tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74312480913817400842024-02-19T01:24:15.595-08:00From my coast to your coastKatherine Krieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423110193345843725noreply@blogger.comBlogger308125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431248091381740084.post-4284774314387119942014-12-22T08:41:00.004-08:002014-12-22T08:41:52.922-08:00cheese cheese and more cheese<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A weekend or two ago (this insanely busy month has already completely blended together), we embarked on our 4th annual cheese party. For those of you unfamiliar, a few years ago Stefan and I had the GENIUS idea to host a dinner party consisting only of cheese. While <a href="http://frommycoasttoyourcoast.blogspot.com/2011/11/swiss-and-swedish-soiree.html">Year One</a> was four courses of cheesy goodness (cheese plate, raclette, fondue, cheesecake), we learned that even the most serious of dairy lovers can fatigue. Since then, we've opted for <a href="http://frommycoasttoyourcoast.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-cheese-party.html">three</a> courses, alternating between a main course of raclette and fondue. This year was fondue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Per usual, the day-of was jam-packed with errand-running. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But first up was having a good, solid breakfast to power us through the day:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When you've got a baby in tow, things such as proper nutrition become secondary to optimal baby schedule time management. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Next up (and most importantly!) was a trip to <a href="http://cheeseplus.com/">Cheese Plus</a> for our most essential goods.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My favorite part of the evening is always the first course, a.k.a. the Cheese Competition. We ask each guest to bring their absolute favorite cheese to participate. We then all sample and vote on the winner of the evening. People go balls to the walls in bringing the most ridiculously delicious cheese they ever did taste. In addition to being insanely fun (who doesn't love some good dairy-laden competition?), the result is that everyone gets to have the best cheese plate of. their. entire. life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Because of that, I did not waste a precious second of mindblowing-cheese-consumption-time to snap any photos, but rather can share with you the stage being set for the evening's event... </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">everyone labels with cheese name, animal and origin</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Halfway through Course Two, however, I hit a plateau where I was able to take a break from cheese-eating to snap a shot of the crew in action:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">People were pleased.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stefan especially.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As people finished their fondue and we prepped for Course Three (a cheesecake of course!), we had our guests vote on our "Best in Cheese". The cheese that won, however, was not the Truffle Triple Cream or the Cave-Aged Alpine Varietal, but rather the Queso. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After the night was through we were sure we had seen enough cheese until next year, but amazingly by 12pm the next day, we were ready for some leftovers.</span></div>
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Katherine Krieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423110193345843725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431248091381740084.post-28182386366472752512014-12-09T07:15:00.000-08:002014-12-09T07:15:27.190-08:00race to the altar!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Of course Gretchen and Al couldn't just relax and spend time getting ready on the morning of their nuptials, they needed to schedule some more (friendly?) competition. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Guests rose bright and early to take part in a Race-to-the-Altar run down the island.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The race finished at the Pass Club's beach house for a picnic lunch of sandwiches, salads and sweet little treats - all catered by the delicious <a href="http://www.morselsbakery.com/">Morsels Bakery</a> - a fav breakfast and coffee spot for the bride and groom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In keeping with the games-and-competition theme of the weekend, cornhole was also featured beach-side:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The entire wedding weekend was so jam-packed with non-stop action and super thoughtful details that there is NO way for me to pack it all into just one post. You'll be getting lots of updates on the happenings of the weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Because this activity-and-game-loving couple can't stand sitting around, they scheduled a full itinerary of plans for their guests. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Along with their gorgeous invites (done by the lovely </span><a href="http://www.hollyhollon.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Holly Hollon</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">), guests got a beautiful accordion outlining the schedule.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">They kicked off with a golf tournament for serious golfers only in the AM.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This obviously excluded Stefan and I but from what we heard, the course and competition was sensational. While the winners were not announced publicly to avoid hurt feelings in this just-for-fun (but who-isn't-competitive-in-this-family) match, I congratulate them both - they know who they are. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then it was onto a friendly tennis tournament Friday afternoon:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After that, we joined the full crew for Welcome Drinks at the island's gorgeous outdoor public library.