San Diego – Day 3 & 4

Don’t you just love a “To be continued…” episode?  So, obviously you’ve been dying to read how the rest of our San Diego trip went.  So, I shall cut the suspense and tell you now. Thursday morning we woke up and went back to the beach on Coronado Island.  Lea went for a long run […]

San Diego – Day 1 & 2

  Hola!  Bienvendios a San Diego.  After the Christmas and birthday festivities, Lea and I took a few days to reacquaint ourselves with one another down in SoCal.  It was Lea’s first time, and I hadn’t been since I was a kid, so there was a lot to see.  Our trip was from Tuesday, 12/29/09 […]

OK, You Can Call It A Comeback

Snow Patrol – Crazy In Love Like I said – long time no blog.  While I was slaving most of my free waking hours away on this website, I did manage to get out once in a while. 🙂 Here’s what you didn’t see. We still got some good hikes in, and I’m loving the […]

The Good, the Bad and the Pretty

The Good – I sincerely apologize for my recent absence from the blog.  On a positive note, I’m happy to see so many people noticed!  I’ve been spending all of my free time researching web development, and have finally decided to jump in head first and design my own website!  Picture…this blog after a face […]

Flank Stank Taquitos

Today was a nice little Wednesday!  Lea went out to run some errands while I went for a bike ride up to the reservoir and back.  The views are always a nice reward for having finished the climb at the end. Back at home, we put on some tunes and got into the kitchen!  Here’s […]

Kinda Crafty

One of the benefits of spending so much time in Wine Country lately is that there’s all kinds of old wine-making paraphernalia lying around.  Recently we found a barrel that had collapsed under its own weight, so we took one of the staves to make a candle holder out of it!  Crafty, right?  We’ve seen […]

Dance, Monkey!

Today’s agenda is pretty loose.  Brunch in Healdsburg (not sure how any of us are hungry after last night’s dinner), a little shopping, and a stop by the coast. Lea’s so excited, she can’t stop dancing.  Dance, monkey! On the way to Healdsburg, we passed J Winery.  J is known for its great sparkling wines, […]

Dry Creek Ramble

By the time I went to bed last night, I could’ve fallen asleep on the floor in the middle of a crowded room (like him↑). Fortunately, that wasn’t necessary. What is necessary is that we keep the fun alive and the intensity UP. Howz about a 34 mile bike ride through beautiful Dry Creek Valley […]

All Hands On Harvest

It’s that time of year in Wine Country when the grapes are reaching their optimum ripeness, and everyone is buzzing with anticipation for the annual harvest!  While there’s a flurry of activity around the wineries, which have been lying in relative hibernation for the past 9 months, harvest also draws crowds of wine-lovers in pilgrimage […]

Breakfast Burritos to Beer Can Chicken

The bad news: I am officially one week behind on my posts. The good news: You get to relive Labor Day all over again!  What an awesome day.  A holiday for the sake of having a holiday… Genius! The Original Dinerant. Our free day started with a walk about Portland to find a decent breakfast.  […]