garage sale ice cream

I was just dreaming of Hawaii literally 20 minutes ago, when Jersey woke me up, "Trish! I got a surprise for you!" Huh, what? Do I have to drive to work now? "No, it's Saturday, come check it out." I go to the kitchen and he's got a container with four perfectly made ice cream sandwiches. I asked him where he got it, he said this woman having a garage sale. She's moving to LA to open an ice cream shop. I got my clothes on and ran down the street to investigate. Shiho, the talented pastry chef, used to work at Tartine and Slanted Door. She is now doing her own thang, and thank buddha, cause her ice cream is OISHIIII! She'll be opening her new shop in LA at the Brentwood Country Mart. LA friends, please support her! Shiho, the peanut butter ice cream sandwich was out of this world! Thanks Jersey for the great find.

clementine art

I was wandering around the Oakland Whole Foods and found the coolest present for little Sophie. Stone Crayons and modeling dough from Clementine Arts. An art teacher from Colorado decided to make kid friendly organic art supplies. I hope Sophie creates tons of fun stuff with these. I love seeing people make innovations from things I had when I was a kid. I know plenty of classmates that ate play dough and crayons. (I ate newspapers, but that's another story.) I adore the packaging, clean and cute!

kaia eight point five months

Kaia goes with me to the Farmer's Market on Saturdays. She loves looking at Della Fattoria goodies.

We always take a break near Cupid's Span and this particular day, Kaia got puppy attacked by several wee dogs. She giggled while they licked her.


Kaia loves to hang out with my favorite gals at Nida.

She's seriously the punkest baby. This is her "Mastodon face."

She's already standing and trying to balance on her own. My little one is growing up! Where does the time go?

She loves being outdoors.

jersey paints kaia