This past Saturday was SF Street Food Fest. We went early and I'm mostly glad we did. It mean that we got to try a LOT of different foods without insane crowds and lines. We did do some divide and conquer work and some eating while in line for the next thing. I keep wishing there was more places to just kind of hang out, like at Eat Real. I felt ( Read more... )

I've been considering ordering a notebook to keep my bread experiment notes in. It would be good to note how much garlic or olives or whatever I put in so I'd know for next time. As well as times, temps, ingredient changes and results. For the time being, I'm still just posting here.

Last night steluch and I made dinner for arkibet's birthday. (poached salmon, ( Read more... )

Thursday we went to San Ramon to visit. A good day to get family drama off my chest to people that understand all too well. It was good to share. Got to play guitar hereo. The pies and cranberry sauce went over well. All the food was delicious, I learned the secrets of the creamed spinach. =D I am thankful for quite a lot this year ( Read more... )

Last week was quite the busy week between work, SFSI and being social.

I worked overtime on Monday and got in a short date night with Brian afterwards. We went over to the westfiend center and saw Death at a Funeral, which was quite amusing ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday to knaveofhearts!A special person who has always helped me stretch my mind as well as being a wonderful shoulder to lean on when I've needed help. We may drift apart here and there, but we've managed to stay friends. This makes me very happy ( Read more... )

I got a new address book and realized that I do not have complete [snail mail] addresses for almost anyone on my friends list!

If you are willing to share that information, I would really appreciate it. You can email me, or post a comment here, I've made all comments screened.

I have encouraged caramida to post similarly, so if you see this from him as ( Read more... )

We drove past the thai temple brunch on Sunday* and I was reminded that I haven't been in years, literally. And Brian has never been ( Read more... )

Friday night we had some friends over for dinner and games:

deviled eggs [i was feeling silly and wanted an appetizer]
collard greens
red beans
cornbread
fried chicken

[my first experiment with frying chicken at home in my cast iron skillet, imho a great success!]

Sunday Brunchyogurt, granola and fruit parfaits ( Read more... )

Went to Cirque du Soleil's new show here in SF, Corteo, last night.

WOW.

I am a very lucky and blessed person to have such amazing and generous friends.

Thanks again to steluch, caramida, enf, arthurdent and K.
Everything about the show was so beautiful. It was breath-taking. I loved the music and the acts and just, wow. What a wonderful experience. I think I even ( Read more... )