I’m not sure how many times you have to do something before it becomes a tradition. This Thanksgiving tradition crept…

November 24, 2015

Hey San Francisco, just a heads up that the SF Rec catalog (pdf) is up. Registration is on December 12th at…

November 17, 2015

Rain has become even more important to California this year, and with a possible approaching El Nino, I’ve been trying to…

November 9, 2015

The other day, our librarian asked a crowd of parents and children who’d ever been to Sacramento? No hands. How about the…

November 5, 2015

Yes, you read that right. The San Francisco Public Library has teamed up with Axis 360 to put their e-book and…

October 27, 2015

In case you were worried that the Randall Museum’s awesome, annual Halloween Fest may not be going on due to…

October 22, 2015

Whenever San Francisco’s Indian Summers leave me pining for an East Coast Autumn, I head straight for Sonoma. Now, it’s not…

October 21, 2015

Last night, I caught a segment on the TED Radio Hour about the connection between happiness and staying in the…

October 19, 2015

Hey all, what do you have planned for the weekend? Pumpkin patches and hot apple cider? Is there a way to…

October 16, 2015

It turns out the French Quarter is highly photographable. Before the trip, I thought “the French Quarter” was one main street…

October 12, 2015

I have no idea how or when it started, but Bean is a rock collector. We have to limit her…

September 22, 2015

Heads up, SF! Cal Academy’s free Fall weekends are coming up at the end of the month. A chance to see…

September 9, 2015

Our 2015 heat waves continue this week, with temperatures in the 90s. I almost feel like it’s our civic duty…

September 8, 2015

I’m signing off a day early this week. Yay, self-made four day weekend! What are all your labor day plans?…

September 3, 2015

The highlight of our trip through Mendocino and Humboldt Counties was certainly all of the small, unexpected towns we passed…

August 26, 2015