Queen of Wonder

Michael and I got a rare chance to explore San Francisco (also known as The City in my house) without the kids yesterday and - we had a lovely time. If I am exploring a new city (or a city I know well but have not been to in a while) I am a happy happy girl.  We started our adventure at Flax . Flax is an art supply store that has any art supply you might need, as well as a mind boggling room full of beautiful paper, there is also a great selections of pens, stationary, gifts, picture frames, journals, kids art supplies, books- you name it and your art fantasies are within reach. I could browse...

          Today we walked out the front door and down the street to the hippy and fun Fairfax Festival . Gotta love a parade that features more tie dye than not, spawning salmon float and lessons about landfill. Yes people, this is Marin County and we are teaching our kids to be GREEN. Sat by this cute dog at the parade and loved the Star Trek finale. Trekkies made a little play about how there were alien life forces coming to Fairfax and then, instead of offering to blast them to smithereens, they proposed befriending the aliens. PC and hilarious.     We stopped...

For the first part of our anniversary celebration, we decided to drive to Healdsburg (where we got married 11 years ago) and go for a bike ride. I was able to find a good map for a fairly easy 12 mile ride through Dry Creek Valley. We were both a little apprehensive. Michael not knowing how his knee would do because he had surgery for a torn meniscus a while back, and I just plain haven't been riding in I don't know even how long. But since the map and directions said the ride was suitable for recreational riders we decided to give it a try. We started out our ride from the public parking lot behind...