Thanksgiving holiday week, or as I like to call it Birthday Week, is already off to a start here. Did…

November 20, 2015

After Bean was born, I fell into a habit of treating myself to a soda whenever I was having a…

November 19, 2015

Yesterday, Bean was in the final stretch of recovering from her recent leg ailment. It’s nearly impossible to keep a toddler from…

November 18, 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

I have nothing today. It is impossible to write about fluffy sweaters and brunch picks after this weekend. I don’t know…

November 16, 2015

  Bean hit the “why?” stage of life this week, resulting in some highly unusual conversations around here. I’ve found…

November 13, 2015

I realize that’s a totally random and odd question to ask. But, it’s one of my favorite unintuitive pieces of…

November 12, 2015

In honor of Veterans Day today, I thought we’d take a look back at all the veterans we’ve honored through…

November 11, 2015

I have no idea what it is about becoming a parent, but with it came a strong dose of Home…

November 10, 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

What’s up for all of you this weekend? We’ve really gotten into family baseball these days. Even better, Bean has…

November 6, 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

Back in early September, the San Francisco Zoo’s 13 year old lioness, Sukari, gave birth to a lion cub. Mama…

November 4, 2015

Many years ago, I read a column by an out-going restaurant critic about what to order at restaurants. (I thought it was…

November 3, 2015

As Halloween approached this year, I had less and less of an idea about what to do about the intersection…

November 2, 2015

I’ve been experiencing the joys and frustration of the internet being down all day. I stared at the modem with…

October 30, 2015