10.30.12

Hello hello

Hello hello!

Happy Tuesday!

Tuesday’s are so much better than Monday’s, don’t you think?

If you are coming over here from MishLovinLife, thank you so very much for taking the time to stop by my little spot in blog land!

If you were at my real house I’d offer you a large glass of wine and a lovely cheese plate.

(or if it was before noon I’d ask if you would like some Baileys in your coffee.)

But alas, this is cyber land and that technology doesn’t yet exist, so instead I encourage you to go indulge in your libation of choice and stay awhile!

Anyway.

Michelle is one of my favorite bloggers. She cracks me up on a daily basis, and now that she is fulfilling my dream of quitting her job and traveling the world, I kind of hate her.

I kid, I kid.

I love her in a I hate her kind of way.

If you are here for the very first time, I thought it might be helpful to share a few things about myself with you.

People always ask me what this little blog is all about and I don’t really have an answer.

Sometimes I can be really funny (well, I think so, at least) and I write about horribly awkward moments, like this.

And other times I get all serious and riled up and write about things that I think actually matter, like this.

I also write a fair bit about my continuing quest to find my passion in life, as cheesy as that sounds.

(and trust me, I’m aware that it sounds pretty cheesy.)

But mostly I write about my life and my love affair with San Francisco, and hope that someone somewhere out there finds it interesting enough to follow along.

I LOVE making new blog friends so please leave a comment and say hello!

P.S. I hope all you East Coasters are staying safe and dry.
Love and prayers are being sent your way.
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JustineOctober 30, 2012 - 9:30 am

Ha, I loved the story on MishLovinLife today. So freaking hilarious. Love your blog, can’t wait to hear more stories!

Brianne HeapeOctober 30, 2012 - 11:52 am

Found your blog on Mish Lovin’ Life and laughed so hard reading your recap of your night in Spain. Hilarious!

Denise LopatkaOctober 30, 2012 - 12:13 pm

Hi! new visitor here. Love your blog and I’m so glad I found it. Can’t wait to read more…. xox

nancy @ adore to adornOctober 30, 2012 - 1:42 pm

OMG…your story on Mish’s blog…I can feel the mortification with you!! Good story though!
xo,
nancy

JennOctober 30, 2012 - 6:49 pm

New visitor! Great story, I totally laughed while reading it on the elliptical hahaha can’t wait to learn more about you and have a new, fun blog to read! I adore San Fran, too, it’s one of my fav cities to visit!

KaylaOctober 30, 2012 - 9:00 pm

Ahh! Your story over at MishLovin’Life was hilarious! I’m still cracking up because I could totally see myself doing that! LOL “LO SIENTO!”

New follower here! Nice to meet you Serena!

KatyOctober 30, 2012 - 9:09 pm

I just found your blog and am enjoying it. Can’t wait to read more.

Erin @ Empirically ErinOctober 31, 2012 - 6:32 pm

I also came by from Mish Lovin’ Life and I am loving your blog so far! I just followed you and I’m excited to read more of your adventures!

10.29.12

Weekend

My weekend, in a nutshell:

Wine. Sushi Date. Sake. Sleep. Coffee date. City Target! Halloween party. Sleep. Brunch date. Wine. Frozen yogurt. GIANTS!!!!

Friend wise, this was one of the best weekends I’ve had in a long time. I got to spend time with some really amazing women, catch up with old friends and hang out with new ones, and it was really wonderful.

But I feel guilty admitting that because it’s been a really hard weekend for my husband and a lot of his friends.

I’m sure most of you have heard about this horrific and tragic story by now. It is honestly the worst thing I can ever imagine happening. Ever. I don’t even have words.

My husband is friends with that family.

I’ve actually met them before, but only in passing.

Some of our friends are best friends with them.

And it’s just…. the worst thing in the world.

I really can’t believe it.

Usually when you read a story like that you think to yourself that stuff like that doesn’t happen to people like you. You are horrified and outraged and deeply saddened, but you go back to your life, thankful that horror and tragedy like that hasn’t touched you.

But then you find out that you know the people. That they are people just like you.

And it makes everything a million times more real, a million times more sad, and a million times more terrible.

I did a lot of really fun things this weekend but the Krims were always in the back of my mind. I didn’t go more than five minutes without thinking about them.

And my husband? Well, he’s having a really hard time. He thinks about Kevin and Marina and just is overcome with emotion.

I can’t even begin to fathom what they are going through right now.

It’s just unimaginable.

Please keep the Krim family in your prayers. I really don’t know how you go on living after something like this, but I’m sure prayers and positive thoughts and love will help.

And go hug the littles in your life.

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nancy @ adore to adornOctober 29, 2012 - 12:33 pm

Wow, I cannot believe you and your husband are connected to the poor family in NYC. I read this story over the weekend and was just horrified at the thought of the crime.
I cannot imagine the pain and heartache. It’s bad enough hearing parents lose their children, but to lose them in this way..in this shocking manner…is horrible.
If that nanny is the person to blame…I hope she gets her judgement.

In other news…odd as this is for a transition…I am glad to hear you had a great weekend. =) SF was fun to be in wasn’t it?
OH and I spy the Tipsy Pig from your Instagram feed. I have a crush on that place. The strawberry fields drink did it. =)

xo,
nancy

MichelleOctober 29, 2012 - 3:15 pm

That is so so so unbelievably sad :( I can’t even imagine. Wow.. And you’re right, you never think it could happen to you or someone you know. But it does..

