Baseball playoffs and Halloween work out perfectly when the Giants are in the World Series. Orange October for everyone! San Francisco has Giants fever and what a better way to celebrate Halloween than with a World Series Champs Parade? I can’t think of any. So go light your SF Giants pumpkin. Make yourself a SF Giants brownie treat. And go trick-or-treating dressed as the SF Giants MVP himself. Happy Halloween! [...]
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Birthday gifts are always difficult to buy, especially as we get older. My brother and I still exchange presents every year, but usually we make it easy on each other with a one item wish list. Fortunately enough, I had a great idea hidden in my back pocket for this year’s present. During my brother’s college years, I have reason to believe that Conor spent more time playing wiffle ball [...]
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This is a guest post from my friend, Jeffrey (you may recognize him from his sweet dance moves). He has been a loyal follower of teaspoon since day 1 and has always expressed interest in writing a guest post. One and a half years of brainstorming his potential post topics, he finally found something he is VERY passionate about; the Bloody Mary. I know this because I have been part [...]
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Ever since my friends and I joined the “real world,” we don’t have the luxurious summers off to do whatever we please. To make a summer Wednesday night a little more exciting, I invited my girlfriends to “Camp Caitlin’s” for a movie night in. We ate pizza & salad, drank wine, and enjoyed some ice cream, courtesy of Skinny Cow. Oh and we watched a classic girly movie. Twenty-five years [...]
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I have a love-hate relationship with Groupons (note that I refer to ‘groupons’ as the term for daily deal sites just as I would say ‘kleenex’ to describe tissues- you with me?). When they first became popular, I was unemployed and was buying them like it was my job. My reasoning was that I needed to “experience city life” on my measly babysitting salary. Well, let’s just say I bit [...]
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Boy have I been trying to go to this restaurant for a long time now! Finally, the Thursday night dinner crew made it to Zero Zero, but on a Friday night. It was a nice day outside and I had and hour to kill, so I walked the three miles from work to the restaurant. While walking, I was entertained by my Gram on the phone who told me all [...]
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The past two Thursday nights I have had sushi for dinner, and the past two following Fridays, we have had sushi in the office for lunch. This Thursday, I got smart and did NOT eat sushi so I could be excited for sushi Friday. Even though I love sushi, two days in a row, two weeks in a row was a little overkill. Ever since moving to San Francisco, I have had a [...]
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My usual Saturday consists of morning yoga, a chai latte, some sort of baking/crafting in the afternoon, and hopefully an evening outing. A few Saturdays ago was no different (well, plus a haircut). My friends Jesse and Lisa, who are fellow lovers of cooking and baking, were hosting a wine pairing party. The basis was that we would have several different courses and each dish was paired with a particular [...]
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At one point in time, our Thursday night dinners actually happened close to every Thursday night. But now, they occur more like once a month. Thursdays aren’t nearly as fun when we don’t get to go to dinner, but we found a way to make up for it. Whenever we haven’t been in a while, we decide to treat ourselves to some place fancy. White table cloths and all. And [...]
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I got an invite to my coworkers cooking club, and not gonna lie, I felt pretty special. She has been talking about this exclusive cooking club since I met her two years ago and I guess I bugged her enough that she decided to let me come. There are currently six members in the NBCC (North Beach Cooking Club) and they meet every Monday night at Taria’s apartment. They switch [...]
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