dinner, march 28th

Ginger pork over rice.

pots and pans

This is a portrait of me and my favorite pan. If I had a cookbook, I would want my author bio picture to look something like this.

cooking

Lately I've been spending a lot of time here, doing this.

3 twins

More reasons to celebrate! Happy 1/3 birthday to us! Or...something.

dinner, march 27th

Mac n Cheese (night)

+ spinich salad.

san francisco love letter #3

SOMA to Downtown

art

The infamous dried artichokes.

it's true

On Friday I subbed in the 1st grade classroom. This post-it note was randomly posted on the white board. The message is clear and important-- whether you're 7 or 27, please stop and think.

dinner, march 26th

Pepperoni pizza

Irving Pizza
The Marina

This pizza tasted as bad as it looks.

dinner, march 25th

Steak, mashed potatoes and sauteed kale.

happy cookies

I made chocolate chip cookies! This time they turned out okay. We had a big end of the semester test at school, so I wanted to do something nice for my students-- I hope they appreciated it! I think they did, at least they ate them all.

no cookies left. =(

dinner, march 24th

Pasta with meat sauce and a side of zucchini. I was feeling uninspired by the thought of dinner, but this is almost always a winner.

dinner, march 23rd

Spicy eggplant and tofu. I'm working on perfecting this dish, also I had leftover ingredients and I didn't want to waste them.

dinner, march 22nd

Carne asada taco "Nick's way."

Nick's Crispy Tacos in the Sunset. It was okay, but I don't think they are as good as the ones in Russian Hill.

trouble

Don't mess with the Outer Sunset...they will call the police.

dinner, march 21st

B Star
Inner Richmond, San Francisco

Chicken satay and coconut rice

dinner, march 20th

Out the Door
Downtown, San Francisco

Lemon grass chicken, shrimp noodles, and chicken noodle soup
Delicious!

inappropriate?

Sarah found this toliet paper in the public restroom at the mall. While it is slightly amusing as a gag gift or something, it seems like a rather weird choice for toliet paper in a public space.

dinner, march 19th

Leftover spicy beef w/ eggplant + green beans

dinner, march 18th

Beef with spicy eggplant and tofu served over rice. Come over, I want to make this dish for you (maybe without the beef, i'll let you decide).

today's lesson

In crayon.

dinner, march 17th

Some sort of Italian sausage "sandwich."

dinner, march 16th

Too poor to eat.

dinner, march 15th

Cooking club dinner. The theme was Italian. The main course was ricotta gnocchi.

cannoli!

For my first visit to "cooking club" I made the dessert-- Cannoli!

dinner, march 14th

Ling Ling potstickers

pretty snowy mountain

Squaw Valley, U.S.A. They hosted the Olympics, didn't you know?

look at all those boots

My friends went snowboarding while I walked around.

lonely sausage

metaphor for life?

breakfast in Tahoe.

in the morning

Waiting for/cooking breakfast

hiding

Justin was giving Vivian a hard time.

bossy bear!

happy birthday bossy bear!

incredibly tired

I had a hard week and I was very tired. I didn't even manage to stay up as late as the rest of my friends, however I did get at least a little party time in before passing out. This is what I look like when I'm incredibly tired...yet still happy.

making yogurt soju

Annie's birthday party continued in Tahoe-- with yogurt soju drink and other craziness.

dinner, march 13th

Chirashi at Miki.

Group dinner at Miki for Annie's birthday. I hadn't been to Miki for awhile. Oh, it tasted good!

dinner, march 12th

Tortellini, green beans and garlic bread

this is where i spend my afternoons

This is the roof (the playground) at Cathedral School. I've spent a lot of very cold afternoons here...and also some beautiful warm ones.

pancakes

Making pancakes for the boys-- with my 4th grade helpers.

robot pancake

Sometimes you can't plan for such brilliance.

dinner, march 11th

Cheese tortellini with tomato cream sauce

dinner, march 10th

Ponzu salmon over rice w/ cucumber salad

dinner, march 9th

Leftovers (rice and sausage).

dinner, march 8th

Spanish rice with italian sausage.

pictures of details

Meaghan doing what she loves.

stairs to nowhere...or to somewhere we're not allowed.

De Young Museum

Underwater

Sitting in the underwater tunnel, looking up.

look up! look up!

Staring at the tropical fish and marveling at the thickness of the glass.

sunday morning

Mango pudding with coconut cream and tapioca + cappuccino. The cafe is my favorite part of the CA Academy of Sciences.

hair cut

hair cut!

church

muni bricks.

another abandoned mattress

There are always tons of mattresses left on the streets of San Francisco. Chris practiced his "thriller" dance right into this one.