So Disneyland was everything we’d hoped for. We started our first day accidentally pulling out in front of someone on our way into the parking garage and got a half eaten bologna-on-white-bread sandwich chucked on to the hood of our car. It was awesome.
Day 1 was over 100 degrees F.
On the bright side, […]

It’s been a busy week. We had friends from Sydney with their three darling daughters, ages 2 - 7, staying with us. Suffice it to say, Quinn was in heaven.

It was a whirlwind visit, but was great to see them. The last time we saw them, we were all pre-kids! We were out in Sydney […]

Quinn: Daddy I really want you to try these pocksoes (aka popscicles). I think you will really like them, Daddy, they’re really good.
Thor: I don’t really want one.
Q: Yes, Daddy you have to have one they’re really so good.
T: Okay, I want you to eat some spicy food.
Q: Why? I not like spicy food.
T: Yeah, […]

Thor & I made an amusing observation on our two days of driving up to the Northwest.
On previous road trips we’ve been sure to have plenty of on-board entertainment: Books on cd (guilty pleasure indulgent stuff usually like “Davinci Code”, “Ender’s Game” and this time “A Scanner Darkly”); episodes of “This American Life” on cd; […]

So tonight I suspended my boycott of Giants games* to sit 8 rows behind home plate thanks to our friend, Jason. The game was actually really fun. (Shh, don’t tell.) We trounced the other team — The Mariners or Marlins or something? Started with an M-A and had something to do with water, I’m pretty […]

So we had a lot of potential plans we were mulling over for this past Memorial weekend — Wine Camp, visiting family in Nevada City, visiting friends in Seattle — but we decided to vacation at home, in San Francisco. Our new sofa was arriving, (!!! Yes, post about that coming soon!!!) and the idea […]

Most nights this is how Thor decompresses when we first get home from work. He sits down at the piano and starts belting out some Elvis Costello, Elton John, Beatles. Quinn usually joins him on one of the many supporting instruments — the strum stick (as seen above and which Quinn refers to as the […]

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 […]

Well, we may be sofa-less but it meant Quinn could take over the living room with his railroad track. (And yes, that is “Thomas and the Magic Railroad” on in the background. If your child has not yet discovered this movie, do EVERYTHING in your power to protect them — and yourselves — from it. […]