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">KK</span>Katherine Krieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423110193345843725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431248091381740084.post-66292774166676399922014-12-05T06:58:00.000-08:002014-12-05T06:58:47.173-08:00thanksgiving<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you have a nice long Thanksgiving weekend?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Normally we head back to Wisconsin, but given that we had just seen the fam a few weeks ago for my sister's wedding (more details next week!), we opted to stay put this year. While we were very sad to miss out on lots of fun family traditions, I wasn't too disappointed to miss out on traveling around the holidays. While Samantha is a pretty easy babe to fly with, I do not miss the looks I get from fellow passengers when I come down the aisle as they pray we don't have the seat adjacent. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanksgiving morning, we dolled our little princess up in cableknit for a day on the town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They were featuring free samples of their pumpkin creme fraiche tart and decadent pecan pie. We took the general "take one" rule very loosely preparing the palate for our eggs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Since we were headed to a friend's house for dinner, we didn't need to do any cooking and instead needed to pick up a spread of cheese and some good wine. After brunch, we walked to Cole Valley to get our Thanksgiving contribution. While Stefan made his selections from <a href="http://www.saycheesesf.com/">Say Cheese!</a>, Theresa and I hung out with the babe in a nearby outdoor cafe.</span><br />
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Katherine Krieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423110193345843725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431248091381740084.post-43624959033426034602014-11-25T08:15:00.000-08:002014-11-25T08:15:55.577-08:00meet theresa!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our Au Pair is here!</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We had a wonderful weekend showing her around San Francisco as well as getting her up to speed on Samantha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Since Theresa had spent the week at Au Pair Academy (not getting very much sleep as she learned baby CPR and other essential childcare tools), top priority was letting her get some rest and get over her jet lag.</span></div>
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Katherine Krieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423110193345843725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431248091381740084.post-36813509926663685872014-11-24T07:50:00.000-08:002014-11-24T07:50:40.711-08:00jackson fillmore<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In life pre-baby, dinners out were a pretty regular occurrence. One of our fav neighborhood spots was the lovely <a href="http://jacksonfillmoresf.com/">Jackson Fillmore</a> - a no-frills Italian joint two blocks from our old abode. We'd go there for a romantic dinner out, a casual Sunday evening supper, or even solo to sit at the bar if the other was traveling for work. The crew there greeted us by name, knew our orders by heart, and always let us sample whatever wines they had open (and sometimes some they didn't).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And dinners out don't happen quite as often. That being said, we've tried to venture out whenever we can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Not too long ago, we decided to head back to our old stomping ground to Jackson Fillmore. </span><br />
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Katherine Krieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423110193345843725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431248091381740084.post-90392214809975468842014-11-20T07:50:00.000-08:002014-11-20T07:50:43.321-08:00another family addition...<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So I mentioned before that we had some other big plans in the works: we decided to get an Au Pair! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And she arrives today!</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We decided long before Samantha came along that we wanted to try and raise our children bilingually. In addition to wanting our babies to be able to speak fluently in their father's mother tongue, we thought it would be a shame to not take advantage of those sponge-like baby brains and their ability to absorb a second language uber-easily. And while you wouldn't think this age is super important (they don't even talk!), it turns out to be one of the most crucial points for language development there is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So we decided to move our Au Pair plans up a tad bit earlier. We buckled down and interviewed (over skype!) close to 10 different young women. We fell in love with our match and cannot wait to meet her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(In our two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment mind you - more details on how we're making this work to come. :)</span></div>
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Katherine Krieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423110193345843725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431248091381740084.post-64471015341571524052014-11-17T05:15:00.000-08:002014-11-17T05:15:08.457-08:00back at work<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today is my first day back at work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Having Stefan's lovely mother stay with us to explore SF, help out, and hang with Samantha:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's been a pretty incredible finale to this pretty incredible maternity leave. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">More details to come I hope although I'm in uncharted territory here with the whole working with a baby thing. I make no promises.</span></div>
