fiddlehead ferns and other oddities

Dinner tonight at Peter Lowell's with Adam and Jenna. Had the pasta primavera -- housemade pappardelle with fiddlehead ferns, artichokes...

moon rise

The ankle/calf feels better, and I had a good five-mile run tonight. Saw the full moon in all its glory....

crashing

On Thursday, while pulling a handcart with two cases of wine left over from a five-hour tasting (this event was grueling, and my...

a reminder

Had a press dinner tonight for one of my winemakers.Tonight the conversation turned toward our jobs, and how we are lucky because...

learning curve

Embarked on another eating adventure last night. No, folks, I'm not referring to the Baconator Double here -- had more than enough...

double down

Today Ulysses, Nick and I went to KFC for lunch to try the Double Down, two pieces of fried chicken sandwiching bacon, cheese and...

a very expensive cat toy

I didn't think I wanted an iPad until I saw this video....

humble pie after dark

Forgot to mention we went to Humble Pie for dinner Friday night, which means I got to check one more name off the list.The verdict:...

le rêve

As you know, je suis étudiante. And tonight in my French class, one of my classmates walked in wearing a Boston Marathon track jacket...

my dad is cool because

... he didn't just ogle the Peep sushi photos like the rest of us. (You know you've seen the posts on Facebook and Twitter. Peepshi...

better than a glass slipper

My new LunarGlides are just so cute. I often find myself staring at them and cooing.I admit I bought them largely because of their...

eating responsibly?

Today at lunch, I checked out The Garden, a new vegetarian restaurant that opened recently in north Santa Rosa, just off of the River...

loony tunes

Because I did not think at all about Easter plans (possibly due to the fact that I was wearing the same snowman pajamas and blowing...

out of pajamas, into kitchen

Finally feeling better -- transitioned from the snowman pajamas to a pair of yoga pants and actually ventured out of the house. Destination?...

still here

Spent another day at home, in pajamas, trying to slowly wean myself from the Kleenex box. Except to get the mail this morning, I...

mud is lovely, germs are not

My immune system has played a cruel joke on me. What I thought was simply a bad case of allergies has turned into a rip-roaring,...