city on Friday afternoon. With the Bay Bridge closed for construction, there was SO much traffic. It took us over 7 hours to get to our campsite outside of Lassen National…

Rob had a big mountain bike race in Mendocino this weekend and I stayed town. My natural hermit tendency left me looking forward to a few quiet days of catching up on work and relaxing. However, there were too many people to see and the weather was far too nice. (By the way: I’m hiring!…

For the first time in what seems like ages, we stayed in San Francisco for the weekend!  And the weather even complied, bringing our late sunny summer.  The occasion?  Rob’s parents came to visit for the weekend from Sanger.  We started out with thai for dinner down the street, followed by It’s-Its and work on a…

We had an impromptu dinner party on Monday night with Rebecca and Derek. They asked to bring Brazilian lemonade – a delicious concoction made of limes and condensed milk – so I threw together a quick menu using summer produce with a Brazilian flair. We started with a basic green salad with nectarines, pepitas and…

Continuing our trend of going away every weekend this summer – Rob and I drove down to San Luis Obispo with Jean on Friday night.  My brother Joe and sister Kate were also coming to town to celebrate our Dad’s birthday.  This guy is pretty persuasive: We ate a huge breakfast together with bacon from…

Another weekend, another mountain bike race. This time, Rob and I drove up to the sierras for the Downieville Classic. Downieville was once a town of 5,000 and the bustling center of the gold rush. Now, it’s down to a population of 230 and is known as a remote mountain biking destination.  We camped with…

Brr. It’s the start of August, and hopefully summer in San Francisco is just a few weeks away. We’ve had a classic wintry July with fog, wind and plenty of scarves. I’ve basically lived in a version of this outfit, topped with a trench coat: White jeans – Still keep you warm, but it feels like…

After throwing a wedding last weekend and back-to-back trips to Tahoe before that – it was time for a relaxing few days in the city. On Friday, I had an early start at work to do a small TV appearance and left just in the nick of time to get across town for the big…

Whoa, I have been BUSY the last couple weeks. Rob and I went back to Tahoe after 4th of July to spend the weekend with his sister, nephews and parents. We swam, watched basketball, paddleboarded – it was great. Then, a short week and Jackie’s wedding. Margaret and I have been helping to plan this…

What a great weekend!  Rob and I were invited up to Lake Tahoe for the holiday weekend to celebrate a friend’s birthday. Our host, Corey, arranged for a massive rental house for his 30th. But first…I had to get there. Rob had gone up a few days before and I took a ride share through…