Moving Day!

I've decided to move over to tumblr. See you there! http://jessicapatrice.tumblr.com/

The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Of course I am talking about the internet. Yesterday new Broken Social Scene - today LCD Soundsystem? Oh internet, I love you.

Day Bow Bow

I had to.

Man's Best Friend

Don't we just love our dogs? I love dogs. I want a puppy. Stat. Here are a couple of my faves. This first little one is my mom's - don't be fooled by the cuteness, she's the boss:

And this is Lola! She's our friend's dog, and she's awfully cute too.

Ah, Monday in the books. Yay.

Thursday Music

Local Natives - Airplane

In the homestretch for the weekend.

Week 11: Battle Farmer's Market

I have an obsession with Food Network. Particularly, Iron Chef. For those that don't watch Iron Chef, basically the premise is that two world class chefs have one hour to make a 5 course meal & all of the courses have to contain the secret ingredient. The secret ingredient is usually something kind of weird and generally inedible like grouper fish or smelly cheese or coxcombs and the idea is that these chefs are so amazing that they'll actually make 5 tasty dishes out of it. A month or so ago, I was watching Iron Chef America and the battle was farmer's market. SNOOZE. I wish I could find The Soup clip where Joel McHale summarizes my feelings about this, but alas, internet, you have failed me. The chairman of Iron Chef is the best part of the show, he's serious about his food and can pull off a mean backflip - check out the clip below at around 3:55 - or don't, either way.

This week we headed down to the Palo Alto Farmer's Market on California Ave. I've said it before and I'll say it again - I love Palo Alto. It reminds me a lot of Boulder, there's a mix between college kids, academics, high tech nerds, and hippies. Throw in a farmer's market and you've got a good Sunday. Like every farmer's market there was fresh produce and meats - but unlike farmer's markets I've been to, this one also had a band with an accordion and a man riding a bike from 1891 (he even has a website! www.bikeroute.com).

More on Flickr.

Week 10: Point Lobos

Can I start by saying: Any place who's official name ends with "-by-the-Sea" I automatically love. I mean, really, Carmel-by-the-Sea, how cute is that?

My other family, the Moreci's, invited us to join them on a day trip to Carmel (by-the-Sea) and to Point Lobos and we were happy to oblige. I kind of love the fact that California has no seasons... it rains here and there over the 'winter' months and then it becomes summer again. This means 70 degree beach days in March. WIN.

Anyway, the town of Carmel is adorable. There are all kinds of cute little restaurants and shops lining Ocean Ave - Cottage of Sweets? Doggie boutique? Don't mind if I do! Definitely going back.

We spent the majority of the afternoon at Point Lobos - I seriously cannot believe I'd never been there before - it's gorgeous. And, bonus, you don't have to hike too much to get around the park (for the non-hikers like myself). Aside from the incredible views and rock formations around the park, there is a TON of wild life. It was very National Geographic.

Pretty happy with the way that the photos came out - even thought my battery died toward the end of the trip (note to self: buy a second battery). I had some fun giving the ones below a retro-like feel.

And of course, there are more and more and more pictures on Flickr.