fetal duck egg

He did it. He ate balut and didn't throw up or run screaming from the room or divorce me. And now my parents love him even more....

pre-feast, pre-race thoughts

Tomorrow the Thanksgiving festivities begin. We're flying to L.A. to spend a few days with my family. Apparently, Todd is going to...

little treat

Checking things off the list.Today's stop: Kara's Cupcakes in Napa's Oxbow Public Market. I waited patiently in line for a passion...

blown out, killed, destroyed, thrashed

To put it bluntly.Yesterday was my last big training run before raceday: 22 miles, the farthest I've ever run in my life.I chose...

fall color

Whoever said California doesn't have seasons obviously never made it out to wine country.This is my favorite time of year in the...

dim sum discovery, etc.

Should've posted this yesterday: Ulysses found dim sum in Santa Rosa, if you can believe that. We went. We overate. It was joyous....

spreadable meat goodness

Sometimes, you sit down to a meal that is so good, it launches you into what can only be described as a food retrospective.You start...

officially ren faire?

I'm not quite sure how this happened, but somehow I got put on a mailing list for this catalog.Apparently, I fit the profile of someone...

displaced burrito

I was planning to write about the absolutely enormous burrito I had for lunch from El Azteca today, but then I started doing more...

focus

... seems to be something I need more of.For example, tonight I went to an amazing event for one of our wineries. Two of the "Top...

on running and toilets (to be blunt)

Ran 18 this morning -- this is only the second time in my life that I've run this distance, and thankfully, today's run was much...