Field Trip #1: 5th & Mission with Kids

Yesterday Frances had no school so we took a brief field trip to downtown San Francisco. Here’s a fun and easy outing to the city that the kids loved, if you don’t mind a little Mickey Mouse in your morning: – Park at the 5th & Mission garage.  It’s a straight shot off the 5th … Continue reading →

Lessons Learned

When I was a kid I dabbled in lessons. Piano for a few years. Tennis, briefly. Art classes, swimming. An all-too-short tryst with horseback riding. (I’m guessing my mom realized the chances of my owning a horse later in life were somewhere between slim and none.) Looking back, I have two regrets. One: my parents … Continue reading →

May Tracks

Some people knit. I make playlists. Until the day I learn to knit, at which point I’ll knit while listening to my playlists. This year I’ve decided to make a playlist for each month, just to track the songs that capture my interest in a particular span of time. Kind of like a very brief … Continue reading →