CCCC – Chocolate Chip Cookie Connoisseur. As some of you may know, I’ve always been a fan of chocolate chip cookie. Just about any mall, restaurant, coffee shop, or cafe that sells cookies can count me as one of their clients. Some are obviously better than others. Starbucks cookies –…
Two very good friends of ours decided to throw a “Commitment Ceremony”/Party over the Holiday break. And oh what a party it was. Like us they are very much into the local food/local farms thing and the party was catered by Outstanding in the Field. A fantastic locally started “…roving…
This year we decided to be a little different and instead of the big family thing with all the presents we decided to go to Yosemite and stay at the Wawona hotel. What a fantastic Trip! When we arrived there was snow though no chains were required to enter the…
I may have received the best Christmas present ever and I got it well before Christmas. For years I’ve been teasing Jaimie that I would buy the Leg Lamp from The Christmas Story and this year I finally did it. After Thanksgiving I ordered it from the christmas story house…
As you may know Jaimie and I are expecting our first child in March. I thought I would post the first ultrasound image for your viewing pleasure. First Ultrasound
Remember that day in high school when you took a survey and it magically produced recommendations of “what you should be when you grow-up”? Interestingly enough, it never contained any of the job titles I’ve actually applied for, but that’s another topic for another day. If I could go back…
On March 20th Jaimie and I took off from San Francisco to Miami headed for Lima Peru. After spending the night in Lima we arrived in Cuzco for out vacation to the Sacred Valley of the Inca. We spent a few days in Cuzco before heading off to the highlight…
While on vacation in Mexico, my brother Brett brought up how he had downloaded the “100 Greatest Film” list from AFI. (http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx) Which got us started on how we felt about the list and what movies had not made it. It was surprising to note that not one Mel Brooks movie…
Cabo Trip On January 3 we took off for a few days in Los Cabos. We had a fantastic time, caught (and released) a total of 11 marlin between the 5 of us, and got a little crazy at CaboWabo Cantina. The weather was great, around 80 degrees all week. And…
As part of our goal towards eating locally we tried to “hit two stones with one bird”. For part of our thanksgiving feast, we purchased a Heritage turkey from Mary’s Turkeys (http://marysturkeys.com/) through a local market Mollie Stones. In doing so we accomplished two goals. First the turkey was raised…