Hmm, time seems to be going by awfully quickly. I have three more weeks' worth of orange chair pictures to post--here is Felix at 5, 6, and 7 weeks: Poor little brother! In the past few ...

Here's Arlo's 14-month chair picture--a little belated, as he's halfway to 15 months by now. Although he still doesn't say mama (hmph!), he loves to point out bikes and buses ("ba!"), and he kn...

Arlo is nine weeks old! He was feeling kind of slouchy this week. We had some excitement this week--we flew to Minnesota for the weekend to see our college friend Erin get married! Arlo was s...

We just found out that you can buy pudding at the farmers' market! Jacob's Creamery sells containers of homemade vanilla and chocolate pudding, alongside a nice assortment of cheeses. Totally awesome!...

Yesterday we attended Patrick's older brother Jay's wedding. This was the first wedding we'd been to since our own, nearly two years ago. It was a beautiful wedding, and I'm so glad that Heather is ...

Anniversary Weekend, Part 3: Everything Else After checking out of Olema Druids Hall last Friday morning, we spent a long time looking around their affiliated store, Vita Collage. We ended up buyi...

I've finally finished writing about our honeymoon, which was almost a year ago. How'd that happen? If you're still interested, you can read about it from the beginning, starting here. However, ther...

I was happily domestic this weekend. Patrick spent a good chunk of the weekend in San Francisco with Nat, Sara and Andrew, drinking beer and eating meat at all their favorite places (Suppenkuche, Tor...

Wedding pictures! We're very happy with Danielle's work. Click the photo for lots more. ...

We're going to a housewarming party tonight, so I made cupcakes (yellow with chocolate frosting) to bring with us. After the fact, I realized I used the recipe from The Best Recipe instead of Baking ...

» Our professional wedding pictures » A few other wedding pictures This is a list of information about our wedding (vendors, etc). Hopefully it'll come in handy for future brides- and grooms-to...

Wedding stuff soon, I swear! I'm working on a page with information about the wedding before I write about the day itself. I found it helpful to read about other peoples' weddings while planning our...

We got back from our honeymoon yesterday evening. It was an awesome trip, but by the end I think we were both ready to be home and back to our normal lives. It definitely made us both want to do lot...

We're married! Everything went just as planned, and the weather was beautiful, and it was just a wonderful day. I'm so happy :) We're about ready to fly to Italy for our honeymoon. I'm sure it'll ...

Sunday, October 9, 2005 Brunch and Travel We woke up at a decent hour on the morning after our wedding and headed to Carmel to have brunch with our family and friends still in the area. We got th...

Saturday, October 8, 2005 Wedding Day! Tree, Erin and I woke up at 6 am and ate grapes and danishes for breakfast. Rebecca was supposed to show up at our room (at the Big Sur Lodge) at 7 am, but ...

Okay, let's do this! (All wedding- and honeymoon-related entries are back-dated) Friday, October 7, 2005 Wedding Eve I took the day off of work (my co-workers were surprised I hadn't taken more...

Both of us had surprise cake meetings today at work (you know, where you think you're going to a meeting but it turns out to be a party with cake and all your coworkers telling you congratulations). ...

There's nothing left on our wedding to-do list, with three days to spare! Of course, we have to pack for our honeymoon tonight, Patrick has his bachelor party in SF tomorrow night, and then we're off...

I had a wonderful (and small) bachelorette party today--just me, Tree, and Erin. I don't have as much fun around big groups of people, so this was great. First, we had lunch at Legendary Palace in O...

I can't believe we're getting married in two weeks! How did that happen? I think we'll have a wonderful wedding and honeymoon, but I'm eager to be done planning and worrying and just get to the good...

This evening we had a tomato tasting (or a tomato flight, if you will). It consisted of two tomatoes from Patio Hybrid F, two from Dona (finally! Unfortunately, most of her tomatoes are cracked, whi...

I love lists! I've been reading overly much about New Orleans these past few weeks and haven't been sleeping well because of it. I wish I could make it all better. If you haven't seen it, int...

We heard some sad Menlo Park news today (on top of the horrible news about what's going on in the Southeast; we've both donated money to Red Cross, but it doesn't make me feel much better. It's just ...

I feel like we're living a little bit outside our means at the moment because of all the wedding spending that's going on, but I think we're fine. Spending will be curbed drastically once the wedding...

