Mt Play

It’s official: our Hawaiian-themed picnic for South Pacific has been awarded the grand prize! After shamefully taking only second place with our picnic for Music Man in 2012, we regrouped and kept our eye on the prize. Now, let’s see if the streak can continue with next year’s Peter Pan performance. So far, I’ve decided we’ll…

Our 6th year at Mountain Play in Marin and our best picnic yet! The performance this year is one of my favorite musicals: South Pacific by Rodgers & Hammerstein. A perfect chance to produce a spread of polynesian recipes, exotic flowers and tropical fruits.  The Guests 16 people made the trek up 2,500 feet to the…

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…

Here are all the details on our 2nd Place picnic for this year’s Mountain Play. Next year, we’re definitely taking home the gold! I’ve already started planning for Sound of Music. Decor: Red, white and blue was the color scheme. We used four tablecloths that matched the colors on top of inflated sleeping pads to…

We just bought our tickets to Mountain Play for the summer! This year, I am determined to win the picnic contest and have finally invested in Mottahdeh tin plates for the occasion. This will be our 5th (?) year at the play and we have it pretty dialed in. Arrive very early, bring plenty of…

We had a wonderful spread of food with us at Mountain Play this year. Such an easy menu too: Cold roast chicken – Picked up from Whole Foods Pasta salad – Orecchiette with pesto and sun-dried tomatoes Rolls – Acme pain epi makes delicious little sandwiches Cheese – Bermuda Triangle from Cypress Grove Mustard –…

This has been a crazy, classic San Francisco week. I’ve had only raw seafood and wine for dinner the last three days between work events and dinners out with old friends. Props to Anchor and Hope‘s oysters and La Mar‘s cebiche. And the summer weather has been ideal, breezy high 60’s and sunny. Perfect conditions…

Despite having my third, maybe fourth, terrible cold of the year – this was a grand weekend. It was sunny and warm in the city and we went on a few adventures. Friday night, I had tickets to the opera but had them moved to later in the month since I was sick and hadn’t…

Another classic San Francisco weekend! On Friday, Rob and I went to the climbing gym after work. Margaret arrived later once we were back at home and helped me make a batch of oatmeal cookies while playing lego Indiana Jones. To bed around midnight. Up at 9 the next morning to prepare for Mountain Play.…