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Katherine Krieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423110193345843725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431248091381740084.post-45221831155861556582014-10-20T06:10:00.001-07:002014-10-20T06:10:18.680-07:00swiss in san francisco<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stefan's mom is in town this week and next visiting us and meeting little Samantha. We've got lots of fun stuff planned - stay tuned for details! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Whenever she comes to visit, she always asks what she can bring us from the Motherland and we always have two very special Swiss items we just can't live without:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sprüngli - seriously the world's best chocolate, bar none.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These very coveted, only-found-in-Switzerland items are two of my most favorite things. While I'd tell you all to go sample them immediately, you'd be unable because these exclusive Swiss delicacies are only available to the elite Swiss (and those fortunate enough to have inside ties). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But as we enjoyed some salad sprinkled with this special spice and savored a piece of the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sprüngli </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(we have a strict only-one-a-night policy around here to make them last as loooooong as possible), I began thinking: maybe it's not the actual substance of the items that allures me; rather, could it be that the <i>exclusivity</i> is what drives my deep and intense affection? After all, my absolute favorite fruit (persimmons!) also has a limited quality about it, being only available in a few precious fall months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In addition to having a great time, I had the very, very great honor of being the celebrant for their nuptials. I was so beyond touched to play this special role in their wedding not only because I adore them both, but also because this is a marriage I couldn't believe more in! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I know it's sooo cliche but these two are literally PERFECT for each other. It makes me so, so happy to help them seal the deal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Their wedding video is ready and I couldn't help but share. I was waterworks galore each of the 20 times I've watched it. Be prepared. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Check out the video </span><a href="http://vimeo.com/106025037" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">here</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Password is "ayc". </span></div>
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Katherine Krieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423110193345843725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431248091381740084.post-16539075301835993982014-10-16T11:25:00.000-07:002014-10-16T11:25:16.617-07:00last week<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Apologies for the slow blogging start to this week. It has been busy with some big updates and changes for the Fischer Family! Stay tuned for more details soon. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My mom was in town last week and - per usual - we ended up with a jammed-packed schedule of lunches out with friends, dinners with family, baby yoga classes, and - most exciting (and exhausting!) - a mad hunt to find my brother Sam an apartment because (if you didn't hear the awesome news already) he is moving here! We could not be more pumped to have Uncle Sam making a big west coast move! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In our extreme busyness, I didn't have time to snap a single photo, but luckily, my mom's uber efficiency landed Sam a stellar spot in a brand new building in SOMA, not too far away from his office. We're already hard at work thinking how to decorate it. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On Friday, we had the fabulous Charlotte and Scott MacKenzie and Scott's awesome mother Randy paying us a visit! They were headed to a wedding in wine country but made a pit-stop here on their way up to say hello and meet little Samantha Charlotte, who gets her middle name from - you guessed it - said </span><a href="http://frommycoasttoyourcoast.blogspot.com/2013/05/charlotte.html" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Charlotte</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. We can only hope our little girl will have Char's sharp intellect, incredible athleticism, and big heart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">While we were sad to see them go so quickly, luckily we get to see these two in just two weeks for my sister's wedding in Florida! Lots of excitement to come these next few weeks.</span></div>
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Katherine Krieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423110193345843725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431248091381740084.post-228318298204852642014-10-09T06:30:00.000-07:002014-10-09T06:30:21.273-07:00home-sharpied frames<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've been on the hunt for frames for Samantha's room since way before she was born. In keeping with our grey-and-white-with-touches-of-pink <a href="http://frommycoasttoyourcoast.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-nursery.html">motif</a>, I wanted something punchy, but not super expensive. I'd find fun frames for a fortune or boring frames for cheap, but not much in that middle territory. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One day at Target, however, I was hit with a stroke of genius: I'd simply make a boring, cheap frame fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I started with some super cheap, plain white frames:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I just assumed everyone swaddled their babies. Everyone here talks about it as though it were a given. Before we left the hospital, they made sure we knew several essential swaddling techniques. And it's even one of the five Ss of <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Happiest-Baby-Block-Harvey-Karp/dp/0553381466/ref=smi_www_rcolv2_go_smi?_encoding=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0">The Happiest Baby on the Block</a>. (A soon-to-be parent must-read!