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Hoppy Halloween!

Hoppy Halloween!

Oct 31, ’10 · by Denise · in At home

This could potentially be our cutest Halloween yet: Basil sniffed a pumpkin, the presence of cute animals at the apple farm, Curtis and I went as matching safari man & giraffe, and there was a bunny-kitten pumpkin! A Halloween this cute doesn’t come without it’s sacrifices though. Curtis and I had a long day trying to come up with a Halloween costume for him, which almost resulted in a dollar…

An extra "E", is that nessesary? Really, Renaissance Faire?

An extra “E”, is that nessesary? Really, Renaissance Faire?

Oct 16, ’10 · by Denise · in On Adventures

Due to the standby reason of having nothing better to do on the weekend Curtis and I agreed to attend the Northern California Renaissance  Faire, and then I found out that we were expected to dress up. I mean I knew people dressed up for these sorts of events, but thought they were not the sort of people we hung out with. Turns out I was wrong, and thus I…

In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, and in 2010 Curtis & Denise biked past a winery or two

In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, and in 2010 Curtis & Denise biked past a winery or two

Oct 11, ’10 · by Denise · in On Adventures

Not postponing going to Murphys and doing this bike loop any long Curtis and I set out on a couple day long adventure. Our Goals were to: Enjoy the wine and chocolate flight in town Find the vegetarian restaurant we have heard good things about Camp on the cheap Bike the loop that my road bike was dreading (GRAVEL!!!) What was accomplished instead was: Took Curtis’s new Focus on it’s…

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass makes me think I don’t know what bluegrass really is.

Oct 3, ’10 · by Denise · in On Adventures

There is a very well-to-do person who loves the idea of a lots of free  blue grass music, dirty pot-smoking hippies, and peacefully, but loudly,  taking over the Golden Gate Park for one weekend a year.  They call this phenomenon “Hardly Strictly Bluegrass”. Although I am still trying, and failing, to become a bluegrass fan, Curtis (+ all of his work buddies) were going. How could I really turn down my first big California Dirty Hippie festival anyhow?

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