pink sky night

Clouds rolled in. Clouds broke up just a bit. We headed out for an evening of exploring.

I guess working on catching up with my PAD project has got me thinking in really short sentences. Really short. On Sunday, Lukas and I headed up the coast to check out the Sutro Baths. We're never been there and the skies were look optimistically promising. But the winds when we got there were biting. So, we continued exploring {on foot} up the coast.

The trail just seemed to keep going and often the greenery blocked our view out to the ocean. We pressed on and made it to the trail down to Mile Rock. And from that little beach we found a labyrinth and Lands End. The sky did not disappoint the optimists. Wispy clouds pink, puff clouds with texture.

The view was impressive.

the best kind of green

A break in the weather... {yes, we're finally getting some rain this winter!} and we were up at sunrise to take advantage. But the break only meant no rain at those early morning hours and no sunrise colors made it past the cloud bank. From the pitstop in Sausalito and then the Headlands we continued north up 101. Someone left the directions in their purse at home {not pointing fingers} and winging it took us in one big circle. Loop completed, we got the right exit that took us past scenery eerily similar {yeah, big circle} and we found our way to Cataract Falls.

Gushing water was quite impressive. Yay for the rain! And the greens in the forest were really popping. Happy St. Patricks Day!

meatless monday, tapas tuesday and other such things

Two weeks ago, Lukas and I sat around meal planning and not really making much headway. We'd really been stuck for quite some time with deciding what to have for dinners. Recently, we'd been making that decission moments before I'd leave work. I'd stop at the store on the way home and that'd be that. Except that meant often repeating dinners and lack of imagination. So, back to two weeks ago...

Lukas said, "How about trying Meatless Monday?" And I said, "Sure!" And that snowballed themes for the rest of the days. Our alliterative powers were mad at work. Here's what we came up with:

• Souper Salad Sunday {go to 2:20, but the whole thing is really funny}
• Meatless Monday
• Tapas Tuesday
• Weber Wednesday
• Bizarre Bazaar Thursday
• Fryday Friday
• Wild Card Saturday

Ok, so they're not all alliterative, but you try thinking of something great to go with Thursday. And we NEEDED a wild card day. Weber Wednesday is our BBQ day and Bizarre Bazaar Thursday is our day for international fare.

We're in the second week of themed meal planning and it has made things easier. We're trying new things again and having fun doing it. Other constraints to keep us healthy{er} include only one cheesy meal a week, potatoes only twice, one soda/beer a week, and one dessert a week. Also, we're trying to eat seasonly too. Hence the "What's in season" page at the top.

Happy eatin'!