Friday, May 23, 2008

Hoppy Memorial Day Weekend


Coming soon to a Bunny Blog near you:
  • Last weeks crawl through the B-24 Liberator with Uncle Kevin
  • Bowling with the NextMedium Boys (and Kelly!)
  • Techniques for battling a summer cold with Papa Foo, and...
  • A coveted Monday off to honor and celebrate Memorial Day

Foo and her Mama ask for patience and beg forgiveness, for we're a little Bunny Blog backlogged. Until then, may your weekend be filled with bunnies and crossword puzzles.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Sox and sauerkraut

That's the ugliest two-run game I've seen in my life, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said.

SAN FRANCISCO—Mark Buerhle won a matchup of struggling starters with Barry Zito, pitching into the seventh inning to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night.

Not that any of us noticed.

As usual, Bunny busied herself with a hot dog buried in piles of sauerkraut and mustard, Bob tossed spent peanut shells up Mama Foo's shorts, Kevin pondered the popularity of the hot and delicious churro and Sandie sunk deeper into her hoodie, wondering how she could be associated with such riff raff.

Friday, May 16, 2008

Weekend warrior

White Sox and warbirds—does it get any better?

That's right, the Chicago White Sox are in town for a 3-game series against the Giants—and Uncle Kevin, our intensely and excessively devoted Sox fan, is taking Foo and friends to the game. If we survive as Sox fans in Giants territory, we'll move our adventure 35 miles down the peninsula on Sunday for the "Wings of Freedom" Tour at Moffet Field; a spectacular showcase of B-17, B-24 and B-25 bombers—on display and in flight.

Stay tuned; stay cool...

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Barking birthday sea lions

John Steinbeck once described Cannery Row as, "...a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream." What he forgot to include in his description was a 14-mile oceanside hike, a bevy of barking sea lions, a $15 blue cheese burger, a short rib dinner and a finger puppet named Foo.


With bags packed and a fully-charged digital camera, we began our 90-mile drive to Monterey in honor of Bob's [fill in the number you deem appropriate here] birthday—a fine excuse for adventure.

After a hearty breakfast and cheap backpack purchase (Zut alors! We carelessly left our well-weathered pack in Palo Alto)—we were on our way. Our hike was nothing short of spectacular; crashing waves to our right, fields of iridescent flowers to our left, and a tasty blue cheese burger at the 7-mile mark, the Inn at Spanish Bay, and thankfully our turnaround point.

By mid-afternoon we welcomed a nap and a shower, then headed off to to Fandango for a birthday dinner where Bob played with his silverware in anticipation of his shortribs, Ms. Foo made friends with a ceramic swine and Mama Foo demolished her fillet with the same vigor used to slay the baked cookie sundae earlier that afternoon.

Happy Birthday Bob! (and many mooooooooore...)