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But they don't swaddle babies in Switzerland. And guess what! Babies there turn out just fine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So then it got me thinking about how different people raise babies around the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you know that in </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Finland, babies sleep in cardboard boxes?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And that in Guatemala, Mayan mothers give their newborns freezing cold baths?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And that in Scandinavia, mothers leave their babies in strollers outside to nap in sub zero temperatures?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But then in the Dominican Republic, babies are kept exclusively indoors?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And while today we're told to only let babies sleep on their backs, when we were newborns, parents were told the stomach was the safest spot to sleep. And while pediatricians today warn against the dangers of taking a baby in public spots prior to her vaccinations, our parents' generation took us out on day one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The fascinating documentary <a href="http://www.focusfeatures.com/babies">Babies</a> is further food for thought when it comes how best to rear a child. While the baby from Africa plays in the dirt with his brother and the baby from Mongolia is left swaddled on a bed and the baby from San Francisco is fawned over by her parents with constant visual stimulation and an endless narration of life from her mother (totally guilty!), they all end up reaching their developmental milestones right on track.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's fascinating how different countries and generations and cultures do things oh-so differently, but how - guess what! - most babies turn out just fine. </span><br />
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Katherine Krieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423110193345843725noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431248091381740084.post-89025506940674745572014-10-06T08:19:00.001-07:002014-10-06T08:19:28.346-07:00the anatomy of a perfect cheese plate<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you know Stefan and I at all, you know we have a thing for cheese. It is our go-to cocktail-hour, afternoon-treat, or easy-dinner fare. We always try to keep a couple of good varieties on hand for an impromptu visit from friends, of which we have had many of these past few weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A perfect cheese plate requires a few things:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>1. A mix of animals</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">By that I mean a little cow, a little sheep and a little goat's milk cheese. Also always a real winner is a blend of all three. My favorite trio cheese is definitely La Tur:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.murrayscheese.com/la-tur.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>get here</i></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>2. A blend of types</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I always try to have at least one of each of the following categories:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-Hard, (preferably Swiss) mountain cheese (Try Cave-aged Gruyere or Appenzeller) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-Super-soft and luxurious brie-style cheese (Try Fromager d'affinois or </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Saint Andre) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-Blue! (Try Saint Agur or Point Reyes Blue)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can't go wrong with classic, sweet grapes, but almost any fruit can be a perfect accompaniment to its cheesy counterparts: juicy melon, succulent stone fruit, or - my personal favorite - crunchy persimmons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Speaking of grapes, did you know the best way to serve grapes is to cut that big bulk of fruit down into single sized portions? I had no idea until my fav <a href="http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/">blog</a> shared this <a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/this-is-the-correct-way-to-serve-grapes-tiny-tips-from-the-kitchn-210862">article</a>. You can pile the small bundles together so it still looks like a big bunch, but people can more easily take a few without leaving the not-so-pretty stems bare on your platter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Go hog wild and splurge on the most expensive baguette you can find. Fortunately, the price premium for the best (v. the mediocre) is a mere buck or two. SO worth it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We ended up using a bunch of the photos in Samantha's birth announcement (which you've already seen!), but I thought I'd share a behind-the-scenes peek at some of the other photos I loved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But while Samantha was supposed to be perfectly centered (and of course looking towards the camera!), she kept moving her head towards Stefan. Despite attempt after attempt, we could not keep her still!</span><br />
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Katherine Krieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423110193345843725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431248091381740084.post-65800080552406767872014-10-02T07:30:00.000-07:002014-10-02T07:30:18.363-07:00our birth annoucement<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For those of you who haven't seen it already, I thought I'd share Samantha's birth announcement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We just went with Minted.com, which made things beyond easy and simple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She's already up to 24 inches and nine and a half pounds! Can you imagine gaining 40% of your body weight in just two months?? For a 140-lb adult, we're talking a 54-pound uptick!</span></div>
