Yesterday, my husband and I enjoyed a day out in Marin County. We took a walk along the Tennessee Valley Trail to the beach, and it was… Read more “What are the most pretentious suburbs in the Bay Area?”
Category: Suburban appreciation
So as much as we who live in Walnut Creek (including our city leaders) need to get over ourselves, here is my list of things I appreciate about WC
–Walnut Creek truly feels like home. Growing up here, in staid, homogeneous Walnut Creek of the 1970s and 1980s, I absolutely could not wait to leave, to… Read more “So as much as we who live in Walnut Creek (including our city leaders) need to get over ourselves, here is my list of things I appreciate about WC”
Suburban wife-swapping and infidelity: Fiction or fact? And who has the time or energy these days?
A topic to ponder post-Cupid’s Day? I’m slowing getting my way through Couples, John Updike’s famed fictional account of 1960s marital discord and sexual philandering amongst prosperous… Read more “Suburban wife-swapping and infidelity: Fiction or fact? And who has the time or energy these days?”
Rain!!! Taking a walk in the rain is the absolute best way to spend a winter Friday afternoon
Taking a walk with my son through our Walnut Creek neighborhood on a winter afternoon… Our shoes getting filled with water, our hair soaked with rain. We… Read more “Rain!!! Taking a walk in the rain is the absolute best way to spend a winter Friday afternoon”
Big, wild party in WC Saturday night
Okay, it was big, but no so wild, and the cops didn’t have to break it up. Actually, it was the 30th Annual Shellie Awards at the… Read more “Big, wild party in WC Saturday night”
A Glorious Autumn Day in Suburbia
Sunday was, wasn’t it? Brisk, breezy, clear. The leaves, orange, golden, and red, dropping off trees, making a skittering tap-tap-tap as the wind blew them across the… Read more “A Glorious Autumn Day in Suburbia”
Crazy in Suburbia 