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Why yes, I did just drive through two states with big bags of white powder in my car…

Those are the big jumbo Ziploc bags… full of sugar. I am now at my daughter’s house in Arizona… yes, Jessica, the one that is getting married next week. I had to bring her the gifts she left at our … Continue reading

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So, yeah… wedding shower at our house this weekend!

We are on the final countdown for Jessica, my older daughter, and Jason, my future-son-in-law, to get hitched. A little over a month. So our house was full of love this weekend. It was also full of homemade snacks! Oh, … Continue reading

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The leaning tower of pizza…

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Food…

We went out to celebrate my wife’s birthday. That may have been the best cheese board ever. We had an awesome view of downtown San Diego. I ordered something called ‘the seafood tower’… Three layers of crazy goodness. I may … Continue reading

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Eating history… (Or): Crabby bread!!!

There is one thing you absolutely must do if you are ever in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco… and that is… go to this place… Yeah, it has been a San Francisco tradition since the gold rush! And I wasn’t … Continue reading

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China Town dreams…

We did make it over to China Town in San Francisco yesterday. We were running out of time… and sunlight… so we didn’t stay long. I don’t have any pictures of my favorite stuff, like the butcher shops and herbal … Continue reading

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Christmas dinner… number two…

I am not making this stuff up. Every year, at my mom’s house in the San Francisco Bay Area, we have two Christmas dinners… exactly the same. That guy in the corner, stretching his neck, is my brother, Henry. He, … Continue reading

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I finally took a good photo of a flaming plum pudding!!!

It is not easy to do, because, if you use the flash, you can’t see the fire, but if you don’t, the shutter is open for a long time, and any movement makes the picture blurry. Technically speaking, that is … Continue reading

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What, you don’t have English Christmas crackers for your Christmas???

You don’t know about those crazy English cardboard tubes with a small explosive charge that goes off when you pull the ends, and then, inside, is a paper crown, a lame toy, and a piece of paper with bad jokes … Continue reading

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I invented a new adult beverage, and you get to help me name it!!!

Oh yeah, Martinelli’s sparkling (non-alcoholic) apple cider and champagne… it is a little like a mimosa, but more bubbly… and appley…  now we just need a cool name for it.

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