Peppermint Ice Cream

Before our family decided to jet-set during Christmas time, we had some normal Christmas traditions.  My family would go to Grandma’s house on Christmas eve, go to church at St. Clare’s in Santa Clara, have dinner at gram’s, and open up all the presents from my grandma, Aunt Lynn, and Uncle Charlie. My Aunt Lynn […]

Crabby Christmas in the City

When I was about 8 years old, my mom decided she wanted our family to venture into the city to have a nice dinner and see the grandiose Christmas decorations San Francisco had to offer. We lived about forty miles away in the suburbs so we didn’t usually spend the night in the city, but […]

Trucks, Tunes, and Vino Tinto

Outside lands is coming to San Francisco this weekend. I went last year for the first time and it’s a weekend long music festival in Golden Gate Park. Last year a friend of mine got us free tickets because he was the tour accountant for one of the bands. Who knew that was a real […]