Batman & Butter in Berkeley

Salted caramel ice cream churning - rich, sticky and gooey, gelato-like

Rosette of melting sugar - the beginnings of salted caramel ice cream

Caramel nut tart - Christmas 2009 dinner

Gorgeous, blue crisp sparkling 60F day in Napa Valley (from Freemark Abbey's patio, tasting 95 & 04 Sycamore Cab... So far)

Filtering 2009 Greenridge Meyer Limoncello

Darth Pinata

SFMOMA roof garden cafe with Amy - spidery sculpture

Vampires? In broad daylight while Airborne Toxic Event is playing? Next up, Glasvegas.

Look who we found at BFD in the Laguna Seca tent! No Rossi, alas, but still revving us up for MotoGP...

Most unconventional amigrumi prize goes to: Ochibo @etsy, as seen at Maker Faire #mf09

About to see Eepy doing mentos & coke live! whee!! #mf09

Steampunk snail vehicle @ #mf09

Rumble robots @ #mf09

Alternavehicle @ #mf09

Legojeep at #mf09

Good looking geese @ Tilden Park's Little Farm

Ma(i)sonry in Yountville

Started with a splash of the 2008 Blackbird Arriviste Rose - strawberries with a light caramel finish. Lovely.

Maximilian Riedel

"we are not a design house - we are making fine instruments"

Riedel Tasting Seminar at Freemark Abbey

Riedel tasting seminar at Freemark Abbey with Vitis glasses