Me and Mr. Jones

Tom and I were made uncle and aunt for the first time by the birth of little Jones Rickeman. We got to spend a few days with him (and his fantastic parents) last week in Maryland, and I can't stop thinking about him. He is so wee and handsome!

Electric Ukulele

She's amazing!

3.14

Happy Pi Day, y'all!

Photo by Larry Winger

Inside a Glacier

These images from inside glacial caves by photographer Eric Guth are completely unreal and amazing.

Commemorative 300th Tilden Park Post!

A few weekends ago, the weather was nice enough that Tom, Kamryn, Will, Courtney and I went to Tilden Park, played frisbee, lazed about, and went to the Little Farm. It was warm and gorgeous. So where did all this cold and rain come from, Berkeley? Time for spring already. For that matter, let's just move straight on to summer. Ah, summer.

North Berkeley Women's Literary Assemblage

Tom instructed us to walk naturally, so obviously this happened.

Chicken, what are you doing with your hair?! You need to get that under control. This isn't Vegas.

Check out that tongue.

Tom and Will practiced stick fighting in hopes of gaining admittance into the Rangers Club.

Forever alone.

Forever alone, except for the company of cats, which is arguably worse/sadder.

Point Reyes

My mom and dad are up visiting for the weekend so we all went to Point Reyes National Seashore for the day. It's only about an hour and a half from Berkeley, so it was the perfect day trip. The weather was much better than we had expected and we had a great day outside in the sun. So beautiful.

We saw gray whales migrating off the coast beyond the lighthouse, which was pretty cool... especially if you like squinting and/or momentary puffs of mist.

Scouting the elephant seal pups on the beach below.

Love at First Sight

Ooooh, I would wear this dress every day of summer.

Vegetarian Enchiladas

My dear friend Cara did a post about my Vegetarian Enchiladas on her food blog, Bundt Cake for Breakfast. I don't mention to that to brag (although it's awesome) but I wanted to share the recipe so you can try it yourselves at home, if you should wish. It is a recipe I found on a website, but with a few amendments, it was the best recipe Tom and I have ever made and probably the best enchilada I've ever had. I hope you love it, too.

Photo Credit: Cara Sandberg

Grengorb v. Cordoba

Gangster

From Married to the Sea.

Like Wheel of Fortune Meets Hangman Meets Roger Ebert

Famous Objects from Classic Movies is a really fun way to waste an hour.