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Party, recovery, plans

20 May

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The weekend was spent recovering from a sold-out, wonderful and overwhelming party on Friday night. After the hectic pace of the past week, I had a hard time coming down from it all. After the launch party on Friday, I couldn’t sleep that night– I kept dreaming I was still timing workshops, making announcements, making lists, and organizing supplies. I couldn’t seem to stop all the frenzy in my mind. Although it was a struggle, we were determined to take a break this weekend, and left the city for a little recovery and distance from it all.

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I have many thanks to give for all the hard work of volunteers, my dear Intern, our hosts at Makeshift Society, and all the presenters who gave us their skills on Friday night. So. Many. So so many. I have to admit the outpouring of support, excitement and eager participants at the party on Friday have left me feeling very happy and a bit emotional. Who are all of you people?! So many new faces and conversations are affirmation that all the prep, stress, and the planning was worth it. Excited strangers, meeting internet friends in person, all of that reinforces why I work like a crazy person on all the little details. Now after a weekend of decompression and processing, all the party decorations are stowed away, save for a single strand of paper tassels that I hung out of cats-reach in the office. The party may be over, but so much more is coming.

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Outdoor blooms, indoors

13 May

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Our honeysuckle has exploded in size over the last few months, finally covering the ugly chain link fence out there. Now that the vines are in bloom, I’ve been cutting small bouquets of blossoms, so that I can bring the fragrance indoors. It keeps fairly well, if you don’t mind a few dropping blossoms daily. Last week I kept one bouquet in the office all day, but then carried it back to our bedside table each night. I swear I was more productive last week, but I believe it was almost entirely because I didn’t ever want to leave the office. Honeysuckle is that good.

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Over the weekend I filled a mason jar some nasturtium clippings, and now our kitchen has a delicate peppery scent from the leaves. We’ve planted nasturtiums a few times in the backyard, and in the last year or so, they’ve begun to be part of the year-round garden, and we occasionally have to thin them out to make room in the beds. The small young nasturtium leaves taste like watercress, and are very good in salads. I’ve read that you can make a pesto with the leaves, as well as pickle the seeds to make garden-y capers. If you’re curious, Punk Domestics has a great roundup of recipes and DIY ideas for nasturtiums.

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Spring forever

29 Apr

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House-cat mingling is getting better each day. After Neebu’s accident and surgery, the other cats in the house went a little bat-shit, and wouldn’t accept him back into the club. There has been lots of growling and hissing from the girls for the past few weeks, but slowly and surely Neebu is winning them over once again. Lucca fell in line first, then Sofia, and the final cat who has yet to fall back in love with Neebu is his sister, Muuli. She is a real punk. We feel like we’re back to our kitten-herding days, with separate sleeping arrangements for cats, different meal times and lots of soothing sounds, some refereeing, and time outs for cats. and Cats are so weird, preying on the weakest, and in our opinion, the absolute cutest.

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The weather was amazing this weekend, and we had our first happy hour in the backyard on Sunday. Palomas with fresh squeezed juice, and smoked salt on the rim. Our spring garden is growing, honeysuckle is in bloom, nasturtiums are everywhere, and our lettuce has yet to be ravaged by the birds. With weather like this, we’re not exactly looking forward to summer, aka fog season. Spring forever, please.

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Afternoons like these

23 Apr

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This weekend I convinced Intern to join me for a city-adjacent nature walk along the Crystal Springs Reservoir. It wasn’t a hike guys! Intern doesn’t think he likes hikes, so we rarely go on those kinds of things. Instead, this was a city-adjacent nature walk.  Two totally different things. We walked along the Sawyer camp trail for a few miles, and it jogged a few memories of walking near the reservoir as kids, back when my grandparents lived in Millbrae. We didn’t see any bald eagles, but it was a beautiful, absurdly easy and peaceful walk, perfect for clearing out the cobwebs.

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We spent the rest of the weekend enjoying the warm weather– the cats napped in their usual places, wandered through the Glen Park farmer’s market, and we joined our neighbors for a bbq on their back deck. A little sparkling wine and time spent with our favorite baby (and his parents) was the perfect way to spend a warm Sunday afternoon.

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The April of drama

15 Apr

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This weekend we were fairly successful in our weeks-long effort to stop working through the weekends, and start enjoying our time off. We opted to explore a different neighborhood on Saturday, and we were up early and out the door to hike some hills, and enjoy the city. We wandered through parts of the Presidio, had brunch at The Presidio Social Club, and managed to visit the Legion of Honor.

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April has had a lot of stress, and I’ll admit, emotions, as the result of a cat-accident in the house. Two weeks ago Neebu was injured in a fairly traumatic accident, and it has been a rough two weeks of recovery. Poor guy is going to be ok, but after surgery, and endless tears from me, and lots of special treatment for him, he got his purr back and is recovering well. He has a few more weeks of cone-wearing and restricted movement before he’ll be back in charge of the household, but for now he is content with a warm lap, lots of ear scratching, and a good patch of sun to sleep in.

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Nothing a cocktail and a cuddle can’t fix, right? Like I said, emotions all over here, but I’m over the hump, and all the humans in the house are looking forward to Neebu’s return to the family. The other cats, on other hand, are all a bunch of turds right now, and have decided that poor weak Neebu is out of the club. There has been lots of hissing and growling from them, which I’ve been assured is a totally normal, although very jerk-like cat behavior. Once he is healed, and no longer wearing his cone we’ll have to slowly reintroduce him to his feline siblings… baby steps of course.

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Not all is drama and trauma around here however! I’ve possibly mentioned it on other networks, but neglected the news here on the blog… big news for Skill Exchange is coming later this week! I’m announcing the newest workshop schedule, starting this spring at Makeshift Society. Newsletter subscribers will be getting the news a few days early, along with an early ticket release.

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