yosemite thanksgiving

matt & i visited yosemite valley over thanksgiving!  highlights:

- seeing a bunch of waterfalls

- eating lunch in a sunny spot on a huge granite rock overlooking the valley

- hiking past the crowds to the quiet section of the trail.  we were the only people camping in a normally-crowded backcountry spot.

- people watching at the ahwanee hotel and making dinner on a tiny camp stove in our room  :)

- driving to and exploring the hetch hetchy area

it was a good trip!  i'd planned to hike out 9 more miles and up 1,500 more ft., but it was very, very, very cold at night.  i'll have to acquire a zero-degree bag before sleeping in below-freezeing temperatures again.

week in review, 11/12/2012

- jobs.  pacific forest trust.  finger printing & background check for the mayor (???)

- food.  i don't remember making much.  a lot of repurposed leftovers.  something with romanesco.  ordered in from zante's pizza.  went to ad hoc w/ matt's family.  pho with keqin & gang.  rosaumunde w/ cr folks.  

- hosted happy hour w/contractor, architect, realtor, and neighbors to celebrate all of the amazing house renovations that matt has done.

- sick.  lounging in bed b/c i was sick.

week in review, 11/5/2012

- food.  MON. stuffed peppers & sweet potatoes.  WED. vermicelli & fried tofu.  THURS. sausage & roasted cabbage.  FRI. fig proscuitto onion, sausage & tomato pizza, chickpeas, beets.  SAT. mushroom ragout w/ polenta, carrot salad.  SUN.  porkchop, brussel sprouts, sweet potato. 

- hung out.  drawing with keqin.  breakfast with rob sammy harry jimmy drew.  matt's parents came into town and we saw the sights! 

week of 10/21/2012 in review

can't find the bullet button on goog's new compose!

- foods made.  MON.  veg mapo tofu w/ boychoy.  TUES.  miso salmon, spinach.  WED.  steamed egg, curried eggplant, miso soup.  THURS.  leek & chart tart w/tomato salad.  FRI.  pork tenderloin w/ fennel & arugula apple salad.  

- jobs applied to.  Lawrence Berkeley Labs.  Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (the Roberts of KKR).  still waiting to hear back about working for ed lee.

- hanging out.  garett's birthday dinner @ little star.  rebecca's pre-thanksgiving birthday dinner w/ the gang.  walk and bike ride around parks -- bernal heights, holly park, and sunnyside conservatory.

- felty.  made a bouquet flowers, trivets, and 2 owls :)

i love bernal heights

i really love my neighborhood.  

• quiet and cozy.  it's set slightly apart from the rest of san francisco because of its hilltop location and is only indirectly linked to BART.  
• sunshine.  it's in sf's sunbelt. the sun shines even when there is fog everywhere else.
• views.  it has some of the best views of downtown and the east bay.
• cortland village and surrounding commercial areas. lots of good stuff without much pretension. 
• playgrounds, parks, community gardens, mini-gardens and greenery. so many.
• interesting neighbors but not so "interesting" that it's dangerous.