On September 20, as previously reported, Jeff and I went to a presentation in conjuction with the release of a book about Westlake, and were invited to a party at the author’s house on Saturday the 30th. A bit trepidatiously (Jeff and I both can be a bit shy in large groups of strangers), we […]
Sunday morning we lingered in bed. I told you I had looked awfully good in my tight leather pants. That afternoon we drove over to Alameda to the Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge, which was hosting a parking lot sale from 3 to 7 featuring vintage clothing, Hawaiiana, tiki statues, bamboo furniture, and other related art, […]
Early Saturday afternoon we drove to Colma, the Necropolis of the Bay Area (established largely as cemetery space for San Francisco when that city first outlawed any new and later evicted all existing cemeteries within city limits), where Jeff’s father is interred at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery (also the resting place of Joe DiMaggio, assassinated […]
Last Thursday I wasn’t feeling all that well, which was unfortunate given 1) there were meetings scheduled from 11 to 12:30 and NERT training from 1:30 to 4:30, and 2) Jeff and I had agreed to go to karaoke at The Mint (warning: sound) with Julie and Michael from work. I felt really distracted throughout […]
And since there’s no such thing as too much mid-century modernism for one week, this evening we attended a presentation (and book-signing) at the Doelger Center here in Westlake, about builder Henry Doelger, Westlake, and the Little Boxes–Daly City mid-century modern houses “made of ticky-tacky” immortalized by Malvina Reynolds and Pete Seeger–that he built here. […]
This past Saturday we spent the day in San Rafael in Marin County for the Eye-on-Eichlers Home Tour to benefit the Hospice of Marin. Twenty Eichler homes were open to ticket-holders between 11am and 4pm; we got to about two-thirds of them. For those who aren’t familiar with Eichlers, they’re “architect-designed mid-century modern homes built […]
Everyone’s first words to me: “Oh! you got your hair cut.” Left, how it looked afterwards. Below (photo taken by Jeff, at the vista above Thornton Beach, near our house) is how shaggy it already was looking back on July 30! I’ve got lynx tufts to match Alex’s. And below was the inspiration photo; I […]
I feel like a new father–exhausted and proud, and as though I had done the hard work of actually giving birth, when all I provided was a seed while someone else (in this case, several someones; the metaphor isn’t perfect) actually carried this baby to term. It’s been a long but not too overwhelming labor. […]
But after looking at the first sign, I assumed I knew what the other was, and that’s how I ended up walking into the women’s restroom yesterday. In most locations in our office, as in many buildings, restrooms are grouped together: there will be a women’s restroom to one side of a staircase of bank […]
Saturday we spent the day with Jeff’s mom and aunt in Pittsburg (California, near Concord, which makes me wonder why the settlers couldn’t come up with more original names) at that city’s annual Seafood Festival. The website, unfortunately, leaves a lot to be desired: there’s no map of the festival nor even directions on how […]