In Memory of Jim Cramer

“You fish — then you die — or you don’t fish and die anyway — your choice” Unknown   I met Jim 14 years ago at my daughters soccer games. He was the grandfather of Mia’s teammate and we shared a passion for fly fishing. He moved to the Villages in San Jose from Bodega…

Chicago Deep Dish in Campbell

One of the things we really miss about Chicago is those deep dish Spinach, Mushroom and Sausage Pizzas we lived on from Giordono’s. Its been 30 years but we found a great Chicago Pizza place in Berkeley called Zacharry’s Pizza.   By luck we saw a tv commercial for a Deep Dish Pizza place called Patxi’s in…

Rock and Roll Marathon 2008

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.