Saturday Getaway

Prosper Way

We walked around the Mission and Castro districts today. It was sunny and beautiful! So, we spent a chunk of time people gazing at Dolores Park. If only everyday could be this nice, clear, and the perfect combination of warm sun and faint cool breeze. Anyway, we're going to have a guest post by a dear friend of mine who recently got accepted into a health professional school (his dream school might I add) after applying more than once. He'll be telling us about his journey and what he did differently. He's not pre-dental, but I figured applying to a health professional school had similar stresses, obstacles, challenges, and goals. So stay tuned for that! _oli

That Night Life

This is actually a post from last year that was never posted. Went with some people to Night Life at the California Academy of Sciences. Night life is on Thursdays for the 21+ year olds. They serve alcoholic beverages, have awesome music blasting in different areas of the Academy, serve food, so forth. The night I went was Christmas themed. You could make Christmas cards, antler crowns, eat tons of Ghiradelli chocolate...The main room had Geographer DJ-ing and "snow" where people were dancing. Roof top had reindeers that I sadly was unable to see. I liked the Rainforests of the World room. It was really humid in there with creatures and plants of the wilderness. The ceiling of the Rainforest kind of reminded me of the Hunger Game's arena in Catching Fire. The Planetarium was a cool dome shaped theatre where the entire huge ceiling was the screen and the seats were leaned back. Overall, it's a fun and educational place to be when you have time after clinic. __oli

Beard, Stache, Plaid, & Foodsters

Past Saturday I went food exploring at the Good Food Awards 2014 located at the Ferry Building. Entrance fee was $5 and we got to sample coffee brews, pickles, kimchi, sausages,cheese, chocolate, jams, oil and more from the winners. If you liked what you tasted, then you had the opportunity to purchase their products there as well. Before entering, I grabbed some porchetta sandwich for lunch from Rolli Roti at the Farmers Market. While in line I met Leah (woman in the white vest above) who owns EAT Marketplace in Temecula (I think...). She was also participating in the coffee brew line up at the Good Food Awards sample. It's so nice meeting strangers when you end up connecting over food and restaurants. I'm always searching for new coffee & tea shops, brunch places, restaurants, and music. So it's always lovely when there are people just as excited to share and discuss what they do know. Anyway, hope everyone had a good three day weekend. _oli