Author Archives: Jules

Bakesale Betty’s

After 4 years of thinking about it, I finally had a chance to visit Bakesale Betty’s (in Rockridge- apparently they have opened a location in Downtown Oakland as well!) during open hours to try their infamous fried chicken sandwich. The … Continue reading

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Cheese

I stopped by the farmer’s market to pick up some bread and cheese for a hike about a month ago. I grabbed my standby rustic olive loaf from Phoenix Pastificio, and then swung by the Cowgirl Creamery (CC) cheese stand. … Continue reading

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Backpacking at Henry Coe State Park, Round II

Mike and I were planning to go to the DMV to take care of car stuff on Saturday, as well as visit Mike’s parents. However, the visit got moved to Sunday late afternoon, and on Friday night, we learned that … Continue reading

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Birthday Present

So I’ve been occasionally bugging a lab mate about his progress on making a particular construct to generate a mutant in our bacteria. Because if he doesn’t make it, then I have to. And I’d rather not if I can … Continue reading

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Trends

So I’ve been thinking about the topic of trends. An email ad just landed in my inbox from Blue Nile, an online jewelry e-tailer. And their ad featured a silver key necklace. Over the past year, I’ve been seeing these … Continue reading

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Learning to drive (again)

So I’ve been driving for 10 years, but have only driven automatic transmission vehicles the entire time. For the last two years, I’ve been wanting to learn how to operate a manual transmission, as I can only operate one of … Continue reading

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A minimalist kitchen

I’ve been thinking about kitchens. Namely, what items I use constantly for 95% of my cooking, and what things are just sitting around taking up space until they are used twice a year. While I sometimes dream of upgrading what … Continue reading

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Quick snack when I’m too lazy to make a real dinner

I’m really enjoying all the fresh asparagus that’s been coming in our CSA boxes. Quickly sauteed with salt and pepper + a soft egg and melted cheddar on toasted sourdough.

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Snowshoeing

Who’s that weirdo on the end??? Oh yeah, that was me. For some reason, I couldn’t get the rest of them to display much enthusiasm. Though my P.I. did raise his hand.

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Lake Berryessa

Copied from Mike’s post at ThisMoment: On Saturday Jules and I wanted to go on a hike so we drove north in search of a trailhead. We passed by one little lake that only had some fishermen and no signs … Continue reading

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