Gina inherited the responsibility of baking the Easter bread for entire Gray side of the family about 10 years ago after watching her mom make them since she was a kid. It is an all day project that is steeped in tradition and chemistry (baking skills) . In the Russian Orthodox faith, this bread is…
You know there’s a problem with you get 5 voicemails at once; you know there’s a problem when your twitter feed get a flood of @morehadwares at once, You know there’s a problem when your kids friends are posting pictures of your house nearly burning up on there Facebooks in real time. Such was the…
At least the seats were nice at the CAL homecoming game against USC at AT&T park. We got 4 tickets on the bottom row of the 50 yard line– Hows that for sweet. Unfortunately, even though there were lots of CAL parents representing, there was way too much USC red and gold around us–and I…
We are now semi off the grid…. 5.7 Kw of Solar panels went live at 5PM today. We shall see what the energy savings will be in the coming year.
Happy Birthday to Nick Gray, my father-in-law and the coolest guy over 90 that I know. Nick is a veteran of WW II and earned a Bronze Star on D-Day as a first wave infantryman on Utah Beach. Healthy and still joking around, we celebrated his 95th at Kioyto Palace. Get the flash…
Lee Hartman passed away last month. She was my friend and art instructor. Lee always had a way about her. Ive taken over her web site and will be hosting it on my servers from here on. With the help of Carol Couper, I will be putting together her life’s work on a web site…
Recently our good friends, the Durands, introduced us to ESPETUS Brazilian Steakhouse in San Mateo which is now my favorite restaurant in the Bay Area. It’s an all you can eat steakhouse that features over a dozen different rotisseried meats. The drive is worth it.
What a great day. My first Giant’s game was in 1966 at Candlestick Park. My cousin Kenneth Tan and his dad took me. I was so into those giants having collected the entire roster in baseball cards and keeping scorecards of games–my first math papers. Having attended many games with Mark and Mia since 2003…
It’s as if the stars aligned and alll of a sudden the Giants are in the World Series playing on Halloween night and the colors of the day are Orange and Black. Unreal. Well this is about Halloween. This year Megan dressed up as Paris Hilton or in her words “any rich girl”. That costume…
Mia has prepared for this humanitairian mission for an entire year. The Global Brigade of UC Berkeley headed off to Honduras on a medical and dental mission on June 8th. Fortunatly, I was able to find an AT&T mobile plan that kept us in contact with her even in the jungles of Honduras. Here are…
I would like to thank Dr Phyllis Ishida for inviting us to this wonderful event that supports EHC and there efforts to help the homeless. Rivers of Chocolate is worth marking down on the calendar for next year. The event features Chocolate “everything” and great wines as well as some wonderful music at the Paul Mason…
This year, Christmas seems different with our daughter returning from a successful semester at UC Berkeley. And, the annual neighborhood Luminarias, Caroling, and Party was renewed with most of the neighborhood kids returning for the holidays. The annual Disneyland Trip was cool since Mark and Gina had Birthday goodies–a 75 dollar gift card and a…
On November 15th, 2009 I had the pleasure of attending and photographing an art show held at University Art in San Jose at 456 Meridian Ave. The show consisted of the spectacular works of Lee’s students and friends. Lees students range from young children to accomplished artists. Are you an old painter, new painter, wanna-be painter,…
Kerry and Jeff from Meng Syn DDS on Vimeo. On September 12, 2009, Gina and I attended the wedding of our good friend Sherry’s daughter whom we’ve known since she was in high school. Kerry use to babysit our kids and like me , is a UC Davis grad. Currently, Kerry is a physician assistant at an Orthopedic Group. It was a…
This being the last year of High School for my daughter, college apps are in and now we wait. What a year it has been! Gina and I are glad that it is over. We have a new president, we took a hit on our college and retirement savings, our office staff has settled down…
Its been years since we took a vacation to Maui without the kids and we have Erin and Ken to thank for a wonderful time in Hawaii. Yesterday was EPIC with beautifull weather for the ceremony despite rain and clouds on both days before and after. The beach was fantastic, a small intimate setting just a mile…
The Sharks Opener against the Ducks…4-1 Sharks! Maybe this is the year with a coach that has actually won a Stanley Cup! Actually this post is an experiment, using the WordPress Iphone Application to upload a picture directly to the blog.
Gina and Mary Ann completed their second Rock and Roll Half Marathon today, eclipsing their last years time by a few minutes. The weather was great and after the race we had a nice lunch at the Fairmont and waited around until Credence Clearwater Revisited took the stage to close the race.
We spent the weekend in San Francisco cramming fun into the last weeks of summer with the kids. This weekend was for Mia. Mia’s junior year ( the last academic year) was brutal. I can’t believe how hard she works and where she found the motivation to take 4 AP classes, while being a page…
On July 31st 2006, my father passed away from complications during heart surgery to repair a regurgitating mitral valve at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco. He was 79 years old and had been suffering from congestive heart failure for months prior to the surgery. He is missed and we think of him often. In Memory…