Berkeley winter greens

Another one of our Sunday walks. It seems like we may be leaving Berkeley soon, and now I'm feeling nostalgic of things as we live them. The weather has been so dreamy these last weeks, and we've been trying to explore our town a lot more.

Here's another Sunday walk. We had some Korean food and went to our favorite ice cream place.

New Sunday Ritual

In 2014, Sundays are for exploring. 

Again in Tahoe

For my friend Jerilyn's visit we decided take a trip to Lake Tahoe. The weather was still warm but the water was insanely cold, as usual. Still, we braved up and swam as much as we could, knowing that the summer was ending and this was probably our last chance to do it for at least a year. This trip was near two months ago, and by now Tahoe has already gotten snowed on a couple of times. We will try to make a trip there this winter, but hopefully I will post something between now and then, or else this will become a blog about Tahoe.

Lake Tahoe!

We finally took a trip to lake Tahoe! it was short, but a lot of fun. We drove there friday night and camped in the woods. The next day we kayaked around Emerald Bay, drove around the area a bit, and back to Berkeley. Hopefully we will be able to do a longer trip before it gets colder!

Big Sur

About a month ago we went on a day trip to Big Sur. We drove down the famous highway 1 and just stopped on the side of the road whenever things got pretty. Now that school is over we can enjoy our weekends, and we have been! Northern California has been beautiful so far. We are the luckiest to be able to live here, so we will try to soak in as much of it as we can.

The whole day was very foggy and quite chilly, but it was still enjoyable. The landscape looked like it came out of a movie. 

The water was incredibly blue, and there was a waterfall right on the beach. Unfortunately people weren't allowed in this beach, so we could only look from afar. 

We have gone on more trips since, but I haven't been bringing my camera. Both my camera and lenses are almost 5 years old, and they've been rattling like maracas and refusing to focus on things. Hopefully I will be able to replace them within the next couple of years. For now I will have to keep trying to make them work! 

Update: School's Out / Brain's Off

My first semester of grad-school ended about two weeks ago and I haven't posted anything here. After three months of intense work, I suddenly have no responsibilities, and I feel as if I was floating around. Even though I want to take advantage of the break, and do as much as I can around The Bay Area it seems as though planning things is too much for my mind at the time. So I have no trips or pictures worthy of posting about. But since I don't want to abandon the blog, here is a bit of what I have been doing (From My Instagram feed)

1. I've been eating and eating and eating. But most importantly, I ate this beautiful princess cake at IKEA

2. Penguins have been on my feet constantly. 

3. We bought and decorated a miniature christmas tree. This is our first real tree (in our life).

4. I've been trying to get better at running. I was very very proud of myself when I reached 10 miles in one week, that is until I called my sister to tell her about it and she informed me that she started running a month ago and has been running 35 miles a week. 

5. This actually what has been taking 90% of my time. I decided to try knitting after I found the free Hemingway Hat Pattern from Wool and The Gang. I want to knit more of their things, but I can't afford their kits/yarn/patterns, so I decided to make this hat over and over again for everyone I know (currently working on #5)

6. (Forgive my full cheeked/can't control herself happy face) Today was Lilo's last day off work until christmas, so we took a trip to Napa (It blows my mind that it is only one hour away). There I found a small Venezuelan food joint! (It's called Pica Pica Maize Kitchen) and although I heard that the one in San Francisco is terrible, this one was not bad at all. 

Now I'm back to knitting. I will try to keep on posting about life for my imaginary readers and for myself. But for now, happy almost christmas! 

The Bay Area: Montara Beach

A couple of weeks ago we decided to go relax at the beach. It was a really warm day, but we know how deceiving the bay area is, so we brought blankets, scarfs, jackets, sweaters. We got there pretty early and we wanted to wait for the sunset, so we stayed for about 4 hours, and it was sooo chilly. The whole time I tried to stay on the ground so that the cold wind wouldn't freeze me. We read a bit, and we even brought some food, and a little stove to warm it on.