Last night was a wonderful event thanks too @hangar1distillery, @infatuation_sf and @lordstanley_sf. I bought a ticket to a vodka and dinner experience and that it was. The cocktails were not something I would normally drink – too sweet – but the food and venue were superb. A bus took all the participants too and from…
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Last night Jessica and I finally saw the rescheduled Massive Attack show here in #sf. We took our time, dressed up got there early ( too early perhaps) and got right up front. It was a fantastic show. Lots of covers – Velvet Underground, The Cure, Bauhaus – and with Elizabeth Frazier, Tricky and Horace…
The 31st August was two years since my mom died. This year felt rawer than last year. I suppose as you get further away, the knowledge about what you miss grows. I miss my mom, more than I can say. I did a yoga style class at gym and had two mimosas, as I knew…
My weekend in pictures! Delicious strawberry pancakes ( family style serving) Chicken and pork sausage with soft scrambled eggs All eaten at #earlytorise Grace Cathedral Wonderful verbena and coconut donut from @mrholmesbakehouse Dragon above a car workshop And Misfits posters @officialmisfits (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1XabTfJ8BH/?igshid=1rvjdkyloxyi1
Last night the sky soften and the moon rose. Such a lovely view outside my window. Waiting for full moon tmr night. #moon #ilikethemoon #augustmoon #sf (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1K2DEZpUYP/?igshid=4q52k330v909
Tonight I made this delicious 🤤 banana snacking cake with a caramel glaze. My apartment smells wonderful but I need to buy some minor baking pieces: measuring spoons, a softer and a whisk. And a butter melted for the stove top. Mainly as the caramel has lumps of confectioners sugar in it that I could…
Time for a change! Thank you @crystaljanescissorhands for getting me to a new colour! #bluehair #sunnyday #sf (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0_bwzCJDtb/?igshid=pinmxlzedtqr
My weekend in brief bursts! Spent with the lovely @niconography First up is the amazing uni pasta dish I ate @iyasareberkeley Next is the walk back to #bart: – perfect flower – the skyline with a sliver of the moon 🌙 – then a lonely phone at #bart platform The next day started with coffee…
Guess who made cookies finally! Yep me, I had to take them to work in case I ate them all, but I followed the recipe exactly, and although I read horror stories about them crumbling and falling apart they came out perfectly. #salted butter chocolate chunk shortbread” #alisonromancookies #saltedbutterchocolatechunkshortbread #cookieof2017 #success #nopicturesofbakedcookies (at San Francisco,…
This last weekend on walk around lake! Such lovely wildlife and plants. Saw ripening blackberries ( are some too) and lichen and so many dragonflies #weekend #bullardsbar #walk #flowers (at Bullards Bar Reservoir) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz__NEcpvVa/?igshid=e4hbhi3y60po
Camping/not camping trip with work. I stayed at an Airbnb near camp site, which is perfect. So first photo is after lake swimming, second photo is view from Airbnb and third photo is before swimming! #swimming #summer #california #weekendtrip (at Bullards Bar Reservoir) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz4S1sBJjOF/?igshid=rdsl6p0xx64n
Guess who got the coolest postcard from @daddyyoddle! Thank you Sean! I love it. #seanlbourne #og #waxnfacts #postcard #art (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzv-U4ZJYDA/?igshid=1sqhkmlmtvtmz
Saw my Granny Hilda today, she is almost 97, still has her teeth and sight and walking. She is hard of hearing but still going strong in all other ways. #granny #goingon97 #southafrica (at Gauteng) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzQBXQ4p93L/?igshid=1bzb9zrgke90g
My snapshots from today are not super exciting: a book, a jar of preserved gigs and grilled calamari but to me they mean a day of looking around, seeing a friend( @batmansa ) at the bookstore for coffee and cake, walking around @woolworths_sa and missing the food. Plus a lovely lunch filled with Greek food….
My day: beautiful proteas at the Protea Hotel:Fire and Ice. Crouching Angel by Anton Smit, and delicious jam donuts from pick and pay. (at Johannesburg) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzEDVYepuNk/?igshid=jxom61g4a26g