Category Archives: Personal

Visiting Napa Valley :: Ubuntu :: Napa Valley Vegetarian Restaurant

Ever since we read about Ubuntu, a vegetarian restaurant and yoga studio in downtown Napa Valley, in the New York Times, we’ve been wanting to have a meal at this place. Ubuntu’s mission is “to bring to [its] customers a bounty of local biodynamically gardened produce handled with care and skill by talented artisans and...

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San Juan Bautista : : Part Two

Here’s part two of the trip to Mission San Juan Bautista in Northern California that I blogged about in this post earlier. I loved reading about the California missions during the California history class we took in fourth grade and was so excited when we got to take a field trip to an actual mission...

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Museum & Relics at San Juan Bautista, CA

In all my years in the SF Bay Area, I never thought to visit the mission at San Juan Bautista. Now it’s definitely one of my favorite places in the area – more to come from this set.

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Pike Place Market in Seattle | Part II

Flowers at the Pike Place Market Gospel singers outside the original Starbucks at Pike Place The making of baked goods at Piroshky-Piroshky at Pike Place Above set: More from Pike Place Market in Seattle

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Some pictures from Pike Place in Seattle

Taken at Pike Place Public Market in Seattle

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Easter Weekend in Houston

Taken during a walk at Hermann Park in Houston, TX. Fresh blackberries in a cup… Homemade pizza… and yes, that is mint by the pizza. I know, basil would make a lot more sense but I didn’t have any fresh basil and wanted some green in the picture… I thought a lot about how I...

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Springtime in Houston

Springtime is definitely here and some parts of Houston are abloom. Here are a few of my favorites from a recent trip to the Houston Zoo.

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