Picks and Pans – Around Point Reyes National Seashore

PICKS: Limantour Beach

Admittedly, driving to Point Reyes on a Saturday afternoon was a bad idea and I should have mentally prepared myself for driving amongst the leapfrogging line of aggressive wannabe sports car drivers that surrounded us the entire way there. Lacking such mental preparation, I began to envision a weekend filled with crowds […]

Picks and Pans – San Francisco/Bay Area, Part II

PICKS: SFMOMA

The first Tuesday of every month is the free day at most San Francisco museums and, being that we are enthusiasts of both free things and museums, we were pretty happy to partake in the November day of gratis museum going. Being at a museum on the free day is especially pleasurable because […]

Picks and Pans – San Francisco/Bay Area, Part I

PICKS: Sufficient Grounds in Berkeley

A GPS is a useful gadget, but its utility is greatly limited by the fact that the world (and especially infrastructure) is continually changing, while the GPS’s maps are not. Let’s say, for example, the Bay Bridge is closed, but your GPS doesn’t know about this and is assuredly leading […]

Picks and Pans – Nevada City and North San Juan, CA

Going to Sean’s hometown, after so many years, now makes me feel like I’m returning home too. This is mostly due to the fact that Sean’s family and friends have welcomed me with open arms and open hearts since my first visit. And, also, being a Montana girl, I’ll always feel at home in the […]

Picks and Pans – In and around Portland

Sean and I each spent four years in Portland, with two of those years overlapping, so coming back was kind of like putting on an old, comfortable pair of jeans. I just slipped right in as though it had been a week and not a decade.

Ned Ludd

Our first night in Portland, Margot and […]