Category: Life
Subcategories:July 18, 2006
Packing weeeee
Not. I’ve gotten this far. It’s almost all books, so far. 20 boxes of books. 20 very heavy boxes…
July 16, 2006
Muir Hiking, Napa Wine Tasting, Sonoma Food Eating
Yesterday I went hiking with some Cal EECS peeps in Muir woods. Been there before, but it’s always nice (except for the part where I bit my tongue).
After that, some of us went to Benziger winery and took the tour, then tasted wine. You’re allowed to try tiny samples of two wines from a list. Then you coax them into giving you one or two more tries. Then you wait ‘till they walk away and ask the next helper for a recommendation. They’ll usually give you two or three things to try, also. And even if the tour guides tells you that the vineyard owner’s personal stash isn’t available for tasting, you can probably get one of them to let you try that, too. Wine tasting can be fun. I’m sure everyone was very impressed with my record-breaking 8 trials.
Benziger recommended a restaurant called Doce Lunas. Delicious food, and the sweetest, cutest server (Jolene) one could ask for. They offer family-style (combo) and a la carte versions of most of their entrees, and their Sticky Toffee Pudding dessert was amazing (it needed more ice cream, but everything does).
All in all, Saturday was decently salvaged, despite having imploded the day before.
May 07, 2006
A Thief Stole Our Secrity Cameras
Apparently this loser
stole two security cameras from our garage. The irony is not lost on me.
Nevertheless, if you do happen to know anything about this guy, please contact either me or the Berkeley PD: 510-981-5900. Thanks!
November 24, 2005
I am Supreme Nerd
Thanks, Alice. You had to go put it there, so I would click it, and learn the depressing truth.
April 02, 2005
The Dish
Wonderful movie. Funny and inspiring.
And it contains a great quote: “Failure is never quite so frightening as regret.”
October 16, 2004
My new Tempurpedic Mattress
With my work and school schedules as demanding as they are, I decided that anything I can do to reduce number of hours I spend sleeping would be worthwhile.
Rejuvenate in Berkeley, CA (510 540-7100) just delivered the Tempurpedic 10” mattress I ordered a couple weekends ago. It’s a little smelly (as was the pillow I got), but they assure me that the smell will dissipate (as it did for the pillow). In the meantime, I’m looking forward to my first night on the thing.