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The annual SE.DE.US Crew ski/board trip has come and gone. This year we headed to Åre, Sweden. The reason we chose northern Sweden was due to the fact that one of our members was pregnant and couldn’t fly. Being that she and her husband (also in the crew) are both Swedish, it made for an [...]

A few weekends ago I flew up to Anchorage to visit my brother. I always enjoy visiting him because we have such a good relationship. While there, we decided to go to Alyeska, both Saturday and Sunday for some snowboarding (Aaron skied). Saturday the weather was reasonable, although the mountain was pretty crowded. Sunday was [...]

As I came in to work early today, I got to leave early as well. Often times on my drive home I get to watch the sunset, but rarely have enough time to make it home and hop on my bike to make it down to the beach to snap some shots. I guess I [...]

So it’s been awhile, but I am back. 2008 was a hard year for me, with only the very beginning of the year being truly happy times for me. The rest of the year I spent slowly spiraling down into a dark existence, hitting rock bottom right around the end of the year. In the [...]

So it seems Californians: want a high speed train (this sounds good, but i somehow imagine tickets will initially be so expensive that hardly anyone will use it, plus i can also imagine it will take forever for any of this to become a reality) don’t like confining farm animals (i can see the price [...]

On this 12th day of Cheshvan marks my mother’s yahrzeit. It’s difficult to fathom that’s it’s been a year since she passed. Sometimes it seems like I was just talking to her on the phone the other day, but most of the time it feels like an eternity. A day doesn’t go by that I [...]

Fifty-three years ago today, Bernard & Leona Davidson gave birth to Marsha Hermione Davidson, my mother. I know exactly what I would give her, a big hug. I wish I had made more of an effort to hug my mom more. I wish had spent every year with my mom on her birthday. The more [...]

Recipe Summary Prep Time: 20 minutes (plus marinade overnight) Cook Time: 20 minutes Yield: serves 4 For the chicken: 4 chicken legs (or breasts) 1-2 eggs Flour to cover the chicken For the western vinegar sauce: 4 Tbsp soy sauce 6 Tbsp sugar 5 Tbsp vinegar Pepper to taste (for adults) 1 tsp ketchup (for [...]

Although a very simple dish, the taste is amazing. The garlic chives flavor the eggs wonderfully. I’m always happy when this is what’s on the menu for dinner! Recipe Summary Prep Time: ˜15 minutes Cook Time: 15-20 minutes Yield: serves 2 1 bunch garlic chives 3 eggs 3 Tbsp Chinese soup stock Salt, pepper, & [...]

I always used to think I didn’t really like soup. While I still think that’s partially true, a better statement is I don’t really like watery soups. With that said, I made pumpkin soup yesterday (and again for breakfast this morning) and it was yummy! The hardest part of the whole recipe was the cutting [...]