Author Archives: Dan
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Move In
Posted on August 18, 2007 by Dan in update.Move In Day is today (and tomorrow!). I’m totally exhausted and hope to begin functioning like a normal person again soon. Will talk to you all then.
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The woods
Posted on August 17, 2007 by Dan in Berkeley.I’m really excited today about buying a vase!!! 1) now we have a large vase to hold the flowers I bought Kristin, but more imporantly 2) it’s a really unique piece of woodwork. Besides, if you drool over a piece for a year, it means you really want it, right? If you didn’t aleady know, […]
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Huzzah, Wine!
Posted on August 12, 2007 by Dan in wine.Obviously we spent some time in Napa this weekend, which means wine tasting! I was really excited to see Napa this time of years since the vines are full and it’s picking season. We tried a few different places, but we highly recomend Silverado Vineyards. We liked nearly every wine we tasted, especially since they […]
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Ascent
Posted on August 12, 2007 by Dan in Uncategorized.We went hot air ballooning!!! We celebrated our anniversary this weekend with something we’ve always wanted to do. We drove to Napa at 4:30 in the morning. Yes, we were up before the sun! The fog had rolled deep into the valle that morning, which makes it a bit dangerous to be at the mercy […]
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Rose Garden
Posted on August 12, 2007 by Dan in Berkeley, family.The most natually thing to do after hiking was to take him drivng up the steep Berkeley hills. We found the Berkeley Rose Gardens! It’s 3.6 acres of roses, 250 varieties, and roughly 2500 bushes. The terraces and gardens were built as a WPA project in the 1930’s. It’s pretty amazing, no wonder it’s booked […]
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Mountains
Posted on August 12, 2007 by Dan in family, travel.Kristin’s dad returned from a 9 day hike in the Sierra Nevada’s. I think he climbed to the summit of at least 3 mountains above 14,000 feet. (That’s tall if you didn’t know. I’m only 6 feet.) He also climbed down, yes… down, to Death Valley and stood 282 feet below sea level. No, we […]
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Apartment Tour
Posted on August 8, 2007 by Dan in Uncategorized.I know everyone’s been waiting to see… Thankfully we have our own entrance just for the 2 of us. You walk right into our living room. Living Room/Library/No TV allowed quiet room Plan – We left nearly all our books in DC I’m thinking of installing floating shelves on either side of our picture collage […]
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SF MOMA
Posted on August 8, 2007 by Dan in San Francisco.Unlike DC, museums here actually have to charge people admission. However, on the first Tuesday of every month, the Modern Art Museum is free! They actually hand out a ticket to the hundreds of people who pour in, which I found ironic. Kristin is hard at work, so unfortunately I had to spend the day […]
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Zipcar? Hmmm?
Posted on August 6, 2007 by Dan in Uncategorized.Well, as many of you know, Dan and I don’t have a car out here so we decided that we would join Zipcar and test it out so that we potentially won’t have to have a car at all. So, yesterday, we tried it out for the first time and it was actually ridiculously easy. […]
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10 Steps to Melting Pyrex Lids
Posted on August 1, 2007 by Dan in Uncategorized.Step 1: Undergo years of influence that inside the oven is an acceptable place to store extra kitchen items. Step 2: Run out of room in your new kitchen for baking sheets, muffin pans, bread pans, and Pyrex glass brownie holders. Step 3: Despite your every effort to resist step 1, place your girlfriend’s brand […]
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