Archive for April, 2008

The People in Our (New) Neighborhood

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

For a variety of good reasons, Peter moved his office from its Santa Clara location to a new location downtown, and this is our moving month. I think all of us are excited about the new offices, which are directly across (and with windows looking onto) San Jose’s beautiful historic cathedral, kitty corner from the [...]

Earth Day Buddhist Birthday Party

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

On Tuesday evenings, a Buddhist couple who live not far from my home host a Buddhist “toso” meeting so we local Buddhists can get our evening chant on together. A few weeks ago, Neil was away at science camp and Peter was working late, so Kelly and I stayed on after the chanting was over. [...]

Farewell My Children’s Happy Hollow

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Happy Hollow Park and Zoo is one of our favorite kiddie-friendly places to go in San Jose, and we have pictures to prove we’ve been going there since Neil was about 6 months old. It’s rather old fashioned, and rather worn, but that’s always been part of its charm. On one end is a small [...]

Pam Pfiffner Was My Starbucks Enabler

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

The other day, Peter was trying to fix a date on when he became addicted to Starbucks, in that a tough day doesn’t begin properly without a caffeinated something in a “venti” tub. He thought it started during the short-lived period he was taking Neil to his middle school math classes but I pointed out [...]

by Carolyn Bickford