ruby in her ng gear

big fat lie?

neil and i are in a renewed quest to educate ourselves on the real evidence existing on the connection between saturated fats, carbohydrates, cholesterol and heart disease/chronic diseases like type II diabetes. Last year we posted the article, what if it has all been a big fat lie? on this blog...a wordy article, i am not sure how many people took the time to read it, but it explores yet another media myth: the alleged connection between fat, cholesterol and heart disease. A myth so ingrained in our cultural fiber it has become a well known "fact" that meat and saturated fats cause cholesterol and heart disease. This little educational piece is not meant to be anti-vegetarian, only pro thinking outside what we have been told is true. Here is a fun little video, the beginnings of a movie, that explains volumes of nutritional anthropology, scientific research and studies in less than 3 minutes.

herbalism is serious business

happy birthday susan

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christmas resprise

baby kadence opens presents


beef wellington (that's the cow we slaughtered inside)


duck confit and seafood salad


me, jaime, amanda, kathy, ron and neilio at the camera
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christmas creasy doggie

amandas 28th continues

niko suite


jeff in the redwood room


miette pasteries and kinder eggs


bubs off the bus

7 years suckas!

bubs on the bus!

its amanda's birthday in the city except we're taking this party on the road. . .(get some crime dog).
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schramsberg sparkling house in the caves


riddle me this, riddle me that...



tasting in the cellar



the bus is right in front of you sladie

alex's surprise 30th birthday

a feast for alex's 30th




coho salmon


we dine


bubbles at gloria ferrer in sonoma


hitting the streets

goose bumps: hall of fame here he comes

congratulations goose and corna


the famous pitch

best fwends

creasy and taber doggie



"i'm not a man eatah"

walking in a winter wonderland

blizzard

little earthquakes

a few weeks ago we had the fabulous opportunity to visit oakland, have a wonderful meal at mezze the restaurant bianca works at, and get free access to a tori amos concert. now i havent listened to her in years, but there were such raging fans there, the sound and lights were so good and she was wearing a silver sequined jump suit, so i would say over all it was worth the trip.



then the van broke down again on the way back north and we had to get towed to santa rosa, half way home and spend the night at a little gem of a hotel called the sandman. we did chance into the best mechanics ever and they got us rolling within 24 hours. cheers to that.