I’m so sorry to hear this :( Sending you guys positive thoughts.

xo

BrittanyOctober 30, 2012 - 1:45 am

Hi! I just found your blog from your hilarious guest post over at Mish’s blog. I die, thats such a great story but I can imagine how you felt that night!! Thanks for sharing!! :)

10.25.12

If you have five minutes…

You must watch the video below.

It’s the love of story of Danny and Annie Perasa and it’s one of the best love stories I’ve ever heard. It makes my heart swell.

warning – you will probably cry.

but it’s entirely worth it.

http://vimeo.com/12562270

Kevin, I love you.

Now go out and tell the people you love that you love them.

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jeanOctober 25, 2012 - 10:56 am

i love you! glad i didn’t wear makeup to work today!

nancy @ adore to adornOctober 25, 2012 - 2:59 pm

awwww….*sniff*
xo,
nancy

paulineOctober 27, 2012 - 3:06 am

Wow that is so moving. Thank you for sharing. Today would have been my grandpa’s birthday but he past away after a long battle with cancer this August and leaves behind his ‘annie’. Such lovely timing, thank you.x

JillianOctober 30, 2012 - 5:40 am

I saw this video last year and I LOVED it. Such a beautiful story, I teared up!

10.24.12

Your One Wild and Precious Life

Print from TheWheatField Etsy Shop

THE SUMMER DAY

by Mary Oliver

Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean–
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down–
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
With your one wild and precious life?
 
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I am currently reading Wild by Cheryl Stayed and last night I came across the quote pictured above. I’ve loved this quote for a long time, but I realized I had never read the poem in which the quote resides, so I did.

It’s a wonderful poem, and gets you thinking about life and what you want out of it.

I still don’t have the answer to that question, but I’m doing my best to figure it out.

There are so many things I want to do, so many things I hope to do in the future, but in the meantime I’m trying to be as present as possible in the here and now. Because plans and somedays are great, and dreams are a necessary part of a happy life, but I don’t want to take for granted how wonderful life is now, right this very second.

Because my San Francisco life is pretty damn great. Living in this city I adore, married to the man I love, making friendships and spending time with some of the most incredible people I know, well… it’s exactly what I always wanted.

That’s not to say I’m not planning on doing all sorts of other exciting things with my one wild and precious life, not at all.

I’m still making plans for my future, exciting plans!, but right now what I plan on doing with my one wild and precious life is enjoying it, and being thankful for where I am today. I waste far too much time stressing about the when and the ifs, and it’s really pointless. It does nothing but distract me from the good things in the present.

And there are a lot of good things.

So your turn…

Tell me, what is it you plan to do
With your one wild and precious life?
 
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DJ (@werejustdandy)October 30, 2012 - 6:29 am

I would love to have a good answer to this question, but I’m like you. No clue, but just trying to live in the moment and not worry about it too much!

I just finished Wild. Are you liking it? There were parts that I liked, but overall she kind of annoyed me. She was SO overdramatic… but I guess you have to be dramatic to quit life and hike for 3 months, and without that there would be no book.

Oh and thinking about Wild reminded me that I had a dream about being attacked by a cinnamon-colored bear last night!!

10.22.12

Le Dîner à San Francisco 2012

As I mentioned last week, on Friday night I attended Le Dîner à San Francisco 2012, an elegant all white popup dinner.

I was excited but I really didn’t know what to expect.

At 3 p.m. on Friday we received an email with the location.

 It was the Marina Green, a beautiful grassy knoll that that has the Golden Gate Bridge as a backdrop.

On a clear day, the view is to die for.

Alas, it was not a clear day. It was foggy foggy foggy and the bridge could hardly be seen.

Living in the bay this is to be expected, so no one really cared.

Kevin and I had a hell of a time getting a taxi that night, so by the time we pulled up, the dinner was about to start and it was already getting dark.

But it didn’t matter, because I arrived to the most amazing set-up ever.

My friend Shannon made the most stunning kick-ass centerpiece I have ever seen.

Seriously. SHE MADE THAT!

People went all out for this event, and looking around at the inspiration and gorgeousness was just unreal.

Unfortunately, I was a very bad blogger and only took a handful of photos, most of which do not even come close to capturing just how beautiful the event was.

So instead I’m going to “borrow” from the Le Dîner à San Francisco facebook fan page page and share some of the wonderful photos that other attendees posted online.

The only downside to the event was that it was rather cold and windy. Monday through Thursday had been beyond beautiful, with temperatures in the 80s, and then suddenly Friday rolled around the fog rolled in and the temperature dropped dramatically.

It was a bit of a bummer, but clearly it  didn’t affect the overall awesomeness of the event.

To compensate, we just drank more wine!

(Saturday morning was not fun)

All in all,  a very successful Le Dîner, if I do say so myself.

I’ll see you next year, Le Dîner à San Francisco 2013!

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nicole marieOctober 23, 2012 - 11:22 am

that is seriously so freaking cool!!

RebeccaOctober 23, 2012 - 2:49 pm

What a cute blog! I came across your button on Meg’s {Across the Pond} and I’m glad I did! We do Le Diner en Blanc in Germany as well and it is always such a wonderful time. I’m sorry about the fog, but I guess that is just a SFO kinda loveliness, isn’t it. I believe it was foggy two out of the three times I have been so far! I hope you are having a great week!

DJ (@werejustdandy)October 30, 2012 - 6:25 am

That looks like something out of a magazine! A group tried to do something like this in the small town in Louisiana where I used to live. They failed.. it wasn’t nearly as cool. Obviously they don’t read enough blogs.

VanessaOctober 31, 2012 - 10:42 pm

Im totally Jelly!!!!! I wanted to do this this year in San Diego But I couldnt get the days off of work

hoping I get a chance Next Year

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