I haven't written for too long, and now I'm due for a long, boring recap of gardening and wedding stuff. I'll try to keep it brief! Sorry if this seems disjointed--it's past my bedtime! Garden: I...

With only 9 invitations to send out for our wedding, I made my own! Paper Source came to the rescue with its useful invitation ideas. I was able to buy the supplies in packages of 10 for the most par...

After saying that I hadn't had any wedding dreams yet, I started having them nightly. The first was that Patrick and I were working on wedding invitations, and we got into a fight about how to cut th...

Monday: Finished making wedding invitations while watching Patrick and Nat play Katamari Damacy. Tuesday: Mailed invitations. I didn't get to choose the stamps the guy used--they looked like either ...

No time to write a long, rambly post, but here are few things I've been meaning to mention: Patrick bought his first suit (to wear to our wedding and subsequent formal events) this weekend at Mac...

First of all, there are a few new garden pictures up. Click on the first peas of the summer to see the rest. A lot has happened in the past three weeks, garden-wise. Our tomato plants have gr...

As I said earlier, camping last weekend was fun. Every year, my stepdad's family goes camping for a week in Shaver Lake, CA, at Dinkey Creek campground. Patrick and I joined them (and my mom) for th...

So, this weekend. On Saturday, I drove down to Carmel for my trial wedding hair and makeup appointment with Rebecca, who was recommended by her sister-in-law, Freya, Ventana's recommended hair and ma...

Oh boy, lots to catch up on! We went on a quick East Coast visit at the beginning of the week, and when we got home there were just tons of things to do! Our vacation included (1) a day in Boston, (...

We got our second box today, and with a little online tweaking of the contents beforehand, we had all the produce we needed for the New Best Recipe clam chowder recipe (conveniently online as well). ...

Great weekend so far! On Friday, we drove down to Monterey and stayed at the Travelodge for the night. I was pleasantly surprised at how nice it was. I mean, it was still a motel, but a nice one. ...

I've run into a bit of a snag with the wedding planning in terms of finding a place to do hair and makeup for me and my cohorts (that would be Tree and Erin) the day of the wedding. I had a trial app...

I had a good day today. This morning, I got up relatively early and drove to downtown Palo Alto to have my once in awhile Juut visit. The sun was shining, I had the new Nine Inch Nails CD playing, a...

Patrick is making us lasagna for dinner while I do laundry. I'm so happy with this life :) I'm glad it lived up to my expectations from those 2 years of living alone in Boston. Also, I love my job!...

Curtain Hanging Phase 1 is complete, thanks in large part to Patrick. Our kitchen window now has roman blinds that filter the light nicely (from Ikea, of course). I like them! There are so ma...

Our visit to LA this weekend had its ups and downs, but we got to spend time with Erin, so it was worth it. On Friday after work, we drove down to LA, planning on spending the night at Chrissy's plac...

Happy spring and everything else! We're not doing anything Easter-related today, but I think we're going to hang some curtains. I've been wanting to put up curtains since we moved in, but it j...

Today was a good day, and I'm not sure why. I was just in a happy mood all day, even after my experiment went all awry at work. I'm glad it's the weekend! We're going to have a nice and mundane wee...

We just got back from spending the day in Santa Cruz. The day started out a little shakily. We went to Gayle's Bakery in Capitola to sample their cake (this is for our wedding cake, but we just went...

(This is a post from 2005 that never made it onto my site because I didn't want Patrick to read about my wedding dress before our wedding day. I'm adding it now for posterity) More dress pictures, ...

I had a fun day in the city today. I met up with Tree, and we tried on dresses at Bella Bridesmaid. I was afraid that they'd be snooty, but they weren't at all! Our saleslady was really friendly an...

This entry is mostly so I have a record of what I've tried on, but if you enjoy looking at pictures of people in dresses (as I do, from time to time), feel free to take a look. A) Watters and Wat...

I was going through our recent pictures, and here are a few pictures of the cornbread and chili we had a few nights ago. Patrick thought the cornbread looked like Pacman. I agree. I know, ove...

Life is good. A few nights ago, Patrick made the Alton Brown ribs again, but he used ancho chile powder instead of chipotle chile powder, and they were much more my speed. Still a little spicy, but ...

I had a wonderful day today! First I went to Juut and had my hair colored and cut. A pricey proposition, but I enjoy it, and I'm only planning on doing it a few times a year (once more in May, then ...

