Oh, spring. Yay, yay, yay! We have had a string of beautiful, sunny days lately, and I've been spending as much time as possible outside (or just on the porch steps with the door cracked, if on...

Happy September! Here is Felix at 13-16 weeks old, making pretty much the same face every time (I swear, he smiles a lot too!). And here's his sweet little almost-bald head at three month...

Wow, lots to write about! I guess that's what happens when I only write one post per month. Here we have Felix at 8-12 weeks old. He's pretty good about hanging out in the orange chair while I take...

Wow, it has been almost a month since I wrote a substantial post! Here's what's new: Arlo is very interested in all of the bikes, cars, trucks, and buses that pass by our house. He's particular...

Hello! Just a quick check in--I wanted to get the 51-week picture posted in a timely manner so the last weekly orange chair picture can have its own special post (Arlo's one-year birthday seems like a...

Oh my, who knew that sewing a shirt could take so much time? I've been following along with the Negroni sew-along for the past 10 days, and it has left little time in the evenings for anything else. B...

Hoo boy, I've been quiet for too long! Here are a bunch of things I meant to mention at the time but never got around to writing about. Still to come: Ladies Rock Camp and our recent trip to Canada! ...

I feel like it has been forever since I've updated, but I guess it hasn't been that long. I just haven't done much of note in the past few weeks. The weather turned cold suddenly last week, and I just...

Man, I meant to write about last weekend sooner, but it got so hot this past week, and I couldn't bear to have my laptop on my lap. But now, with the sun down and the fan aimed at me, I think I can ma...

We made a quick trip to Seattle the weekend before last so that Patrick could do the Seattle to Portland bike ride for the third time, along with Andrew and Jon. I came along to help get the car back ...

You know what I love? Biking home from trivia on a warm summer night, catching whiffs of honeysuckle and roses as we zoom down Clinton Street. Summer in Portland is a wonderful thing!...

I continue to be impressed by how awesome Portland is. I don't know--it just feels like you can do anything here, if you put your mind to it. Open a bakery, write a book, start a band, whatever! It's ...

We spent a couple hours at the Cross Crusade cyclocross race up in North Portland today. Patrick has recently gotten interested in it (and would be interested in participating instead of spectating ne...

We still haven't gotten to any big home improvement projects, but we're making headway on the little things. Earlier this week, we replaced our original (cracked, painted) Old Portland house numbers w...

Last Sunday, we stopped in at the Polish Festival and waited in long lines for pierogies and potato pancakes. And then I made Patrick go furniture shopping on Mississippi Ave., even though he probably...

Out of the goodness of his heart, Patrick has been watching Portland Craigslist for mixte bikes for me. My blue bike, though very cute, can be a little unwieldy and hard to lock up, so it seemed good ...

Yesterday night we started vermicomposting! We had gotten a Reln Wriggly Wranch when we lived in Menlo Park, subsidized by San Mateo County, but we had never gotten around to filling it with worms and...

We signed up for the Portland (quarter) century next weekend (Patrick can, of course, handle the full century, but he's going to keep me company instead). Since I haven't been getting much exercise (o...

Whoa, dude--we just met our next door neighbors, and not only are they young and cool--they are also the owners of Tart (the frozen yogurt shop on Division that we visited earlier this week)! It's lik...

About a month ago, a girl on our softball team, upon hearing that we were moving, asked if our lives were in shambles yet. I told her to check back with me in a few weeks. And indeed, now that we are ...

I bought a folding bike today! It's a Dahon Boardwalk S1, and I bought it for cheap (well, cheaper than new) from a cool tattooed guy in a Burger King parking lot in South San Jose, through the magic ...

We're about halfway through the home-buying process at the moment. We're getting to the end of the inspection period, though we're still going through some negotiations on the retaining wall repair. N...

Man, it has been hot this week! That means the mornings are great for biking to work, but the afternoons aren't so pleasant. On Tuesday, I biked in, and then after work I biked down (streamers flying)...

We had a fun day out and about yesterday. After much urging from my boss (who likes to live vicariously through Patrick and me, since we don't have kids and she does), Patrick and I finally got around...

I rode my bike to work in Mountain View for the first time today. It was a beautiful morning, and I enjoyed myself for the most part. I followed the same route that I used to get to my old building in...

This has been an enjoyable weekend with awesome weather! On Friday, it was supposed to get up to 85F, so Patrick and I both took half days off of work and met up after lunch to enjoy the sun together....

Catching up, in list form: We have harvested two Crane melons from our garden so far. They're small, but they taste like melons all right! The flavor is similar to a cantaloupe, but with a hi...

Recent meals: These past few weeks my main goal when planning dinner has been to clean out our cupboards and freezer. It's satisfying to use things that have been sitting around for a long time! ...

Since the 4th of July fell mid-week, I took Thursday and Friday off and enjoyed a nice long 5-day weekend. I did a little relaxing, got some stuff done, and even made it up to the city for a day. It...

Last weekend, I got it in my head that I wanted to make something involving homemade tortillas. I decided to make Chicken Fajitas (from the America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook), topped with avocad...

Earlier this week, I made Skillet Chicken and Rice with Peas and Scallions (from Cook's Illustrated) using fresh peas and torpedo onions from the farmers' market. It ended up being a frustrating expe...

Recent Meals 1. We needed a quick egg-centric dinner (they were about to expire!) prior to our Colorado trip, so Patrick made a Crispy Prosciutto and Scallion Frittata with arugula and goat cheese ...

Last weekend, we flew to Colorado to see my sister, Lianna, graduate from high school (the same school I graduated from nine years ago). It was a fun, relaxing visit, for the most part. We flew in...

Two Meals Out 1. Last Friday, we biked to Palo Alto and had dinner for the first time at St. Michael's Alley. It's on a side street that I don't go down very often, so I kept forgetting it existed...

I have been working on being a better hippie by trying to find the perfect granola and yogurt recipes. I still have some work ahead of me. Yogurt I made my first batch of homemade yogurt in our...

Although my recent granola attempt turned out well, I wanted to try something less sweet, so I made a batch of Tracy Granola. I didn't have enough Quaker oats, so I supplemented with McCann's Quick-C...

We've been busy recently! Last Wednesday, we went to see the Decemberists at the Warfield with My Brightest Diamond. We only recently started listening to the Decemberists, and we like them a lot. ...

Happy New Year! We were champs and stayed awake past midnight last night, but we ended up skipping the champagne, as neither of us felt like drinking it (we were too full from dinner!). As I said ...

Finally, here's the diet entry I've been talking about for months. I still have 0.8 lb to lose before officially meeting my weight loss goal, but the target weight was an arbitrarily chosen number an...

I have a bunch of tidbits I've been meaning to mention for the past week... Appearance I haven't gotten my hair highlighted since right before our wedding, and last time I got it cut, the la...

We had a great time in Colorado this past weekend. We crammed a lot of relaxing into four days! Friday, September 22: We arrived late Thursday night, took the shuttle home, and went straight to...

A few nights ago, Patrick made us breakfast for dinner: Blueberry Buckwheat Pancakes, grapefruit, and Tomato and Chard Frittata (from Moosewood Low-Fat Favorites). I thought the frittata was ki...

I may have neglected to mention that we were going to visit Seattle and Portland for a week. Well, we did! Patrick, Andrew and Tree did the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic (200 miles in 2 days),...

I'm very much enjoying my four-day weekend (poor Patrick has to go to work tomorrow, but at least he gets Tuesday off). Here's some stuff we've done so far: On Friday night, we had dinner at King ...

We haven't been doing much of note recently, other than enjoying life. I got a haircut; nothing unusual. My new hairstylist always styles my hair curly without asking me, and I'm always too cowed to...

We had a very colorful dinner a few nights ago: Fish with Pineapple Chutney, Cauliflower with Curry Sauce and Golden Basmati Rice. All recipes from Moosewood Low-Fat Favorites (for once, I can't find...

We took yesterday off from work and spent the day enjoying nature up in Marin County. It was a great way to spend a Friday :) We started out our morning at McEvoy Ranch (they make olive oil), atte...

Tonight we went out for dinner in celebration of my birthday. We went to the Village Pub for the second year in a row (Tamarine was my second choice; we'll have to find an excuse to go there again). ...

Good weather is here! We went out to Woodside and rode our bikes today during Bicycle Sunday. We stopped at the Water Temple during our ride and had a picnic, which was a nice break. Filoli is appa...

I don't think I mentioned it beforehand, but we spent last Thursday through this Monday visiting my family in Colorado. It's always so nice to go home, both because we get to relax so completely and ...

Today I drove a car for the first time since I graduated from Mudd, and it went just fine. I was a little nervous, and I'd been putting it off, but I need a way to get to my new job! So now I know I...

Yesterday, I made some paintings to hang in our bedroom, since we can't afford to buy art that other people have made. I think they turned out pretty well. Today, Andrew and Tree visited, and ...

I got my new bike yesterday. It's so pretty! Tomorrow I'm going to ride it for the first time. Every Sunday, part of Canada Road is closed to cars, and only pedestrians and cyclists are allowed on ...

Yesterday, after we'd finished our daily walk to the post office to mail off more of Patrick's old books (we've already made over $100 on them!), we happened upon a cute women's clothing store (also i...

Last night, we made a "real" dinner. It's been a while. It turned out pretty well, but it wasn't worth the hot kitchen and piles of dirty dishes. But I'm not giving up on these recipes entirely... ...

Hey, does it ever lightning and thunder when it snows? I asked my office-mates, but nobody knew. But they sure are good at making stuff up that sounds plausible! It snowed this morning, and it wa...

Shylo's entry makes me want a bike. But I wouldn't want to ride it here in the city--it's dangerous enough being a pedestrian! I didn't tell you, but when I went to the bike store with Patrick, I ch...

We had a good, busy day today. First, I went to work with Patrick because he had to meet with another grad student about this paper they're working on. That didn't take too long, and after that, we ...