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the past week and days...by instagram

Here are images of the past few days...and last week as well.  Time goes by really fast. June is coming next week!

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Instagram is like quick blogging and since I don't post as much as I would here are 9 posts altogether.  You can click the image for a bigger view.

1: Lunch at Darwin Cafe - This was the Bay Shrimp Melt.  There's always a line out this door, even if you go to lunch early.

2: Sign at the top of the Westfield Center.  There is a paper Golden Gate  Bridge in celebration of their 75th Anniversary.  They put this sign so people won't walk on this cardboard bridge.

3: Driving back home from a party that was across the bay.  (I wasn't driving)

4: Blue and green jello blocks that I made for a grand nephew's birthday party.

5: Bloody Mary's - this was for our Fall Book Launch Party at work.  They also served yummy empanadas at this work event.

6:Shoe browsing at Nordstrom with my sister and sister-in-law.

7:Dynamo Donuts one of my bosses brought this to work for our department.

8: Lunch at Ironside- grilled snapper sandwich...really good.

9: Mission Minis -bought for a birthday party - red velvet.

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May 24, 2012 in Dining & Shopping in San Francisco, Food and Drink, instagram | Permalink | Comments (0)

emerson fry

I've bought a few things from Emerson Fry and the Emerson Ends.  This time I received my clothing in this beautiful box.  The packaging is gorgeous.

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The clothes are very well made.  

May 17, 2012 in online shopping | Permalink | Comments (1)

la boulange

I was on a quest to pick up la boulange's brioche loaf for a recipe Friday after work.  There's quite a few locations now and I suppose you can say walking distance from my work...but when you're tired, it may seem a long distance.

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This is the Market St. location and they stopped selling the brioche loaf there. I walked another 10 minutes to the California St. location and found it there.  The California St. bakery/cafe is really big and kind of in the heart of the finanacial district.  If I worked closer I would probably lunch there a lot.

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A few extras that I bought besides the brioche loaf.

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I made french toast baked in muffin tins with sausage the following day.  I used the brioche loaf and it came out really good.  The kids loved it.  

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Here's a close-up of the baked french toast.  Served with fresh fruit, warm syrup, and powdered sugar.

May 06, 2012 in Baking, Dining & Shopping in San Francisco | Permalink | Comments (1)

instagraming...

Since they now have Instagram for the Android, I've been taking pics with my little phone and opt sometimes not to carry my heavy DSLR...

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May 01, 2012 | Permalink | Comments (0)

six flags

I chaperoned a field trip to Six Flags today.  I chaperoned Ava and two of her classmates. She is sweet at this age and I'm enjoying it...

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April 27, 2012 in Kid Stuff | Permalink | Comments (0)

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We didn't have a birthday party for Jason's 9th birthday - but we had a birthday lunch at Olive Garden (his favorite place) and a Disneyland trip.  The kids had fun and had fun hanging out with their cousins.  Disneyland was very crowded as I'm sure everyone went there for spring break.

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 The kids enjoying pineapple ice cream.

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The beach boardwalk at California Adventures...

This is the first time I didn't drag my SLR to Disneyland.  It was a lighter load walking around.  The ice cream and boardwalk pictures were taken with my phone.

Bought the boardwalk tote on sale at the store before the trip. I love the size.  I can even hold in my hand and it won't touch the floor. It's usually a problem when you're short =)

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Resting today to recuperate from the trip as Disneyland is not quite relaxing.  Not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow.

April 15, 2012 in Kid Stuff, Random Things | Permalink | Comments (0)

make some origami shoes...

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Instructions here.

April 01, 2012 in Origami | Permalink | Comments (2)

ava

I took off two days last week to take care of this little girl. It entailed going to the doctor's office one day, a follow-up the next, and then a trip to children's ER just because the equipment in the hospital could do a bit more. Ava's back to almost healthy again.  It's hard when your child gets sick.  I'm glad she's doing fine now.

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We went to Japantown last Sunday to pick up mochi and to stop by Paper Source.  We also went to la boulange (bay bread) to pick up almond croissants, chocolate croissants, meringues, and bread.

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Ava in Japantown at the Peace Plaza (feeling much better).  The day we went was the one year anniversary of the tsunami in Japan. There were some events during the day.  We stayed a little to watch the large scale calligraphy performance.

March 15, 2012 in Kid Stuff, Random Things, San Francisco Events | Permalink | Comments (3)

jeremy's

Shopped at Jeremy's after work today. Found some Elizabeth and James shoes for $49!

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The weather in San Francisco is always unpredictable but these are some good spring/summer shoes...plus my cousin said I don't have to hem my long jeans if I wear these with them =)

February 28, 2012 in Dining & Shopping in San Francisco | Permalink | Comments (0)

happy valentines day...

Pictures of Valentine's Day cards and treats in the making:

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Boxes

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Packing

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Cards

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Learn how to do the origami box here.

February 14, 2012 in Kid Stuff | Permalink | Comments (2)

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