BJ, Jenn, Jack, and Benjamin
The original plan was to head into downtown San Jose for the Jazz festival. We made it up to the gates of the park downtown and stopped in at a fifties-style diner. Of course there is nothing better to get than a chocolate shake at a vintage diner entitled Johnny Rockets. Every Friday night is … Continue reading Date Night
Bernard is a very respectable name for a plant. Every so often Safeway carries potted herbs and since Jenn and I both work, there can’t be a better pet.
The wedding events have been over a month ago but are still giving. We’ve been able to transmute some of the leftover gift cards into cookery. This time it was last year’s all-clad pot that went on sale then was further reduced with a wedding registry 10% off. This combined with a gift card made … Continue reading Wedding Leftovers
We’ve lived in the south peninsula for about five years. Most of our travels have taken us down through San Jose and into San Francisco. Today we ventured a little further north beyond the Golden Gate where the busy roads and city streets give way to rolling valleys and grassy hills. Above and beyond the … Continue reading Muir Woods
We have been looking at trading in for a new car for awhile now. Among the things wrong with my old car besides holding oil like a sieve and barely keeping out the elements, are a series of compounded issues. When the front bumper fell off it took with it the temperature sensor which somehow … Continue reading Toyota Sunnyvale
Our favorite little Persian place is on the opposite end of Castro street in Mountain View. It’s a supermarket with a grill around back. It takes some experience to order a meal. The rice, for instance, must be picked up at the side deli and brought to the front counter. All the grilled items are … Continue reading Rose Market
Jenn and I headed into San Francisco after a long day of errands and cars. Spencer Day is a young, modern jazz musician and singer with a penchant for singing using intoxicating half-steps and reworking the lyrical pieces of the likes of Burt Baccarat and Debussy. Yoshi’s doubles as a restaurant and lounge where occupants … Continue reading Yoshi’s Jazz
Mountain View Summer Concert Series
I guess BJ is our newest car repair man… Not only did he do his own oil change last week, but decided to try to put the bumper back on his car with a classic WWII staple–duct tape. Since BJ now has to commute to work on the scary california freeways, we thought it would … Continue reading BJ the Fix-it Man
We’ve been working really hard to make our bedroom look nice. But, scrounging craigslist, consignment stores and boutiques has been a lot of fun. Here’s what we have so far: