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I’ve saved the best for last!  My favorite part of the trip was our stay at Cringletie House in Peebles. We took the bus from Edinburgh to the Scottish Borders. Oops, missed our stop (didn’t realize the hotel would have its own) and walked back along the farms. Isn’t the red metal bridge pretty! The…

Apologies for the break in posting, it’s been a tough couple weeks! Let’s get back to the UK vacation recaps. The highlight of our trip was time spent on the Scottish Borders, south of Edinburgh.  We loved the green valleys around the River Tweed.  One day, we took the bus over to Innerleithen – this…

Rob and I took a day off from London to explore Cambridge. My mother loves the town from studying abroad and three generations in my family have cherished the book Period Piece, about the Darwin family living there.  We set off from King’s Cross station: Cambridge was packed with weekend tourists and students busy with…

Next up: Edinburgh! Rob and I took a day train from London to Scotland on the second day of our vacation. We stayed at a much more modest hotel – the Premier Inn – but that was centrally located, clean and with very friendly staff.  Our room was on the top floor and had an…

What a great trip!  Rob and I are just back from a nine day vacation in the UK. Thanks to the horrible exchange rate we spent way too much money, but we had a grand time doing it!  To make the recap easier, I’m going to break it down to the different areas where stayed. …

For this year’s Sound of Music show at Mountain Play, I created a picnic menu that was Austrian-inspired with a decidedly California-flair.  Turned off by the prospect of frying up pounds of weiner schnitzel, I created a foundation of three simple dishes: a medley of sausages, grilled artichokes and a vinegar potato salad. We had…

We’re so famous (online, in Marin)!  Here’s the completely-natural photo of us picnicking today that ran in the Mill Valley Patch. Love it.

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…