A look back at 2010

Ah 2010, where did you go? Before we get too wrapped up in our schemes and dreams for 2011, we thought we'd take a look back at where we've been. (Photo above from our impromptu black & white New Year's Eve party, inspired by this.)

Inspired by Food Inc, in January one of our major resolutions was to pay more attention to where our food comes from and eat more at home. (We did pretty well with this one—this photo actually is of kale chips we made in the fall.)

We both also became more and more interested in photography in 2010, and as a result noticed a lot more of the lovely things all around us (like these prize ribbons at the Alameda Flea Market in February).

In March, we created a new altered portrait for Manifest Equality, and made a road trip to LA to see the show.

In April, we were honored to DJ the afterparty for a super-inspirational Pop-Up Magazine.

In May, Sandy participated in her first Bike To Work Day, and it quickly became a daily habit.

In June, we had some awesome summertime adventures both in and out of the city.

In July, we celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary with a weekend trip to Santa Cruz.

In August, we paid a visit to the Scout Books booth at Renegade SF to gocco some notebooks.

In September, we celebrated a couple special birthdays: one in Tacoma and one at the always epic Palace of Fine Arts, here in San Francisco.

In October, our t-shirt for Little Paper Planes' artist series hit Target stores!

In November, Matthew's film 33 premiered at the Bicycle Film Festival in SF.

And last but not least, in December we gave our Etsy shop a little update.

We certainly feel lucky for everything we experienced last year, and are looking forward to new adventures in the year ahead!

Scenes from Long Beach

My family moved to Long Beach recently, and although I grew up in Southern California I'd never spent much time in that area before. So Matthew and I decided to do some exploring when were in town for Thanksgiving, and kind of fell in love with the place.

Random ship's wheel on the beach at Rainbow Harbor.

More from the harbor: Lil' Jac.

The view from the road. You can see more of our adventures here and here.

Tacoma

A few images from a recent trip to Tacoma for a family birthday—we had never been before and got a little snap-happy! (You can see the rest here and here.)

Dale Chihuly painting in the Federal Courthouse.

Downtown detail.

On the road again.

The Minnesota State Fair

Matthew got to spend a whole day at the Minnesota State Fair during a recent visit to Minneapolis, though sadly I wasn't able to make the trip. I do hope to see the fair for myself one day though, it looks like quite an experience: carnival rides, neon, and food galore, and even life-size butter sculptures of a Butter Princess. See more of his photos here.

The Butter Princess and her likeness.

S'mores and so much more.

Wally World or bust!

Santa Cruz

To celebrate our anniversary, we spent a weekend in Santa Cruz, just a short drive away down Highway One. We stayed at the super-charming Adobe on Green, rode bikes on West Cliff to Natural Bridges, visited my alma mater (and The Boardwalk) and much more. Highlights are below, and the full set is on Matthew's flickr.

Adobe on Green

The Del Mar Theatre, downtown.

UC Santa Cruz

The Boardwalk

Sea Swings

The Mystery Spot

Pigeon Point Lighthouse (This isn't actually in Santa Cruz, but on our drive home. There is a hostel here I'm hoping to stay at for one of our next weekend getaways, but Matthew is not so keen on it. We shall see!)