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Katherine Krieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423110193345843725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431248091381740084.post-11422815208207415352014-10-01T08:07:00.000-07:002014-10-01T08:07:10.603-07:00happy birthday mom!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today marks the birthday of my fabulous mother.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">While she's my biggest blog fan, she isn't so into the sappy ones around these parts so I won't write much. </span></div>
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Katherine Krieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423110193345843725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431248091381740084.post-73327644871611809812014-09-29T07:08:00.000-07:002014-09-29T07:08:59.399-07:00sat night<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This past Saturday night I left Stefan home with little Samantha to head up to sunny Healdsburg for a surprise 30th birthday party for the lovely <a href="http://sarahjenks.com/">Sarah Jenks</a>. While both Stefan and Samantha were invited to the soiree, we decided to spare Samantha the 2ish hour drive up and not subject the party guests to the distraction of a baby (no matter how adorable :). Stefan sacrificed himself to stay home with his little lady while I got a night of luxury up in wine country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For the big 3-0, Sarah's sweet (and sneaky!) husband had arranged for a private outdoor dinner among the grape vines at <a href="http://www.kelleyyoungwines.com/">Kelley & Young Wines</a>. Not only did the guest list include 15 of her closest friends, her family also all flew in from out of town to surprise her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We all gathered at the gorgeous Kelley & Young property around 5pm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I know they say the days are long and the years are short, but my goodness have the <i>days</i> felt SHORT! Didn't we just bring her home yesterday? </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I packed Samantha's newborn clothes away the other day (she's in solid 0-3 month territory now) and was feeling all sorts of nostalgia (and I am totally NOT that kind of girl). </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I know it's </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">soooo</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> cliche but time seems to just be evaporating. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But when I touched back down in the States, my German speaking became - well - non-existent. I had the best of intentions, but whenever Stefan and I would practice, the conversation would ultimately deteriorate into English. While I could talk about what I ate or said or did, I couldn't discuss anything of depth, and when you have limited time to conversate each evening, depth is of the essence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So when Stefan's dad and Edith were here, I expected us to speak mostly English and/or for me to not participate all that much in the conversation. But surprisingly to everyone (most of all to me!), my German came back fairly easily. I quickly remembered key words and phrases and was able to partake in conversation (albeit basic and slooooow conversation) without issue. (Particularly after a glass or two of wine.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But while my high German was passable, Swiss German (an extremely heavy dialect of German not understandable to high German speakers and the actual language spoken by Stefan's family when they aren't accommodating me) was another beast altogether. While they mostly spoke high German around me, Swiss German naturally entered the conversation given that it's their true native tongue. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My ultimate end goal is this secret language. We're raising Samantha to speak English, Swiss German and high German. My biggest fear is that her and her dad will be able to talk in Swiss code without me understanding: i.e., "Samantha - your mother's cooking tastes like dog poo tonight, doesn't it?" "Yes daddy - I could not agree more. Let's order pizza when she goes to sleep at 8pm."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As soon as there was a lull in conversation, I went for it:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I eagerly awaited glowing compliments on how wonderful I was for learning such a key Swiss phrase. "KK, du bist so intelligent! Du bist so perfekt mit deine Schweizerdeutsche!" I expected them to tell me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Instead I got dead silence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"What is it?" I begged, mortified by a clearly nicht so gut mistake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">More un-containable cackling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"No - hahahahahhahaa - it's - hahahahahaha - a - hahaha - word," Stefan managed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Tell me!" I implored.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"It means 'unbelievably stupid' like 'the stupidest of stupid'. Where did you learn that? Did my brother teach you that?" Stefan continued as his dad and Edith continued to appear to be dying from their never-ending laughter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"You all have been saying it all day long." I offered sheepishly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Us? <u>We</u> have been saying this word??" Stefan's dad asked as he looked at his wife and son. They all wondered who had been the one to toss around this not-very-nice expression for my Swiss-German virgin ears to hear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eventually, they all calmed down from their laughter, we finished our dinner, and Edith and Urs headed back to their hotel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Lueg emol! Not oberhohl." He replied as he began laughing again and went to text his dad and Edith the debunked mystery of my new word. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"It means 'have a look here' or 'look at that'!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well lueg emol, I guess I may be a tad bit oberhohl myself. :)</span></div>
