What’s easier: 1) Blowing up a balloon or 2) making it into an octopus? I’ll give you a hint… one is impossible and one is pictured. I am sure you’ve all seen a clown or street performer in your life whip out one of those balloon-animal-balloons, give it a little tug, and then inflate itContinue reading “Mermaid Party Pt. 1 – Octopus Balloon Animal Dance Party”
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Reindeer Food
Right now my house looks like a Michael’s craft store exploded all over it. It’s the bits and pieces that remain after a weekend of DIY mermaid birthday party compulsion and my poor burnt-out self cannot lift a finger to fix it right now. I also can’t write about it yet, it’s too fresh (andContinue reading “Reindeer Food”
Restaurant Challenge: El Caballo Wraps
I’ve seen this place many times but never thought to try it because A) the entire point of this restaurant challenge is to break our taqueria pattern and B) I was biased. Sorry, but it has the word “Wraps” in its name. It just reminds me of those chains that wrap things like rice, broccoli,Continue reading “Restaurant Challenge: El Caballo Wraps”
THANKSGIVING COOKING: KID COOKS RULE
Our Thanksgiving cook-off was a major success. So much so that we unanimously voted it the 1st annual Family Thanksgiving Cook-off (we need a better name). The food was great, the kids really helped with every dish, and nobody got hurt except me who managed about five minor burns while trafficking pies in and outContinue reading “THANKSGIVING COOKING: KID COOKS RULE”
Thanksgiving: Paper Mache Turkey
We wanted to make a turkey centerpiece for our Holiday Cook Off. Now, see, I have issues. A project like this originates simply enough. Like “oh, let’s just cut out some hand-turkeys, color them and call it a day.” But then this weird part of me takes over. It starts with a “Hmm, how canContinue reading “Thanksgiving: Paper Mache Turkey”
Thanksgiving Cooking: Kids + Knives + Fire. This will end well.
Who out there watched Masterchef Junior? Seriously, if you didn’t you should. And if you did, you are probably thinking what underachievers your own kids are at this point. I kid, I kid… but these were some pretty amazing 9-13 year old kids wielding some serious cooking skills and restaurant quality dishes. This is theContinue reading “Thanksgiving Cooking: Kids + Knives + Fire. This will end well.”
Adventuring: Fruitvale Dia De Los Muertos Festival
Today’s adventure was a local one as we headed over the bridge to the Dia De Los Muertos Festival in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. At the risk of making myself look shallow, I will admit that I am one of those fans of Dia De Los Muertos that loves it mostly for aesthetic reasons.Continue reading “Adventuring: Fruitvale Dia De Los Muertos Festival”
Halloween: Pt 1
Remember Halloween when you were a kid? How good was Halloween. Throwing together some funky diy costume, grabbing a pillowcase for your candy haul, running around with the neighborhood crew until well after dark… adult-free. Then coming home, dumping out your candy piles, trading with your brother while your mom checked for rumored razors. GoodContinue reading “Halloween: Pt 1”
Adventuring: Mystery Spot
One of the downsides of having so much info at our fingertips is that there’s little mystery left in the world. Everything has been proved, disproved, researched, explained. I’m semi-revolting against this as I fight the urge to google the truth about the Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz, instead choosing to live in the weirdnessContinue reading “Adventuring: Mystery Spot”
Restaurant Challenge: Sidestreet Pho
OK people, dreams have come true this time around on the restaurant challenge. My children actual begged to return to a Vietnamese restaurant we recently picked from the bucket. Never mind that it’s mostly due to a dessert piled high with mango shaved ice, bits of marshmallow, and tapioca pearls. I love Vietnamese food. IContinue reading “Restaurant Challenge: Sidestreet Pho”
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