Christina and I hiked the Pleasanton Ridge and had a great time today. We couldn't have asked for better weather, but I think we both got more sun than we intended. I spilled some iced coffee on my shirt about 25 minutes into the hike, if you're wondering what is up with that. I know who hikes with coffee? Yeah Jeremy does and that didn't work out so well for me. About 40 minutes into...
If you are ever in St. Helena, just outside of Napa, be sure and check out Dean & Deluca. The only thing I make sure and buy every time I'm there is Cock & Bull Ginger Beer. I'm pretty sure it is the most manly soda a person can drink if that is what you are going for in life (me...not so much...I just love bold tastes). I'm also a grocery geek, and this is...
The Pursuit of Happiness Are Americans Becoming Less Happy? Has anyone else noticed that more and more Americans are unhappy? According to WolframAlpha, 1 in 164, or just over 2.5 million Americans are diagnosed with depression every year. Also, according to the same source, the US average age for depression is 44 for males and 47 for females. There doesn't seem to be a correlation of age, weight, and height to depression either. Demographic Factors...
Person Family Chocolate Chip Pie An Open-Source Family Recipe Better Than Colonel Sanders' Secret Chicken Christina made me chocolate chip pie which is my all-time favorite dessert (besides ice cream) for Thanksgiving. Colonel Sanders had his finger licking good chicken, but the Person family has its chocolate chip pie. It isn't very open source of the Colonel to keep his chicken recipe all to himself. Heat milk & marshmallows and stir until marshmallows dissolve. Add...
Christina and I went to Napa for a date day about a month ago and I never got around to posting the pictures. While we were there we went to the Culinary Institute for lunch and then we stopped off at Dean and Deluca's. The Culinary Institute was fun because it isn't something you do every day and it is fun to watch the students cooking in the open kitchens. Dean and Deluca's was also...
I had heard about Humphry Slocombe's from word of mouth and knowing we'd likely be in the area today we were able to stop by and try it. I had the chocolate ice cream with smoked sea salt and it was amazing. Christina had "Elvis has entered the building" which has banana, bacon, and peanut brittle ice cream. As you can see the line was 10-15 people out the door and we passed by it...