Hail to the Royals – Blenheims epitomize summer’s best – Early summer heralds the coming of the best little apricot on the market – San Francisco Chronicle, June 16, 2004 Just three days after I post about the incredibly delicious Blenheim apricots I harvested off the tree in my backyard, the San Francisco Chronicle runs… Read More »
In our backyard we have an ancient Blenheim apricot tree. As you can see in the photos, it’s amazing that the tree doesn’t simply fall over. The base of the trunk is almost completely gone. Although I do have a redwood planter propped up against part of the tree, I can remove the planter without… Read More »
How It Works: Be Your Own Barista, With a Programmable Helper – [Free registration required] One of my favorite electronic devices at home is my Capresso C2000, which my wife purchased for me several years ago from Whole Latte Love. Capresso was discontinuing the C2000 model, so Whole Latte Love had a closeout sale on… Read More »
I’m sure Success BBQ sounded like a good name for a restaurant when they opened the place. The barbed wire fence now surrounding the entire building suggests otherwise. I took this photo with the camera on my Treo 600 while my wife was driving down the street. I’ve gotten a bit better at extracting acceptable… Read More »
Overheard yesterday in the checkout line at Safeway: Mother to young son and daughter: ” Now, you kids go get some of that Neopoleon ice cream.” Heck, what do I know know? Maybe Ben & Jerry’s have come out with a Neopolitan ice cream that’s made with French General Vanilla. Or maybe it’s a co-branding… Read More »
Earlier I postulated that local TV reveals all you need to know about another culture. Okay, so if you don’t buy that one, surely you will agree with me that hotel room minibar snacks are the key to unlocking the true nature of the people from other lands. I found these fine, tasty snack treats… Read More »
If you’re traveling to Seattle, I highly recommend staying at the Mayflower Park hotel. They provide free wireless access to the Internet. We picked up a really strong signal in our room, even on Sandra’s Powerbook with the Apple Airport card. Also, the hotel is in an extremely convenient location in downtown Seattle, the staff… Read More »
Jingo all the way, oh what fun it is to deride… (kottke.org) Jason Kottke points out the silliness of the current protest by the Republicans that has resulted in french fries being rebranded as freedom fries in the House of Representatives’ cafeterias. In addition to reminding me that our legislature is cursed with a majority… Read More »
Local Harvest is an awesome site for learning about options for obtaining locally grown organic food just about anywhere in the United States. Well, except in Mississippi, where I grew up. Sandra and I do a bi-weekly pickup of organic produce from Terra Firm Farm, a 99 acre CCOF certified organic farm in Winters, California.… Read More »
Saturday we joined our friends M and N and little baby S for a pleasant visit to Davenport and the nearby Bonny Doon Vineyard. The entire trip was predicated on the opportunity for N to relive a scene from the Australian comedy “The Castle” by singing repeatedly, “We’re going to Bonny Doon!” If you’re like… Read More »