it’s always kind of hard to predict how good a restaurant is, even with the reviews. we went to “squids” and were pleasantly surprised. it was nice casual seafood restaurant, joe had a really good clam chowder and my trout was grilled just right. steamed oysters with all its trimmings. i think we may be read more
finally, the first hot pot of the season! we tried to wait for it to get a bit colder, but couldn’t wait any longer. nothing a bit of AC can’t fix!!
with joe finished with his conference, we had one day to do some sightseeing as a family. first we stopped by alamo square for a view of the famous “pink ladies”, a row of victorian houses, with the city in the background. architecture was generally very interesting, especially when virtually everything is built on a read more
day three. while joe was still busy at the conference, rebecca and i were able to spend the day with our family. first we went to the beautiful japanese tea garden in golden gate park. jadon checking out the coy fish. i loved the beautiful trees. then we went to the embarcadero where we enjoyed read more
we’ve been looking forward to this trip for a long time now. joe is attending the Society of Biblical Literature conference and since his brother and family live in the area, we’ve made it a family trip to San Francisco! the flight from north carolina was painfully long, but we all survived, eventhough we arrived read more
in the week leading up to our trip, we kept getting forecasts for rain and thunderstorms. so we were really happy when we woke up and saw some blue sky peaking through. we decided to take full advantage of it and drive south along the cape hatteras national seashore. first, we visited the bodie island read more
the outer banks is a long strip of narrow islands on the east coast of north carolina. our destination was the town of kill devil hills, a four hour drive from chapel hill. we set off on our roadtrip in the morning, just in time for morning nap. after a lengthy nap, it was perfect read more
helen is visiting us this week in chapel hill! after church we went to “weathervane restaurant” for an authentic southern brunch, complete with biscuits and grits. i think the waiter thought we were a bit dim for asking “what are grits?”, a southern staple. but now we know, it’s kind of like a porridge made read more
happy 13 months! and to celebrate, here’s another meal time video.
grocery shopping at whole foods. green beans, yeah! i like the colour blocking.