01.27.07
I watched a cool show on PBS today - design: e². It focuses on environmentally friendly architecture and the show is narrated by Brad Pitt. There are 6 episodes in this series:

• the green apple
• green for all
• the green machine
• gray to green
• china: from red to green
• deeper shades of green

Check your local TV listings. Highly recommended. Each episode is 30 minutes.

01.25.07
Happy Birthday Crissy, quarter of a century!!!

bg treated me to dinner at Sutra near the Embarcadero for helping him study the GMATs. I was craving Asian Fusion. I really liked the ambiance of this place but totally despised how there was a huge party of 40 women next to us, some sort of company awards dinner. bg and I couldn't hear anything even though we were sitting two feet apart. Anyway, the food was very good. We ordered:

• Trio De Carpaccio
• Braised Pork Ribs
• Sutra Roll
• Chinese Long Beans
• Miso marinated Black Cod
• Grilled Flat Loin Kobe Steak

Sutra
100 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA
415-593-5900

01.20.07
I heart clothes. Benneton is having a Winter Sale and lots of other stores are having winter clearances. Retail therapy, woohoo:

• Pink Theory silk top
• Burgundy Theory cotton button down shirt
• Kimono top
• Red cardigan
• Cropped, red jacket with balloon sleeves
• Fitted jacket made of sweatshirt material
• Pinstripe dress pants
• Multi-colored scarf

01.14.07
I made tortilla soup in a crock pot but next time I'm going to caramelize the onions first before tossing them in. The onions did not caramelize at all, even though I cooked the soup for more than four hours. Also, maybe a tad less cumin and chili powder.

01.07.07
bg's roommate loves pizza with a passion and he recommended that we order take out from Zante Pizza. They make Indian Pizza, an interesting combination but it works.

Zante Pizza
3489 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA
415-821-3949

01.02.07
Resolutions for 2007:

• Find an apartment closer to work
  My commute needs to be more bearable (two hours and 15 minutes each day is wearing thin though I shouldn't complain because poor Mark makes the trek to Berkeley from Menlo Park). This move is especially necessary because work is sneakily becoming more needy and high maintenance.
  
  
• Cook more
  I keep saying this each year but living in my own cozy apartment should make it more plausible.
  
  
• Run a half marathon
  Since bg is doing a triathlon I want to race, too. Any girls interested in the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco on October 21, 2007? The half marathon is a crazy 13.1 miles. Let me know and we can start training! I'm gonna run a 5K and 10K in preparation.
  
  
• Aim for 18% body fat
  I'm flabby. This must end.
  
  
• Visit Chicago
  It is the source of all our woes at work but an exciting city nonetheless. Do we sense a pattern here? I tend to visit cities where our major clients are located. I can already check off New York City and Washington DC and Oakland and San Francisco are local. Anyway, how does May sound with an average high of 70 and average low of 51?
  
  
• Visit more cities around the U.S.
  I wouldn't mind visiting Seattle, Boston, Vancouver, Whistler, or Hawaii.

01.01.07
Happy New Year! What will 2007 have in store for us?

I had brunch with Louise and got to meet her two German Shepherds - Sake and Sakura. It's so cute, Louise talks about them like they're her kids. Afterwards, we took them for a walk to the park and I was impressed when they totally ignored this mean, barking German Shepherd that lives a few blocks away.

I picked up bg from the Oakland Airport and I must say, I hate driving to the airport and circling around. It was good seeing bg though after his long vacation