I didn't take many pictures while I was home, but this about sums it up. The 2013 family photo - one charming nephew, one beautiful niece, two outstanding…
John and I acquired a coupon for one free pass for cross country skiing on the Tug Hill to be used by the end of the year. After watching Lake Ontario pummel…
More from UC Berkeley today… including the California Memorial Stadium on my way up to the Fire Trial, random statues and buildings and archways… a beautiful…
The Fire Trial on UC Berkeley's campus looks a little something like this: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/351323225 [connect.garmin.com] Slow, mountain…
Oh yes, we went back to wine country. This time Sonoma, and Lizzy was joining us. We started the day at Ravenswood, famous for its three bird and claw icon (you…
Don't be surprised, but we packed in a very full day of sightseeing in downtown SF on Friday. We did the bike to the BART station thing again, but this time…
Another somewhat casual day. We went to the Barkada Cafe in Temescal for an afternoon decaf cappuchino and studies, then out for pizza at Zachary's. We went…
While some may think it's a bit distasteful to run through a cemetery, John promises me this one is worth the view. For the second time we ran up the mountain…
The last few days we've been biking the 2 or so miles up to campus so John can have his office hours and teach and I can do some work and wander the campus. I…
After Hearst and Big Sur, we finally pulled into Monterey by late afternoon. We headed right down to Portola Plaza to meet up with my friend Dave from FSU and…
John planned out our trip such that we could drive along highway 1 to see Big Sur on the way from Hearst to Monterey. Highway 1 is that road you see in the…
After picking up some pastries back in downtown SLO we sped off to Hearst Castle to make our 9:45am tour. Hearst Castle is currently a state owned landmark that…
So we did a lot of things in a few days. I'll do my best to recap in the space provided, assigning some stories to the following day in order to maximize the…
We wandered down to John's favorite “hipster-dive” bar on Wednesday for dollar Olympia beers at Kingfish in Temescal down the road from our apartment in Oakland…
My friend Lizzy and I used to coach soccer together out in Tallahassee. She still coaches but out in California now, and one of the perks to coaching includes…
Today was almost a completely fun filled day. This trip coincides with a couple weeks of marathon training, therefore Sunday started out with our weekly long…
I've been waiting my whole life for this day: NAPA! After driving for an hour or so, we arrived happily first in Sonoma, then in Napa, then finally off to our…
Hello! I've made it to California. Flew in 12:45am local time, making it about 3:45 EDST - awesome. The next day I slept in while John taught, then we went for…
A tour of my tulips and spring garden. Yay for spring gardens! Old ladies take every passerby on a tour through their yards, proudly describing every flower,…