Annual holiday display in Livermore, California
Deacon Dave’s 2010
Tag: Personal
The Person Family Chocolate Chip Pie Recipe
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...
Room to Grow: Lessons from Big Fish
When our environments limit our potential, sometimes we need a larger bowl Like goldfish, we grow to fit the space we're given I generally don't watch a lot of movies, but particularly liked this excerpt from the Tim Burton movie Big Fish: Finding Your Space to Thrive In life, we all need room to grow. If your bowl is too small for your life or ambitions, find a different bowl and grow to be happy!
Running Like A Girl 2010
Christina and I finished the 2010 SF Nike Woman's Half Marathon with an overall time of 3:31:24 which is 28 minutes faster than last year. If you look at the pace and the rank it isn't stellar but I wouldn't exactly call myself an athlete either. I woke up at 4am to get over to Christina's so it was a very early start to our day. Got some coffee and cash and we made it...
Napa
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...
Clearwater, FL Panorama
Made it to Clearwater, FL today for a conference and some fun over the next few days. This is the view from my hotel room and yes I love Florida so far. I've been to Florida a few times prior to this, but I haven't been able to experience it like I will these next few days. Hoping to get in the ocean tomorrow for a swim before the events start. Yes, I know I...