We've got ourselves a wedding photographer! We ended up going with Moonfish Photography in Pacific Grove, because we liked her style and she gave us a good deal because of our small wedding size. As...

Today I lifted weights at the gym for the first time. In the past, I was intimidated by all the weight-lifty guys who always hang around that part of the gym and act all macho and grunt loudly. But ...

I did all sorts of little productive things this weekend while Patrick was in Palm Springs riding his bike really far along with Erin, Tree, and Andrew. I wish I could've joined them (not in the bike...

Today was a great day, and all because of Patrick! He called Ventana and set a date for our wedding (it'll be in October), cleaned the bathroom, and made burritos for dinner (guacamole!). What a guy...

We just spent an exhausting but great day in Big Sur. We drove down to Monterey last night after work. We were thinking about going to the Aquarium's member's-only night (since we are members and ne...

Nothing of much importance to say, but I'll say it anyway. Life is good right now. I was thinking the other day that it finally feels like my life is back on track, and that this is where I'm suppos...

We had a fun Sunday morning. First we walked to the farmers market, intending to finally buy something there (we always just look around and leave without buying anything), but there were hardly any ...

Oh, and we were disappointed to learn that most ship's captains are not authorized to marry people in California. Not that we were planning on having one officiate, but it would be fun to have a pira...

Tonight, I made chili in bread bowls (using a slightly-modified version of Stef's Holmes and Watson Chili recipe and the bread bowl recipe here). We topped it with sharp cheddar cheese, green onions,...

We're back in Palo Alto after our whirlwind visit to Southern California. I have to go to bed soon, but here's an overview of what happened, since I'm not sure when I'll have time to write in detail:...

Today I went to the mall in between experiments at work, to get my watch battery replaced (it stopped running on Tuesday, and it's very disconcerting not to have a functioning watch on my wrist). The...

Patrick's gone again. He left this morning at 6:30 (crappy early flight), and now it's almost time for me to go to work like it's a normal day. I'm sad. But here's what we did yesterday: Since I...

Yay! Joanne Chang (owner of Flour) replied to my query about good bakeries in San Francisco. Her favorites are (with the caveat that she hasn't been to SF in awhile): Citizen Cake Bay Breads ...

Dammit! Super eggplant's latest sewing project makes me want to sew myself a skirt! I could totally make something that would go for $100 at J. Crew (I just happened to get a J. Crew catalog in the ...

The weather was beautiful today. I put on real clothes, and we went on a very slow walk to the post office and grocery store and sat in the park for a little while. It made my back sore to stand up ...

Yet another successful post-surgery dinner tonight. We ordered a bunch of Indian food from India Pavilion (via Dining In), and my stomach seems to be perfectly happy with it. Phew! I had coconut so...

Wouldn't it be beautiful to be married in a field of poppies? Unfortunately, Google leads me to believe that all the good fields are in Europe (or Oz!). If only we had our own property (right by the...

I left out one important detail from my post about our visit to Monterey. Can you guess what it is from this picture? Okay, I won't keep you in suspense. Patrick proposed to me! And I accept...

Erica got engaged! (She's one of my best friends from high school, and she already owns a house with her now-fiance, so I guess it's not a huge surprise, but still--yay!) ...

But of course, the most important thing to say today is...happy fifth anniversary, my dear! You are so special to me, and I'm so lucky to be able to share my life with you (albeit from far away). ...

Erin sent me an email that reminded me about something I wanted to write about. I bought Patrick's 5th dating anniversary present today (his present to me is my iPod--lucky for him I got a $200 rebat...

Okay, here we go (and might I just add, I had a wonderful time on this trip, despite how busy we were): Tuesday: My flight got into San Francisco around 8pm. Patrick picked me up, and then we wen...

(this is Part 2 of my story; read Part 1 first) Friday: So Friday was when the wedding stuff started in earnest, and since Patrick was the best man, he was involved in most of it (and I was lucky ...

Pictures from Tree and Andrew's wedding are here! Click the one below for the whole album. Some were taken by me, and some by Patrick. A long account of our vacation will be posted soon. ...

Oh boy! Pictures! First, we have pictures of the present I gave Tree. I can tell you what it was, now that she's gotten it. Okay, so I made her a beaded purse out of this pretty pink silk. I ma...