I love summer. It took me a long time to realize just how much, being an Oregon native long ago transplanted to California and basically conditioned to defend gloomy weather to maintain my "Oregon Cred," but now I can't deny it. Summer makes me incredibly happy, for reasons too nume
I always scoffed at the idea of seriously listening to Beach House during the hipster hysteria/hype that surrounded their last release, Teen Dream . I also am not generally a fan of "dream pop" or as I like to call it, "snoozer indie" (yeah I am a jerk). But today, after reading
I don't even know what to say about yesterday. How to begin. How about this: it was perfect. Everything I hoped it would be, and more. I couldn't have asked for a better experience in my longest race ever, the 12k Bay to Breakers . I had a feeling that this day would be special for a varie
Wow, summer really is about to arrive at the farmers market. Spring onions are rapidly becoming onions , green garlic is about to become "just" garlic, strawberries have been around for a few weeks already, blueberries have arrived ... and there are even some very early tomatoes around.
Happy Friday! Wow. Last night was really incredible, and it was only Thursday, so I can't wait to see what the rest of this charmed weekend brings. If you'd forgotten, last night I did Fleet Feet Sports' Sunset Run, which went from Marina Green/Fort Mason to the Golden Gate Bridge &a
What a week . "And the world spins madly on," indeed... Today I'm looking forward to running 5.5 miles in the Marina after work. Even though it's going to be freezing! And today I'm also looking backward at the last week of snapshots. I love you Instagram. And life. I real
sf bicycle life // a life i'd really like to be living! And so it goes, and so it goes. I meant to write a post yesterday but I ran out of time. Literally ran out of time to blog. I am encountering a new kind of "busy" this year -- a kind that makes me think I never really knew wh
Too bad I didn't put "become utterly obsessed with Instagram" on my 30 before 30 list ... I sure as hell have that one! Happy Monday, internets! Confession: I should have been doing this more frequently all along. You know, checking in with myself. You know why? Well, because I ha
