  For more than a week now, I've had great intentions of writing this wonderful recap of our San Francisco trip. All I've been able to post so far are some pictures on my urlLink photolog , and the RiBity series below. I expect that I'll be posting pictures from the trip off and on, so I'll just&nbsp;explain about that part of the trip whenever I put up a picture or two. Since it's unlikely that I'll ever sit down and write a full-fledged review of our trip, let me just list some of the highlights: introducing Mark to the&nbsp;Country Cousin Restaurant&nbsp;(in Centralia, WA) -- a long standing family tradition.
riding the BART to Berkeley -SFMoMA in all its glory -visiting Alcatraz (a real surprise since I wasn't really excited about going) urlLink seeing my first ever Keith Haring public art! stumbling upon urlLink KidRobot in the Haight and developing an instant addiction to urlLink small urlLink expensive urlLink toys getting off the freeway in Mountain View (on our way to Santa Cruz) to find Google, and finding it! we didn't show our true geek colors and&nbsp;get out and take any pictures or anything -- they had someone at the parking lot entrance questioning visitors so we headed back to the freeway meeting more&nbsp;of my&nbsp;husband's family!
(cousin and partner, this time! ) &nbsp; Life is busy these days, what with my full time job (sitting at my desk surfing the web all day), my part time job (assisting with cooking classes), and a new hobby... I'm always looking for fun crafty things to try. Usually I end up buying a ton of supplies and never quite get fully into it right away.
urlLink This blogger has&nbsp;inspired me&nbsp;to try embroidery and found that I really like it, and I think that's because I can get away with doing small projects which keep my attention, rather than taking on something gigantic and losing interest an hour into it.&nbsp;Thanks, Receptionista! (Visit her urlLink company site and buy some goods!!! Her designs are adorable and original! ) Since I'm not busy at work these days, I'll try to bring in some photos from SF to manipulate and post. I know you can hardly wait. :-/&nbsp; 
