Archive for August 2009

Angel Island

Planning a big group trip kind of sucks – lots of people canceling at the last minute, having to get food, book accommodations, find transportation, and finally, when we’re ready to go, a fire in Yosemite cancels the trip. But, not to be deterred, we threw together a last minute trip to Angel Island in [...]

Crabbing and Biking

Last week was spent BBQing and Biking and this weekend was much in the same. Not that it’s a bad thing. Saturday was spent in San Francisco, meeting up first with some friends for lunch at Taylor’s in the Ferry Building. We headed up to the SF Municipal Pier to try our luck catching [...]

BBQ and Biking

The new grill got its first real workout this weekend. A BBQ! We invited some friends over for a potluck. We ended up grilling corn, chicken, scallops, pork tenderloin, and sausages. On top of that, there was freshly made guacamole and hummus, pesto pizza bagels, mac ‘n cheese, sushi, strawberries, cookies, and apple pie. Literally [...]

Grillin’

It was a busy weekend – dinner with Kolina’s parents and then poker at Jon’s on Friday. G.I. Joe on Saturday. Santa Cruz on Sunday.
But, the focus of this post is that I bought a grill this weekend. With all the great weather in the Bay Area and no outdoor cooking to show for it, [...]

Samurai 710s Post-Wash!

After 137 days of wear and tear, I washed my Samurai 710s. I already blogged about this, but here are the results!  Exciting, huh?
Before:

From Samurai 710's

After:

From Samurai 710's

Much darker, right? Well, this was within minutes of taking them out of the wash. They were really damp and air drying took almost 24 hours. I drove [...]