Yearly Archives: 2013

You know I love a good theme! This weekend was focused around our annual picnic for Mountain Play – an extra special one with it being the 100th anniversary of the program. This year’s show was Sound of Music and we went full Bavarian on both Saturday and Sunday.  (disclaimer: I did zero research on…

Get ready, this is a long one! This weekend included 3 days, 7 waterfalls, 20 miles of hiking, 1 amazing secret lodge discovery.  The start of summer in San Francisco is bittersweet. Warmer temperatures inland pull the marine layer over the city.  Heavy fog last week announced the summer season and left the city freezing…

Mmm. I love ceviche so much. Somehow – despite eating pounds and pounds of the stuff in Mexican sidewalk cafes and shady San Francisco taquerias – I had never made it myself.  That was until last night! Rob and I exercise on Monday nights (“monday run-day”) so I needed something we could prepare pre-run to…

Rob and I started the weekend with a birthday celebration for our dear friend, Allison.  Her husband arranged for us to surprise her at Tradition downtown – where we enjoyed strong batches of “punch” in a private booth.  From there, the group took private cars over to SOMA Streat Food where we got tickets for…

One of the many great things about meeting Rob was that he introduced me to camping! I now love a weekend spent sleeping in a cozy tent, exploring the outdoors and chatting around a fire.  Rob and I headed up to Whiskeytown this weekend for a mountain bike race and camping trip.  We got in…

We had our 7th annual 1906 Earthquake Memorial Dinner last Thursday!  13 guests came over for our traditional candlelit meal.  I set the table with dark napkins, the good silver and so many candles: The menu was in line with tradition too: Tadich Grill-recipe cioppino full of salmon and shrimp served with plenty of sourdough garlic…

Well, this was a big one!  We started the weekend with a funeral and ended it with a brand new baby boy. On Friday morning, I took Jean and Trent to the flower market to buy supplies. Trent’s uncle passed away a few months ago and a massive group of people were coming to town…

Inspired by Louis Vuitton’s black and white checks for spring, I picked up a mod little black and white dress at Club Monaco a couple weeks ago. It’s a super fun piece to wear to the office this April: Jacket – I’m too chicken to invest in a quality leather jacket. This coral number from…

Rob and I kicked off the weekend with two startup parties on Friday night. First, a big product launch party at my office. Then, a tiny startup’s office-warming party in Berkeley. My company was this size (7 people) when I started, now we’re 260! Jean and Trent invited us to spend the weekend with them,…

This weekend was pretty ideal! I started Friday night with the black tie dinner for the Bay Area Tumor Institute. It was held at the Ritz-Carlton ballroom, so fancy.  A very elegant affair with my company’s table easily coming in at 40 years below the average guest age. I love award ceremonies in all forms.…