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France-y Pants: A Themed Party
Foodie / France / Friends / Menlo Park

France-y Pants: A Themed Party

Posted on: January 19, 2026January 19, 2026

France-y Pants: Overview Since our trip to France, SMS and I have wanted to throw a party featuring some of our favorite things from the trip. I sent […]

November recap
Menlo Park / NaBloPoMo

November recap

Posted on: November 30, 2025December 7, 2025

What a fun month! And thanks to NaBloPoMo, it’s very well-documented! I feel like there was a lot of time off that was pretty relaxing. SMS and I […]

Thanksgiving Friday
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Thanksgiving Friday

Posted on: November 28, 2025

These long holiday weekends can be so lazy! SMS had a pleasant surprise when he realized he had the day off today. He didn’t know. When I wrote […]

Thanksgiving rundown
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Thanksgiving rundown

Posted on: November 27, 2025November 28, 2025

What a great Thursday! lol- Happy Thanksgiving! I finished Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Decent. I am impressed by TJR’s ability to write compellingly readable books, even if […]

Local bars
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Local bars

Posted on: November 15, 2025November 15, 2025

I’ve been light on the photos lately, but here’s one from last week and it will drive the theme of today’s post, local bars. Alpine Inn The photo […]

Weekend Wrap-Up
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Weekend Wrap-Up

Posted on: November 9, 2025November 9, 2025

I am having design issues with my titles. Do I start with a capitalized letter and then have the remainder lower case or do I capitalize all the […]

Eichler Mid-century Dream
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Eichler Mid-century Dream

Posted on: March 25, 2024March 25, 2024

Hello from our new $6.4 mid-century dream house! It only needs a little bit of updating. SMS, in his role as “Old Man Menlo,” was reading our local […]

Menlo Park Staycation Weekend
Menlo Park

Menlo Park Staycation Weekend

Posted on: February 28, 2024February 28, 2024

What follows is a very poorly photo-documented Staycation but I wanted to write out what we did with my parents when they visited over President’s weekend. As a […]

I want a dog!
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I want a dog!

Posted on: November 26, 2023February 26, 2024

A unexpected benefit of staying in town for Thanksgiving is that we were able to dog sit a neighbor’s dog! Meet Maui, ichiban kawai inu! He’s like a […]

Books / Friends / Menlo Park

February- First Half

Posted on: February 16, 2023February 27, 2023

I am lucky that I am here to write about this month. Did you think I died? Well, this little bird almost gave me a heart attack. I […]

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