by NYCGirl
on February 18, 2013
This week is “Ski Week”, which means that kids in Marin get the entire week off to go to their second homes in Tahoe to ski (for reals!). For me and my kids, it means a week of being tourists in our own town. We bowled, overdosed on candy and hot chocolate, played in the sand and had a blast! Even though the week is not yet over, here are some of the highlights:
- A trip to the Jellybelly Factory in Fairfield for a (free) tour of the factory and subsequent gorge on Jellybeans. Better get a bucket.
- Frolicking in the sun on “Kayak Beach” (Schoonmaker Point Marina) in Sausalito where we gathered seashells, designed a sand city and got real messy. Yes, I know it’s February–suck it East Coasters!
- Bowling at Country Club Bowl, a huge bowling alley in San Rafael. CCB has 40 lanes, lighter bowling balls for the younger set and bumper lanes to keep kids from getting frustrated with the inevitable gutter balls. There is a pizza joint on premises and a lounge that serves 40 beers on tap. I love a place that has something for everyone!
- Game night by the fire with the most amazing artisanal hot chocolate on a stick from San Francisco-based company, Ticket Kitchen. The luscious squares melt in a few minutes in steamed milk and come in tempting flavors like salted caramel, spiced ginger, three chili and french truffle to name a few. The hot chocolate is to die for, their website is a visual feast, and the coolest part? The company was started by two Bay Area mamas!
Ski Week rocks!
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by NYCGirl
on December 2, 2013
I have what may be viewed by some as an irrational, exuberant, over the top love of stairs. It began when a friend introduced me to the stairs on Magnolia Street in Larkspur. I climbed them each morning for months then moved on to the six hundred plus stairs at the foot of the Dipsea [...]
by NYCGirl
on June 15, 2013
Women of Marin, put down that logo handbag! You buy your organic dairy from grass-fed cows lovingly raised on a nearby farm. You scour the farmer’s market for produce picked mere hours before being sold at the stand. When you do actually eat carbohydrates, you buy locally prepared artisanal bread and pasta. The fact is, [...]
by NYCGirl
on May 30, 2013
If you stop by the Off the Grid Picnic at the Presidio, be sure to come hungry. Every Sunday between March through October from 11-4 the Main Post Lawn is lined with vendors from some of San Francisco’s best restaurants, farmer’s markets and retail shops. They even have games for the kids and, my favorite, [...]
by NYCGirl
on May 26, 2013
From May 22, 2013 through May 26, 2014 visitors to Crissy Field can enjoy a public art installation by artist Mark di Suvero courtesy of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The installation is composed of eight impressive sculptures spanning up to fifty feet high and forty feet wide. Crissy Field, with its spectacular [...]
by NYCGirl
on April 30, 2013
When AmberLee Fawson, a self-proclaimed hot chocolate addict created a recipe for hot chocolate on a stick and posted it to her (insanely popular) blog four years ago it quickly became one of her most popular posts. She received so many requests to make it available for purchase that she soon realized she had hit [...]
by NYCGirl
on April 2, 2013
Shirley Tsung-Crowley did not start out designing jewelry. In fact, after getting her degree in biotech and microbiology she worked for ten years in the pharmaceutical industry. Though she always loved science, her passion remained with the arts and, inspired by a hand-made necklace given to her by a friend, Tsung-Crowley tried her hand at [...]
by NYCGirl
on February 7, 2013
Since becoming a mother I have given up many things: free time, sleep, my dignity. But I absolutely refuse to give up my sense of style. When my friend, Mike, learned that I was moving to Marin he warned me, “You won’t be able to wear any of your clothes there. They don’t dress in [...]
