There’s nothing like getting proven wrong about a city. I had been to Portland before and surely we’ve all seen…

March 11, 2015

While we were in Portland, I read through a New York Times Sunday Magazine’s travel article by Karl Ove Knausgaard. While…

March 10, 2015

Weekend! We’ll be all about taking it easy this weekend. One trip down, one to go! We asked Bean what…

March 6, 2015

We are still in Portland. Bean and I are too busy buying up all of Powell Books to write up…

March 2, 2015

We’re off to Portland this weekend, and looking forward to putting birds on things and waiting in line for brunch.…

February 27, 2015

There are plenty of places to hike with your dog in San Francisco. I’m not sure any of them are…

February 25, 2015

Until we got a car (more on that some other day), I hadn’t realized that much of urban parenting means…

February 24, 2015

  Our 2015 list continues to grow, now with over 160 fairs and festivals. Just when I think we’ve hit…

February 23, 2015

How was your week? We had a great week, thanks to a 3-day weekend and glorious hiking weather (sorry East…

February 20, 2015

If you’ve been planning a hike in Glen Canyon Park, now is the time to go! We just hiked through…

February 18, 2015

Oh hi. Hi! Remember that time that I was all, “I’ll just bang out this Northern CA road trip all…

February 17, 2015

Five years ago tomorrow, Dave and I crossed over the San Mateo bridge and finished our drive from Washington DC to…

February 13, 2015

[This is the first entry in our six part series on Northern California. To see the rest, click here: Behold…

February 12, 2015

Heads up, people who like fun and educational government services! The SF Rec Spring catalog (pdf) is now up. Registration…

February 12, 2015

Well, it’s been a couple years so what better time to get back on the horse and finally write about…

February 11, 2015