home grown goodness

pretty rad to have a salad made entirely of home grown greens

Phun with Phones

I recently got an iPhone 4 and it has a feature where you can take a photo of yourself without turning the phone around.. kind a goofy but it's for the facetime video phone capability. We were obviously having a lot of fun with it.

It's like I'm in IT or something

The current scene in my office... Yes those are all my machines.

Off the Grid - Lunch truck renaissance

Friday we headed off to Fort Mason's interior parking lot to check out Off the Grid, a weekly food truck festival of sorts. I friended them on Facebook of all things...and the truck line up changes weekly. I ain't gonna lie - IT WAS PRETTY NEAT! It's nice to see the food revolution taking form in many different ways. The only thing I'd change is in how we brought Donut. I was carrying her in a baby carrier and it made it too hard to eat so next time we are going stroller.

For eats we tried Chairman Bao, Onigilly, Some Empanada place and the bar for a little sangria.

Chairman Bao - MM MMM GOOD! We had both the steamed and baked bun and we chose a pork belly with daikon filling for the baked bun and a confit duck for the steamed bun. Maybe not super duper authentic (but I'm not Chinese so what do I know) but I know I liked it.

Onigilly - it's like a samurai food but basically it was a gigantic sushi roll with brown rice. I liked it but maybe not $3 worth of joy for the small bite.

Empanadas - the mushroom one was my absolute FAVORITE! Donut like it too. I am so glad she is eating regular food now and has real teeth because we can just head to things like this and share our food with her.

Looking forward to the next visit...

I'm Sew so...

Lately I've been feelin all kinds of home crafty. I got a sewing table for my birthday from Forrest and Donut this year and i just got it all setup over the weekend. The above is a picture of some fabric I bought to make Donut a dress. It's a super fine wale courduroy. The below is some cute retro style fabric I found at the store but didn't buy...may have to go back to get it and make Donut a duvet cover :)

An attempt at urban farming

I've been gardening a lot lately. I started off small... last year i could barely grow anything and this year I started with a small planter box and after eating 2 weeks of salad picked fresh from the backyard, I have upgraded. Last weekend I built a 2'x6'x1.5' planter box and this weekend I finally got around to planting. It was lots of fun - I went to the lumberyard with my measurements and they cut everything for me. From there I just bought a crapload of dirt, mulch and fertilizer. Seeds and plants to boot.

So far we have the following planting, growing or breaking out of seeds:

• Assorted lettuce
• Arugula
• Carrots
• Radishes
• Swiss Chard
• Cauliflower
• Broccoli
• Tomato
• Green Beans
• Watercress
• Brussel Sprouts

I am so excited that there is quite a lot of variety of edibles that grow in our SF coastal climate. Basically anything that's usually a "cold weather or winter crop" can be grown here all year round - woot woot!

Let's get our marriage on.

After the elections last year, I was ashamed that California voted to ban gay marriage. Honestly, what's to prevent two consenting adults from doing whatever it is they please? And beyond that - a loving family is a loving family no matter who that is comprised of. And for all the fundamental Christians out there, I respect your beliefs but they are yours not everyone else's. Separation of church and state is there for a reason. My own opinion is that any union between two entities in the eyes of the law (fed/state/local) is a civil union and is basically a business contract indicating that these "n" number of entities are a full partnership, sole prioprietorship or limited liability corporation. Anything spiritual rituals can be provided by your respective reigious organization - really.

So saying that any consenting adult can do whatever opens the incest and polygamy can of worms. And I guess if they are all adults in the eyes of the law, they so be it. Who am I to judge? Just because they can't get legally married today doesn't mean people aren't all ready living their lives this way.

And if all else fails, think of the fiscal responsibility gay marriage can provide. The wedding industry is already a multi BILLION - that's right billion dollar industry and imagine adding another 25% of the population. We are in a recession and maybe embracing the fiscal joy of letting people celebrate their life choices

Post delay...

You'd think I didn't have any more opinions given my lack of posting, but I think I am realizing that 3 blogs + facebook is a lot to update. Like you can aggregate content consumption via RSS feeds, I wish there was a way to aggregate content distribution - ha!

Anyhoo - I am still full of opinions, some conformist and some wholly unpopular but I do plan to post them..I will try to get at least one up this week.

MC's Baby Shower

Baby #2 on the way and it's a boy!