Jul 26 2007
It’s just not the same anymore. Were we the only family to have dinner at Sunflower Bakery on a regular basis? One of the perks of moving to 65th Street was going to be our proximity to Sunflower and their burger, crab cake sandwich, pie, spinach salad and thoughtful dinner specials. But alas, Sunflower seems [...]
Jul 13 2007
Snowden does not like riding in the car. Depending upon her mood, her reaction to the car seat ranges from quiet dissapointment to full display of arch-backed, screaming anger. The latter is the norm when she is tired. Without fail we can turn on the cd player and as the first strains of “Night Owl” [...]
Jul 02 2007
From the street it is a hole-in-the wall restaurant that looks more like a little take out deli than a place for lingering over a meal. It looks like it would feel crowded, there are only a handful of small tables inside. But, with the nice weather a sign appeared on the sidewalk advertising that [...]
Jul 02 2007
Winter on the Pacific Coast; drenching fogs cling to the craggy coast, swirling in offshore winds to occasionally reveal towering conifers or stolid sea stacks. Even as far south as Vancouver Island, snowstorms may unexpectedly blanket sandy beaches with an incongruous dusting of wet snow. Swells on the horizon look ripples of blown glass until [...]