Monterey Again
Category Archives: California
Back to the Garden
Spring is almost back and the rainy and relatively cold winter seems to have subsided. With items gifted to me from my friends in Oakland who are getting ready to put their house on the market and other items I plucked from my Mom’s house that is about to go on the market as well, together with clippings from some of her plants, Shando has been helping me to make some dramatic beautification to the backyard. I’m really putting my potting table to use. The pictures are the before and after of one area of the backyard, but the video shows more of the green thumb I’m trying to develop.
Post-fire Renovation of Mom’s House
My siblings and me in the kitchen of the family house in California that we grew up in on and off since 1971, a few days before my sister Sabina was born. Renovations will finally completed soon. Now that it doesn’t have an attached family room that was there for 27 years, you can see the Hayward Hills much easier, and it’s a lot brighter. The house isn’t even recognizable to us without Mom’s “stuffs.”
Zaleski Wilson
This site is password-protected until such time as Michael and Chris say they want some or all of the content allowed for public consumption.
Celebrated the union of Michael and Chris (with their dog Brillo) in Dublin, California. They are a very handsome and special couple, and we met a lot of wonderful people at their reception (they actually got married last December 24). The day of their reception was also very special to me because it would have been my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary!
Fort Bragg Trip
It rained a lot this weekend, but we got some great walks in, and I even ran into a co-worker when we stopped by Mendocino. There are so many charming areas like Glass Beach and the quaint downtown Fort Bragg that we really enjoy. We stayed at an Airbnb a few miles north of there and it was heavenly for the dogs to have so much space, even though it was saturated everywhere.
Valentine’s Day Feast
Shando cooked up a (vegetarian) storm with two other couples who we celebrated with in San Francisco. It was a Tuesday night so it didn’t go late, and we neglected to take pictures of the evening, but we pigged out on some of the great food including these two dishes Shando made (double-chocolate bread pudding with croissants and vegetable paella).
Granite Bay Visit for Late Xmas
Clearlake Trip
Palm Springs for New Years 2016-2017
The weather wasn’t much better than the Bay Area this trip, but we did see some of our current and former Bay Area friends like Keith Shackelford and Jamie Krznar (both pictured), Chris Wyant, his beau Daniel, and Rich Kraft.
December Dogs
Monte got to go to work with Brian for his startup while Shando and I were in Palm Springs. The other pictures are just general cuteness around the house.
