Sunday, November 27, 2011

Autumn is here


Autumn is here a video by jessicafm on Flickr.

Autumn is here


Autumn is here, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Autumn is here


Autumn is here, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Lost in the corn maze


Lost in the corn maze, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Bye bye Brigden Vineyards


IMG_5244, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

On Sunday, October 16, Mom and Mick held a going away party for Brigden Vineyards, the home and vineyard they lovingly created from the ground up... Within two weeks, Mom and Mick will move to a new home and start turning its grounds in to an even more lovely setting than this... So long Brigden Vineyards -- you are a beautiful place!

Friday, October 7, 2011

Happy birthday Davey!


Happy birthday Davey!, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Our beautiful David is 5 years old today. So smart, so sweet, so strong in body, so strong willed, so handsome... our wonderful boy. We love you!

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Country carnival in Marin Wood


Country carnival in Marin Wood, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Our little devil likes face painting, finally.

Country carnival in Marin Wood


Country carnival in Marin Wood, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Davey participates in his first watermelon eating contest. Never eat anything bigger than your head, right?

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Pink Spring Daisy



Cocktail experimentation, originally uploaded by jessicafm.
Last month I attended an infusions class at 18 Reasons, taught by Sean Timberlake.

It was a really fun class where we learned to make rhubarb shrub, rhubarb liqueur, strawberry vodka, rhubarb bitters and lime/jalapeno tequila. All concoctions were fantastically delicious!

Inspired by the class and the season, I went home and quickly made my own batches of the tequila, strawberry (with black peppercorns and vanilla bean) vodka and rhubarb liqueur.

Today, faced with a tree full of lemons, I started a batch of limoncello, which left me with a lot of lemons to squeeze. What did I do? I made lemonade! Then, having just fine filtered the rhubarb liqueur and bottled it, I thought it high time to make a cocktail. This is a first experiment but dang, it is SO good, I think it will not require further tinkering.

Ladies and gentleman, without further ado, Jessica's Spring Lemon Martini my Pink Spring Daisy!

Ingredients:
2oz fresh lemonade
1oz strawberry vodka
1oz rhubarb liqueur

Put crushed ice in a cocktail shaker, add the lemonade, strawberry vodka and rhubarb liqueur. Shake vigorously. Strain in to chilled cocktail glass.

Shades of the best strawberry sorbet you've had, but with a magnificent buzz.

Try it, you'll like it!

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Love my mothers day gift from Davey!

Captain DB Merz


Captain DB Merz, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Bath time


Bath time, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Giants vs Dodgers


Giants vs Dodgers, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Merry go round


Merry go round a video by jessicafm on Flickr.

Poipu Beach


Poipu Beach, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Mark & Davey at Sunset


Mark & Davey at Sunset a video by jessicafm on Flickr.

Sunset on Hanalei Bay


Sunset on Hanalei Bay, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Sunset on Hanalei Bay


Sunset on Hanalei Bay, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

They're here!


They're here!, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Sunrise hunting


Sunrise hunting, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Hunting for sunrise shells on Lumahai Beach at sunrise with Mark and Dena. Life is good.

Oh my, Lumahai


Oh my, Lumahai, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Jojo's shave ice!


Jojo's shave ice!, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Hanalei farmer's market


Hanalei farmer's market, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Kauai resort Mariott


Kauai resort Mariott, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Marriott on Kauai


Marriott on Kauai, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Merz Men on a walk/ride


Merz Men on a walk/ride a video by jessicafm on Flickr.

Mark and Davey enjoy a bit of biking together on a beautiful Spring morning.

Watching hula dancing girls...


Pensive lei, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

...at the free hula show on Wednesday evenings at the Coconut Grove Shopping Center on Kauai.

Every resort needs a slide like this

Davey had the BEST time on this slide. This experience, alone, made the cost of a night at the Marriot worth it.

Way to Go San Francisco Giants!


Giants Home Opening Night, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Here's to another ring this season!

A gorgeous day for a walk


A gorgeous day for a walk, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Peets customer


Peets customer, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

A glimpse in to the future?

Monday, February 14, 2011

Hiking the waterfall trail with Deb

We had a great time hiking the Waterfall Trail on Saturday. We didn't expect to take that hike, which is 3 miles long and has a 500 foot elevation climb. However, we ended up on that trail with Davey happily trucking along 90% of the time, looking for the waterfall. Now that it's raining (as I type this), he's eager to get back to see more water in the creek.

Cleaning the orange juicer


Cleaning the orange juicer, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

So eager to try what we found in storage, he lugged it to the bathroom on his own to clean it.

Signing valentines


Signing valentines, originally uploaded by jessicafm.

Deeee aaaaaay veeee iiiiii (dot!!) deeee!

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

An exciting new years eve


An exciting new years eve, originally uploaded by jessicafm.