Yippee it is Friday!

Got a day off today. It is nice to have the luxury of making my thrift store shopping on Friday.

Started early and went to Happy Dragon in Los Gatos downtown. The storekeepers are so nice there. When I got there five people were in line already. I chatted with a lady who has been going to that thrift store for 30 years. She told me she hated the malls and would try her best to avoid them. Same here.

After that, I went hiking in Montalvo Arts Center and met Ethan for lunch. It’s still pretty hot today, but it was nice to hike in the redwoods. You can see a picture of our hike here.

After lunch hike, I headed toward Echo Shop of St Andrews Church in Saratoga downtown. They were two ladies there who were very helpful and friendly. I found my wooden shelf there.

On my way home, I decided to make a final stop at Thrift Box in Willow Glen. Embarrass to say that I left the store with a bag full of treasures! The lady at the cashier was very happy with my purchase though. She said “Oh this is great. We like it when people buy a lot!” It is always nice to visit this store. It is mostly run by volunteers and they keep the store very clean and organized. The volunteers are always friendly and helpful.

Happy Friday & long Labor Day weekend!

It reaches 99 F in San Jose today. Spent most of the day in the office with AC. When I got home…our house is quite toasty.

We decided to create minimum heat from cooking…

This weekend is also the Slow Food Nation event in SF. In celebration of Summer and Slow Food, we decided to make some home cooking with some local ingredients.

The salad mixed is from Happy Boy Farms from the Sunday’s Campbell Farmer Market. We also mixed in two green tomatoes from our garden. Ethan made the spiced tofu with fresh basils (from our garden). The halibut is from Race Street Fish & Poultry Market. I followed/modified a recipe from The Gourmet Cookbook by Ruth Reichl with Buddha’s Hand Citron Vodka from Hanger One.

Toast to Summer!

It’s time to take the clouds down
Put them in the ocean to float
Let them sit in the sun to dry
Renew their energies
Purify their shells
When they look puffy and happy again
Ask the children to come and kiss them goodbye
Then put them back to the sky
Now
Look up the sky
It is filled with happy clouds
Grinning down upon us