Category: Sweet Sunshine
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Highlights: November 2019
Another month mash-up! At the beginning of the month, SMS and I took a walk over to the Cantor Arts Center. We enjoyed the temporary exhibit West x Southwest: Edward Weston and Ansel Adams. We also looked at the objects in the “Melancholy Museum,” an organized presentation of many items collected by Leland Stanford the…
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Highlights: October 2019
Wrapping up October with a quick fly-by! I have to be done by the New Year- new resolution, more frequent blogging. This has only been made and broken many times! So, first things first. The above picture is from a dresser I have from my parents. It dates back to childhood and I just recently…
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Highlights: September 2019
The biggest highlight of all was my beautiful sister, lovely husband, and cutest baby had their wedding/celebration of love in Minneapolis. They held it at Summit Manor but the whole weekend was a whirlwind of festivities and family time. The wedding itself was 1 Sept so here we are with the main event in the…
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Highlights: August 2019 (Part 1: Road Trip Edition)
SMS and I are YouTube stars. Yes, really! Ok, no, not so much. But we do have our own channel with 11 subscribers and a few hundred views. We’re going to go viral any….second… But, yes, I’m going to be a little bit lazy and start off with the YouTube channel first since it covers…
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Recreating a Moment, 7 years later…
SMS and I met seven years ago as I cut across Balboa Park during December Nights to meet up with a group of friends. On the way, I saw two other friends whom I hadn’t expected to see. I popped my head over the wall, called out their last name, and SMS thought that this…
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3 Day Weekend in Northern California
After a half-day of clinic, I raced to the airport and boarded my flight to California. Several hours later, I was picked up at the airport by SMS, which was such a treat. Usually I arrive super-late and take a ride-share home but Friday was special! We headed into Palo Alto and bought tasty salads…
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5 Days in Playa del Carmen, Mexico
So, this Christmas brought a travel first for me. I went to Mexico! Yes, it’s almost strange to admit I’ve never been since I was in San Diego for so long but it’s a fact. Of course, when I went to Otay Mesa during my Kaiser residency days, I was almost in Mexico. Early in…
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Jamestown, with and without an “E”
SMS and I spent the Thanksgiving weekend in the Tidewater area of Virginia. Since we were in such a historic part of the country, we decided to check out the former site of Jamestown, the first permenent English colony in the U.S. SMS had been there when he was in junior high and remembered the…
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Real Housewife of Silicon Valley
So, after an amazing Napa trip with my professional wine-tasting in-laws, I took the week off and did my best impression of a Real Housewife of Silicon Valley. Mainly, this meant that I went to expensive boutique exercise classes. I went to my favorite SPX pilates class and realized that my core has no strength.…
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CA Weekend: Wooden Spoon, Windy Hill, Rose Garden
SMS and I had another amazing California weekend! The weather was gorgeous and we spent a lot of time outside. On Saturday, we started off in San Francisco at the Wooden Spoon. It’s located next to the Swedish-American Hall and has some Swedish-inspired dishes for breakfast/lunch/brunch. I got the most Swedish dish of Swedish pancakes…
Portmanteau Suitcase 