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Katherine Krieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423110193345843725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431248091381740084.post-86123245318287033212014-09-24T08:59:00.000-07:002014-09-24T08:59:04.421-07:00a city hike<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sunday AM (post our 7+ course dinner) we opted to take Samantha for her very first hike. Luckily, San Francisco is home to all sorts of scenic trails allowing you to enjoy nature's finest without needing to leave the city. Stefan selected one of his fav marathon training routes (featuring stellar views of the Golden Gate) to show our special Swiss guests what our fine city has to offer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our hike ended at the Cliff House where we refueled on their eggs and to-die-for signature popovers with butter and strawberry preserves. Well-worth the tough trail!</span></div>
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Katherine Krieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423110193345843725noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431248091381740084.post-66526029372719093912014-09-23T07:47:00.000-07:002014-09-23T07:47:57.255-07:00persimmons, husk cherries + cornmeal toast<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Saturday, we made a trip to the Ferry Building Farmer's Market. We used to frequent this hot spot regularly, but with the move and work schedules and Samantha, it had been ages since we'd pay it a visit. While I'd like to say my motivation in going there was completely altruistic (wanting to show our guests a San Francisco staple), it was actually quite selfish: with persimmon season starting any day now, I was hoping I might be able to nab some of these prized jewels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thinking this would be the first and last time I saw these weird-looking snacks, I obviously opted to sample. They did not disappoint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Later that night we took Edith and Urs out to Michelin-starred restaurant <a href="http://www.sonsanddaughterssf.com/">Sons & Daughters</a> as a 60th birthday present to Stefan's dad. We did the restaurant's seven-course dinner with wine pairings, and l</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">o and behold, not one but two courses featured these exact same mystery fruits! We had a</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> heirloom tomato soup with basil creme and ground cherries to start and then candied versions of the special fruit as an extra finale post final course.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We started the weekend off with a Thursday evening dinner of steaks, salad and wine at our place. Nonno (grandfather in Italian) was all about holding little Samantha every second he could.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So much so that he refused to take a break to quench his thirst. Luckily, his sweet wife Edith stepped in to help him.</span><br />
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Katherine Krieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423110193345843725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431248091381740084.post-72203680156098576502014-09-18T08:10:00.000-07:002014-09-18T08:10:16.054-07:00birthday boy<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Monday was Stefan's birthday and as you already know, all he wanted to do to celebrate was hang out at home with Samantha. But to make things just a tad bit more exciting, Samantha and I came to pick him up from his office for a late afternoon glass of wine.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stefan works right on the water next to the famed Ferry Building - home to many-a-fabulous little shops, including Cowgirl Creamery: one of SF's many great cheesemongers. We obviously had to make a pit-stop there pre-cocktail-hour to sample some of their finest and pick up a few new varieties.</span><br />
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Katherine Krieghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17423110193345843725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431248091381740084.post-8826805129011041642014-09-17T10:23:00.001-07:002014-09-17T10:23:16.254-07:00baby presents<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Samantha has been totally spoiled with so many fabulous, fabulous baby gifts. She is already the most stylish, well-equipped person in our family by far. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Since some of you may have a friend or two that has a baby and to whom you want to send a little gift, I thought I'd share some of the less obvious choices for presents. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Don't get me wrong: baby clothes and blankets are ALWAYS a fantastic choice. We go through both like the Duggars (that would be the 19 Kids & Counting family...) go through toilet paper. Really, really fast. It is so nice to have a hearty stock of adorable blankets as well as extra cute clothes on hand so you're not constantly washing stuff. Plus, as a new parent with tons of things to spend money on, you feel guilty splurging on these types of things. Getting either of these choices is always a real treat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Monogrammed Sherpa Bear Rocker from <a href="http://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/sherpa-bear-rocker/?pkey=e%7Cplush%2Btoddler%2Brocking%2Bhorse%7C29%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C7&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules">Pottery Barn Kids</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This last one we're totally enamored with, but unfortunately, it came with no note! I called Pottery Barn to try and figure out who the lovely sender was, but unfortunately the mystery giver gave no name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If YOU are the one who sent this gorgeous rocker, please come forth and reveal yourself! Samantha is dying to send you a proper thank-you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anywho, when it comes to baby presents, you can't go wrong. Even just a little note or email to tell the new fam you're thinking of them is oh-so-very sweet and appreciated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">xoxo</span></div>
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