Coffee

Check out our local coffee shop stop .. Blue Bottle coffee is just the best 'cracked out' coffee in the whole world! We go to the garage door store in Hayes Valley each morning for a soy latte or personalized drip coffee. This photo is from their downtown location... they have all these crazy japanese contraptions to brew coffee....



I just love it....

Week's Obssessions

There is something about this colored pillar that I just love! We have a long living/dining room layout with tall ceilings. I feel that it would be a great addition in our corner next to the sliding glass doors or between our couch and dining space! I can not wait for the next flea market in Alameda!!

My next obsession this week, is this leather woven floor mirror. I actually purchased this item at Z gallery while attending the Union Street Fair this weekend. The leather is actual leather is not as shiny as the picture here. I now need to figure out 1. how to pick it up (preferably without the husband... he will love it once it is in the house but not so much before) and 2. where exactly I am going to place it in the house!!

Finally, I am loving antlers. I was looking for 2 tall candlesticks to place on our corner fireplace mantel. I think I may get either 2 tall antlers like the ones above or some variation of the above. The picture here is from Roost.

Empanada love

This weekend we traveled to our friends house where they were trying out Empanada recipes. These here are so good, so good i just had to share this with you!

Weekend Post Catch up!

So a few weeks ago, I blogged about wanting to try and make bagels... Well, I did make some bagels and wanted to share the final results!

I am addicted to them now. They make a perfect breakfast for our weekdays. Small, yummy, quick to eat. I would serve them up with some espresso served in our espresso cups we bought on our Honeymoon!!

Check out the recipe here!

Our Weekend

This weekend we went to Mendocino with our friends and the boys went Abalone diving. It was an absolutely wonderful weekend. May ended like a lion ... we have been so stressed lately, so the chance to get away was perfect. My girlfriend found a great state park campground and a perfect camp site. We left at 4pm on Friday, survived the traffic and made it to our site by 8:00pm. The traffic added about 1 hr to our drive time, but we entertained ourselves with car games.

The next morning we woke up and Ahmad had already started breakfast (eggs, coffee, french toast)... the boys prepared for their morning dive. We drove into Mendocino to pick up a few misc. items and the guys were in the water by 9:30am.

The girls walked the boys down to the water and watched them hunt for Abalone for a short while. We then went back to the campsite for a much needed shower.... Once we freshed up we prepared some hot chocolate and drove back to check on the boys. It was perfect timing... just as we parked the boys were coming out of the water... and WERE WE excited to find they did indeed catch some ABALONE!!

We drove back to the campsite warmed up the boys... hiked around the state park trails and then feasted!

It was super fantastic to get off the grid for a while!!

Random Items

Wow has it really been that long since my last post.... so sorry... not sure how many people actually missed my posting... but still...

Anyhow, here are a few items I am really liking right now...

First, a french farmhouse milk bottle. I am thinking our kitchen soap would look so great in it or maybe bath salts for the guest bath room...


Next, SHOES... are these shoes not just perfect for summer... I actually agree with Bliss that this is my new favorite shoe buying site!

1. Love, 2. Love more, and 3. may just have to buy... (oh if they were not just a tad out of my price range...)

I have to creadit Bliss for sending me their way!

Has Spring Finaly Sprung

I was reading some blogs and ran across this great post. Brooke lives in Southern California ... away from her friends who are in NYC. This is similar to us, we are in San Francisco away from our friends and family who live in DC, Phili and NYC. Anyhow, Brooke has pulled together what she calls Spring in a Box!

She fills a box with all things Yellow, Orange and bright to cheer up her friends as the last bit of winter rolls out (with the Rain) and Spring as Sprung!


I love this idea and I think I will pull together something similar to send to my friends and family. I love it... so simple but so sweet and it is definitely something that helps you keep close to friends and family far away!

Check it out her blog inchmark! Pictures taken from her post.