mainly may

This month, I visited home more for the animals than for the people:

 And I did a lot of sitting:

And visited Vesuvio, the hang out of Beatnik poets:

 And then we ventured into City Lights Bookstore:

And rode up the elevator in Coit Tower:

And walked down a lot of stairs:

Nick also bought a salami that is larger than his head:

 And I officially paid off all of my student loans:

We visited the Asian Museum of Art  for their amazing block print exhibit:

And we had a super classy date night:

My old roommate Lindsie came out for a visit:

 And we did the Bay to Breakers 12K Run without giving her any notice:

Things got quite fishy:

And crowded: 

 Then we met up with her high school friend and she took us to Fort Point:

Then we saw The Book of Mormon with Nick's family:

And added to our record collection: 

We happened upon a large group of elephant seals:

And Addie dug her own den:

Then we ate oysters at Nick's Cove:

Then we celebrated the end of Heidi's first year at Berkeley by going to Urban Putt: 

Then family visited and we outsmarted a zombie:

I cannot recommend this place enough: http://roomescapeadventures.com/sf/

 Then we visited Chinatown:

To sum it up, things got crazy. 

much love,
hedgie

when nick goes grocery shopping alone

Nick went out to get mushrooms for dinner and instead came back with two giant tubs of Nutella. Apparently, he is secretly 5.

Is it sad that you can see how far we have already gotten into the first jar?




much love,
hedgie

real book vs kindle

Whenever I'm online, I always see debates between people who read paper books and those who read on a Kindle.

I've seen epic battles wage in comment sections, going over the smells of new books and how it feels to hold something solid and heavy in your hands as you read or how easy it is to travel with a Kindle and how much space and trees it can save.
As a big reader and someone who brings more boxes of books that clothes every time I move, everyone always tries to pull me into the argument to fight in the name of real books.

But the truth is, if you're the type of person who spends their free time reading, whether a real book or on a Kindle, you are my type of person.




much love,
hedgie

field trip

A bus pulled up in front of the Asian Art Museum and a wave of kids came roaring out onto the steps right in front. Normally, this would not be a sight I would find remarkable, except that these 10-year old kids were about to be ushered through a museum that was currently running this exhibit:

Field trips have changed a lot since my day.




much love,
hedgie

actually april

This April, I broke in my new Moleskine notebook:

A car got driven into my apartment building:

We had Dim Sum in the park:

Reading, obviously:

I enjoyed the views:

And getting spoiled:

The first cheesecake I haven't wanted to spit out since being introduced to the Doughty cheesecake recipe. This was amazing:

I walked by a few protests while working:

And I got terrified by these statues that suddenly appeared one day:

FORTUNE CATE BRINGS YOU FORTUNE:

I got a side-hug from one of my childhood heroes when he was emceeing a dog show while wearing a hat that said "Nasty Girl" on it:

We joined the dog costume contest at DogFest:

We went on hikes with Addie and her backpack:

Then we all got freaked out at discovering that people can suffer reactions from poison oak anywhere from 2 hours to 5 days after exposure:

Then our friends took us to eat amazing sandwiches:

Nick and Addie teamed up to catch a moth:

I finally finished this knitting project. At the warmest season out here:

I started reading a new book while drinking wine from a teacup because I'm an adult:

Addie likes to make sure I don't forget about her even when I can't see her:

San Francisco is always stunning:

Seriously, how does it do this?:

I did some dog-sitting, but I'm still not entirely convinced this is a dog:

In an attempt to try every ice cream place out here, we trekked to Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous. It was seriously good stuff:

We met up with Nick's sister and visited the Weird Festival:

I guess it was weird, but it just felt like a super condensed version of what the city already is like--high people and naked elderly men:

We got a few accent walls painted to match my Buster Keaton poster:

And I got to dog-sit more:

Addie enjoyed hogging the pillows:

 
We got some rain:

This is what Easter with Nick's family looks like:

<3:

much love,
hedgie