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Merry Christmas! Per tradition, we’re ending the advent calendar with our annual holiday card photo. Margaret helped take this shot at a grand old building in the Financial District on a rainy Sunday. Those pigeons were surprisingly professional. They lined right up again on the steps between each shot. Rob and I are headed down…

We had our December Ladies Activity Club party last night. The ever-so-talented Tracy hosted us for an evening of making felt ornaments and bows – a last minute Christmas craft-up. In between sewing, she served a delicious pear blueberry bread pudding with fresh whipped cream. Only one more night to finish my Christmas cards, wrap…

Amidst all the giving, a little “getting” can be fun too. Margaret came over last night with my Christmas gift – a beautiful red Le Cruset oval. But, I don’t know any dutch oven recipes yet. Do you have a favorite?

In the cold, dark winter my appetite is all for hearty dishes. This pasta recipe tastes very rich, but is full of healthy protein-enriched pasta, tofu and spinach. Protein Pomodoro Pasta Serves 4 3/4 of a box of Barilla Gold spaghetti 1 container of extra firm tofu 1 cup of frozen chopped spinach, or more…

Ack! It’s already December 20th? The full velocity of this holiday season has just hit me. All the writing, shopping, cooking, wrapping, hosting, partying, decorating and celebrating of the season can be exhausting. It was so great to have a spa day on Sunday with my family. Just to be in a plush robe with…

I have a life-hangover from this weekend! So much fun and so many parties. (And so few photos, they’re all on Jean’s camera). So, my sister Jean arrived Thursday night and on Friday morning I took off for the holiday celebration day at work. All the women in my office were treated to massages, pedicures…

Live music in front of the Christmas tree! Such a festive tradition. We were lucky to have a talented banjo player and a professional ukulele player at the party last night. I need to make more musician friends!

We had a fun party last night with about 15 people for the launch of a friend’s autobiography, Daveland. It was a great event with a lot of creative San Franciscans who had contributed to the project – writers, journalists, poets, artists and musicians. The best part is that the whole party came to us,…

Gourmet’s savory bread pudding recipe has been a stand-out dish for a couple of our holiday brunches now. I mixed it up this year with black olive wheat and sourdough bread along with the regular country loaf. And a added kale and mushroom to the arugula mixture (no bacon for the vegetarians). Cube the bread…

I wrapped my first set of gifts last night after a breakfast-for-dinner of ham and fried eggs. Only a few small presents so far…and a couple little mice with red and green bows!