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Rob and I took the weekend off to celebrate our first wedding anniversary. We drove up Friday night to one of my all-time favorite places: Point Reyes and Tomales Bay. Good food (seafood, cheeses, produce, chocolate), an adventure biking in a wind storm, amazing scenery, hot-tubbing and a lot of lazing about in a giant…

I snuck a photo of my new ribbon belt in action at the hair salon on Thursday. The olive green version was paired with a short-sleeved turtleneck, black pashmina, vintage tweed pencil skirt, gray tights and black heels. Kind of a 1940’s chic look for early fall in the city.

The San Francisco Ladies Activity Club celebrated our fourth anniversary last Tuesday. How time flies when you’re having fun! For this party, we took on a project to make headbands and belts based on the amazing Rachel from Heart of Light‘s tutorials. (she also sells her wares on Etsy). A great “new economy” project since…

Jean’s wedding is only a couple weeks away! Last weekend, I went to the wholesale flower market to do a test run of bouquets, centerpieces and boutonnières. Dahlias, zinnias, cornflowers, spray roses, two kinds of ferns, equisetum and ornamental chili peppers went into each one. The final results go well with the “farm fiesta” theme.…

Day Five: Promenade from San Simeon to San Luis Obispo – 55 miles Day five started with a hearty banana, blueberry pancake breakfast in the trailer. Overnight, our friend Fred had arrived to ride with us the last day. Firmly in familiar territory, this would be a casual ride to the finish line. Actual sun…

Day Four: Big Sur to San Simeon – 72 miles Still feeling pretty sore and bonk-y when we woke up at 5:50 am on Tuesday morning. Our early start was designed to help us avoid traffic on our biggest day of riding. We had four BIG hills (4,000 feet of climbing) to tackle in 70+…

Day Three: Marina to Big Sur – 56 miles Very weary after the tribulations of day two – we got up early in the heavy fog and had bagels for breakfast in the RV. Showers helped restore our spirits but I’m still amazed that we all climbed on the bikes and hit the road again…

Day Two: Pescadero to Marina – 71 miles (was supposed to be 55) All significant adventures have a point where hope is lost…day two was this point in our ride. Up at the hostel pretty early for pancakes and coffee. We had a bit of a slow start with packing up the trucks and cleaning…

Day 1: From San Francisco to Pigeon Point – 57 miles We started the tour with coffee and cinnamon rolls at 9:30. Packed up the truck, checked that the stove was off and hit the road. The team pedaled through Golden Gate Park to the beach, down to Daly City and up and over to…

Before we get started with the details of Tour de Emily – a few introductions. We had the best team for this adventure – a handful of riders and a support crew to match. From left to right: Team Tandem – Rob and I rode on our sweet red bike the whole way. Rob –…