Yearly Archives: 2015

Rob’s colleagues from around the world are coming to dinner Friday night at the house. We’ll be eight in total and I’ll be rushing back from our Girl Scout meeting just in time for it to start…so I need to actually plan this one in advance. The request came in for ceviche to be on…

Calvin Trillin, one of my favorite authors, wrote vividly about hypothetical moving feasts that sampled from different restaurants all across New York City to make one amazing dinner. He prepared those menus for an imaginary Chairman Mao. Last weekend, Rob and I made it a reality for our friend Josh visiting from London. You might…

Less than an hour from the bustling center of Silicon Valley is a lovely state park with tall redwood trees, ferns and – most shocking of all in this California drought – running streams. Portola Redwoods State Park was the site of this year’s camping weekend for my birthday. It was so nice of 10…

A good work from home lunch for me is made with fresh produce, in less than 10 minutes and easy to eat with one hand – so you can keep typing with the other! This panzanella-style tomato salad starts with the same prep I use for bruschetta but instead of topping slices of bread with…

Two weekends, two lovely baby showers for Jackie with inspiration from East African culture. As mentioned in the last shower’s recap, Jackie is epidemic researcher with the CDC and has spent time living in Kenya, Malawi and Benin for her important work. For this baby shower in San Francisco, we had even more researchers and…

Ah, Girl Scouts! I loved being a Girl Scout growing up. As you can probably imagine, I was the weird kid who wore satin pajamas on Brownie camping trips. Regardless, I learned so much about camping, crafts and business (I was a tiny, ferocious Gordon Gekko with cookies and poinsettias). For almost a decade now I’ve been trying…

My good friend Jackie is an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer with the Centers for Disease Control. As part of her research work on malaria prevention, she lived and worked in Kenya, and she still travels to Africa frequently for work on public health related to dengue fever and ebola. So, when Jackie mentioned an African theme for…

It has been 8 months since I decided to officially start my own company, Uncommon Bold. There are times when it is really difficult (accounting, permits, taxes, everything having to do with numbers and paperwork) and times when it is so, so great (most of the rest). I enjoy the work I do helping startups with their brand…

I love a good gala! Sadly I’ve been going to fewer ever since the San Francisco Symphony disappointingly cancelled the biannual Black & White Ball (maybe it will come back someday).  So Rob and I jumped at the chance to combine work and pleasure on our anniversary at the Parks Alliance Party for the Parks gala.…

Thanks to Rob’s role as a community advocate with SF Urban Riders – a group promoting off-road cycling in the city – our dining room is often the scene of committee meetings and work sessions these days. After we worked with friends to make bunting and trail bells for a booth at Tour de Fat, a few…