I am pleased to report that we found an amazing egg hunt last weekend. I’m going to be selfish and won’t divulge the location because I wouldn’t want the PEZ incident, where parents stampeded a children’s egg hunt, to happen…
Egg Hunt and Other Operational Fails
Last weekend, we went to the Alameda Park and Recreation Department’s Splash Into Spring Egg Scramble. It was fun. The weather cooperated. There were plenty of lawn games, several tables setup for arts & crafts, and the Easter Bunny was…
Self Help: Meditation
Something I have been doing regularly the past few months is meditating. I wish I could say I do it daily, but I mainly do it on the weekdays when I’m commuting into work. Without the commute on the weekends,…
Throwback Thursday: Spellbound
It’s been one of those hectic weeks (they all are!) so I thought I’d post a vintage photo of myself from 1989. I was 13 years old and in the 8th grade. I had won my school spelling bee, which…
Spotlight on Catholicism
The other night, Dean and I watched Spotlight which is nominated for several Academy Awards including Best Picture. I’m going to take a different format with this post and interview myself based on questions I’ve been asked in the past…
Morning Commute: Guns Drawn, Police Chase
I take casual carpool from Alameda to downtown San Francisco to work every morning. Casual carpool is one option for commuting in the Bay Area in which drivers pickup additional passengers. This benefits the driver since the toll is reduced and the…
“I desire mercy, not sacrifice” (Matthew 9:13)
It’s Ash Wednesday which kicks off the Catholic Lenten season: 40+ days of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving before Easter Sunday. In Pope Francis’s message for Lent 2016, which he begins with the gospel verse “I desire mercy, not sacrifice,” he…
Super Puppy Bowl
San Francisco is hosting Super Bowl 50 which has turned our downtown into Super Bowl City. Because of the tourists, traffic and rerouting, I have to leave work an extra 30 minutes early to make sure I’m on time to…
Self Help: Acupuncture
I was really sick this past week, wasted away to nothing. When the nurse checked my weight, she practically jumped back, she couldn’t believe the scale. I frowned, “I know, I have no appetite. But I’m also only 4’10”!” I…
$700 and Better than Powerball Lottery
Who wasn’t dreaming about winning the Powerball lottery of $1.5 billion, the largest jackpot in world history? But can you imagine how stressful that would be? Hiring lawyers, financial advisors, and bodyguards! I read that someone matched 5 of the…