getting crabs

I did it. After years of plotting crustacean-a-cide, last night I picked up 7 squirmy buggers and steamed them in a big pot with a pouch of Zaratains crab bios, some beer, water, and vinegar. So easy! So delicious!

We pounded them with newly-washed 2x4s and my two hammers. The cat did the rounds, begging her little heart out, and was very well fed.

It's another gray and rainy day in San Francisco. The electricians are replacing my ungrounded 3-prong power outlets with ungrounded two-prong power outlets. Thanks, city of San Francisco Building Inspectors!

Great weekend. Thanks Loretta for such a fun house party, and a Big Happy Birthday to my friend Cynthia. Long may you improvise. And a soon-to-be farewell to Geli as she packs up for her return to Munich. See you in April?

Love to all,
Aunt Judy

Places to go

Over the past 10 years, I've had many, many ideas of where to go on vacation. Well, this is it. 2010 is officially, for me, the Year of Recommitting to Fun.

I started the year with a weekend trip to Yosemite. It was fun. Now, I'm gearing up for the first trip on the list, hopefully in April. How is all this possible, being a new (and broke) homeowner? Easy! I got mo money. That, and the City of San Francisco, although it really wasn't looking good, gave us a building inspection that is not so horrendous as to bankrupt us, as we move through the condo conversion process. Hurray!

Here's the bucket list:

1. Austria/Salzberg/Budapest/Prague/Munich
2. Raft the Colorado river
3. Uruguay and Patagonia
4. Costa Rica bike trip
5. Southwest car trip: Bryce Canyon, Monument Valley, etc.
6. Spain
7. Alaska
8. South Africa and Namibia
9. Peru
10. Outer Mongolia

What's yours?