A Cultural Moment

One of the benefits of living in the city is access to all of the amazing art exhibits, performances and cultural events. the kids love the MoMa and Oskar loves listening to any band playing outside of the bars and cafes in North Beach. 

And so when our friend invited us to an event at an art gallery near Union Square, one where she would play her violin while the artist, Lana Fly, painted, it seemed a perfect chance to expand their cultural experiences. Plus it was only a 2 hour exhibit, the painting itself was broken up into two ten minute “shows” and we promised gelato afterwards. 

I found it to be a cool experience. Julia is a beautiful violin player and the paintings were erratic and spontaneous to go along with the music. The kids. Less than impressed.  Oskar’s face says it all. 

First Day of School 2025

And this year we remembered to get the kids showered and hair cut beforehand.

An Endless Summer

Our summers are normally just 7 weeks, with three of those spent on a vacation either in Europe or split between locations in CA (Pillsbury and Dunsmuir). With the wedding in mid June and resulting early end of the school year, this summer seemed especially long with never ending summer camps and logistics. But also full of visitors and fun. 

We had Harry Potter camp, bike camp, soccer camp, gymnastics camp, tinkering camp and mermaid camp / mountain bike camp

We had visitors from Germany, family from SLO, friends from Walla Walla and Boulder and guests when we weren’t even in town 

We started with high end hotel stays and ended up a good old fashioned camping trip and both kids preferred the camp. We also had some time at Timber Cove and exploring local parks.

We celebrated another anniversary (just a bit late) at Foreign Cinema

We bought a lot of sunscreen

 And then it was over and we are back to the routine. School has started.