weekend at Olema~

Thank you matt for making fun weekend!
First, we stopped at Sol Food
and got these

and these

Then drove to Olema to our hotel~

this is our room back yard view~

Spent some time reading at cafe

had dinner.
matt went healthy...
but me, I needed to try mac and 6 different cheese...

must play Scrabbles.

found new friend to play pool.

morning push ups

went to coffee shop in the barn

visited bear valley visitor center

walked earthquake trail.
this is that famous fence. yes, that famous fence...

more driving. nice day.
next time, we are coming here by bike!

stopped at rancho nicasio!

where matt fought with bear.

thanks for fun weekend matt!
happy 1 year~

diet??

no. eating great diet!
burrito and beer. haven't done that for a while~

tempura soba and beer

great Italian and wine

Fresh artichoke and beer

YakiniQ and beer

great home made umeboshi by aiko-san.
nice and sour~

Tosh's wife's job

Soujin chan, Tosh's wife is working hard to keep her husband happy.
newest update from the husband...
I feel smart just looking at this chart!

Tosh says:
Now I can even predict how much work she will do in the future! Yup, that's around 300 micrograms per day in my apartment. That's probably the amount that comes in through the building plus the stuff that I bring in and shed.

he also says:
I'm thinking about staying somewhere for a week and keep measuring and then I'll have an idea about how much stuff I'm bringing into the apartment. That'll basically show how dirty I am.

What a great couple!!!

snow~

Never thought we will see snow this season...
but we did,
and we saw a lot!
powder up to waist,
we spent more time getting out of snow then actually on the snow.
it felt like I was swimming in the snow...

on the way home
snow snow snow.
needed to stop few times to get the ice / snow off from the window.

hope to come visit one more time this season~

sun is back!

fist time in long time to see the sun back in Oakland!

went to Farmer's market. always great to see many colors~

my fist blood Orange.
it was sweet.
so we got 2.

cute tulips. but did not buy them.
extra few dollar goes to more food!!!

found this cute alley in Tamescal.

looks like more stores are opening

cute

with the food we got today.
cocked rice with yogurt, turmeric, onion, chick peas
tuna with ginger sauce
broccoli and beets salad!

Wonderful eat @ skook~

visitor from LA! we went to skool for fun time.

started off with taco.

oyster and bubble

crab ball

ceviche

pork slider

Uni flan!!!!!

squid ink pasta!

panna cotta

blue cheese cake.
amazing combination with jyunmaki ginjyo~

never ever fail. soooo good!
thanks skool~!

happy birthday backy san!

it was my beautiful friend, backy san's birthday!
we spent good weekend in napa.
started with Mediterranean at small world restaurant.
was gooood~

checked in at hotel

and went off to wine tasting

walking distance from the wine tasting place, we went to Allegria for birthday dinner

Happy birthday~ ♬ (#1)

after dinner, we hit pool at the hotel.
this is us walking through hotel lobby with robe!

at night, backy san did facial in hotel room.
my face clean than ever!

next morning, starts with another candle time. (#2)

at breakfast (#3)

in the car (#4)

drove almost 2 hours from napa to Wilbur spa.
it's hot spring time!
open the gate by hand, and drive up for another 5 miles or so
then we are here.
on the left, it's hot spring.
water was pretty green.
i should say natural as it can get!?

after spending good long hours in hot spring, we went back to calistoga for another birthday dinner!
yey~

fun time, good food and drinks.

candle #5. till next year...
Happy birthday!