I’m on the phone with my grandmother who we all call “Lalue”. I hand the phone to Quinn and instruct him, “Quinn, say hi to Lalue.”
He answers, “Why Lalue not got any teeth?”

So we finally got the last of our first shipment of Valleyschwag packages out today (see photo below). Apparently they’re quite a hit. We even got mentions on Laughing Squid and BoingBoing tonight. Which led to loads more subscriptions. I gotta tell you, it was a lot more work than I think anyone expected. Which […]

A rare respite in our otherwise busy weekend. Having a lazy Sunday breakfast accompanied by Elliot Smith on the iPod. Quinn was suddenly inspired to hop off his chair and perform this interpretive dance.

Here’s a video clip. The little flourish at the end is not to be missed.

There was a time when I enjoyed cooking. It was a creative act that was fulfilling in it’s execution and in it’s enjoyment by others. That time is gone.
Now, with Quinn’s new school and new routine, we’ve joined the ranks of so many other parents on the planet. I’m up at 6:30 to start the […]

We’re at the dinner table. I’m not eating yet as I’m not hungry and didn’t feel like cooking. Thor’s not home yet as he stayed at the office to finish up a client deliverable. Quinn is enoying every American four year old’s dinner of choice — mac & cheese, chicken nuggets, peas & corn and […]

Tonight at the dinner table my friend, Ani, and I were telling Quinn a story about seeing a guy feeding squirrels in the Botanical Gardens at Golden Gate Park several years ago.
Quinn asked, “I was there too?”
“No,” I answered, “it was before you were born.”
“I was in your tummy?” Quinn has this notion that for […]

Today is Thor’s birthday. One year ago, on his birthday, we moved back to San Francisco, having unsuccessfully experimented with the suburbs.
The big house was nice, but a little overwhelming and way too difficult to clean myself and too expensive to pay someone else to clean. And when city friends came to visit, I felt […]

Quinn’s been really into his Lego’s the past couple of weeks. This weekend he was busy building a Lego city when I heard some of the Lego’s crash to the floor. He came over to me excitedly, “Mommy, the buildings all fall down.”
“Oh! What happened?” I asked.
“There was an earthquake,” he replied intensely. “And all […]

Part III of the sofa saga which started with shock and despair and then moved into adaptability and fortitude…
So we ordered our new sofa from my girlfriend, Lisa, at Room and Board (in chocolate brown microsuede with a double-wide chaise — the television-loving me is very excited). Optimistically, we’ll have it by the end of […]

So last night our friends, Steve & Kristan, had us over for a dinner party. There were six of us. And two chefs, a sommelier, a sound man, a producer, a director of photography, a few more production staff and a big camera. No, this was not your average dinner party. It was a pilot.
Steve […]