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...

Arlo turned 15 months old on Tuesday and obliged us by smiling for his orange chair pictures. His 15-month checkup went well--he's continues to be long and lean with a big head. Every time we g...

As I mentioned in my last post, we went on our first annual family camping trip last weekend, at Dungeness Spit on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. This was Arlo's first camping trip, and it went well,...

Arlo turned 13 months old on Thursday! He wasn't too interested in sitting for his orange chair picture; he preferred to look at books. Two days ago (on his 13-month birthday), Arlo figured out...

Here's Arlo at 45 and 46 weeks. Only a week left until he's 11 months old! He has picked up all sorts of fun new skills over the past few weeks--pointing at things, clicking his tongue and st...

Hmm, somehow it has been three weeks since I last posted. Arlo turned 10 months old on Friday! I have lots to share, including three weeks' worth of orange chair pictures: First, the State ...

Here's Arlo at 32 weeks old, in a styling track suit from his Great Aunt Linda! I think I say this every week, but Arlo is such a joy these days. He's happy and smiling most of the time, and ...

Thirty-six weeks! I'm in my ninth month of pregnancy now, and strangers are not shy about commenting on how pregnant I am (which I have no problem with--I think it's kind of cool!). Surprisingly, I ha...

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! ...

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...

Portland must be rubbing off on me, because this past weekend, I went camping and ran a 5k, and I enjoyed it! When we finished our first 5k, I searched for more upcoming events on active.com, and the ...

We've been having a good time in Portland, as usual! Let's see... We went on a moss and lichen nature walk at Tryon Creek State Park a week or so ago. I learned so much about moss and lichen (not a...

Another good (and busy!) weekend in Portland. On Saturday, we went to the Screenprinting for Change party that I mentioned earlier, and we had a great time! I need to get more involved in the Portland...

We recently enjoyed a weekend getaway in Big Sur. We spent a lot of time on the Central Coast when we were planning our wedding, but we haven't been back much since. I'd read about Treebones, a yurt...

Here's a slightly overdue post about the whitewater rafting trip we went on a little over a month ago. The full photo set is available on Flickr. Andrew's dad, Marty, owns Sierra Mac, a whitewater...

Some bits and pieces: We went to the Menlo Park Connoisseur's Marketplace a few weekends ago. My coworkers said it was one of the best art and wine festivals in the Bay Area (I didn't realize ...

I had a good birthday weekend. We headed to the East Bay on Saturday, stopping by Romolo's Spumoni and Cannoli Factory to pick up some cannoli for our picnic with Tree and Andrew. I read about Romol...

After reading this article and this one in Sunset about Angel Island, I decided that we should go camping there this April. I reserved campsite #5 (supposedly one of the best on the island) for Easte...

We went on our first ski trip this past weekend. I am bruised and sore, but I enjoyed myself overall. We left work early on Thursday and drove up to Tahoe. We ran into some nasty traffic in the E...

Okay, this is the last round of waffles for awhile, I swear! Patrick thinks I've gone a little crazy, making so many waffles. But I had buttermilk and sour cream to use up before the weekend, an...

On Sunday, we drove up to Santa Rosa to attend Tierra Vegetables' Meal in the Field dinner. It was mentioned in the Millennium newsletter (their chef was one of the two participating in the event), a...

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...

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...

Fall is definitely here, and I'm enjoying it. For dinner this past week, we had chili and very hearty seed-encrusted Steinerbrot from Esther's German Bakery. I had been craving seeds (flax and sesam...

We had yet another good weekend in a long line of good weekends this summer (how'd I get so lucky?). Patrick and I received a gift card to the Slanted Door for our birthdays, so we took the train u...

Courtesy of Moosewood Low-Fat Favorites, we had a tasty but unusual dinner tonight. We had Five-Spice Brown Rice topped with Sweet and Sour Lentils, with Japanese Sesame Spinach on the side. Inciden...

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...

We had a good mini-vacation this weekend in Big Sur. We drove down on Friday evening in the rain and darkness and had a late dinner at the Big Sur Lodge (where we were staying). The restaurant was ...

We had a great weekend! We drove down to Pacific Grove on Friday afternoon, and after a little trouble with a closed freeway exit, Patrick registered for the triathlon, and we checked into The Martin...

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...

Last game of the softball season was tonight. Our team ended up last out of all 7 teams. But we were the nicest and had the best sportsmanship, so there! It was a fun season; I'm sad it had to end....

Patrick is so awesome! He built us a big planter box of his own design for our patio, since there isn't any garden space at our apartment (well, there are nice flowers and plants, but we don't get to...

We went camping last weekend in Laguna Seca, as part of the Sea Otter Classic. Patrick had a cold last week, and I came down with it right before we got to the campsite on Friday evening. So we were...

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...

Woo, Red Sox! I bet Boston is pretty crazy tonight. Patrick wore his Sox baseball cap during much of our vacation, and we got some comments on it. We missed Tuesday's game, but we saw tonight's gam...

We had a great weekend! There are pictures here. If you want the whole long-winded recap, keep reading... Friday: Patrick and I drove up to Oakland around 2:30 to meet up with Tree, Andrew, an...

We're getting ready for our weekend camping trip in Napa (the main reason we're there is for Tree and Erin's triathlon, but we don't have to prepare for that at all). I think it'll be fun, and it'll ...

We just bought a printer/scanner/copier from Fry's. Fry's creeps me out (this particular Fry's is cowboy-themed, and there are cowboy and Indian mannequins all over the store--I'd hate to close the s...

Tonight's dinner: fried chicken with gravy, buttermilk biscuits, collard greens. I need to find a better picture-taking spot; pictures either turn out too bright or too dark. But anyway... ...

I'm back home and in a bad mood, as usual (compared to relaxing with Patrick in California, being back at MIT sucks every time). I didn't do much today, other than being sad that I had to leave Patri...

I don't have anything interesting to say tonight. I hate research, but that's nothing new. It's just so frustrating. My results never make sense, and I don't enjoy it. Blah... Oh yeah, and Patr...