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Well, the season is just taking off, but so far concerts, picnics, cooking up lots of seasonal goodness, Yerba Buena Gardens, movies, de Young Museum, dining out (Ethiopian, Indian, Thai, Pakistani, Persian), taking care of the yard, classes, cleaning house (well, blogging and cooking while my hunny cleans house, mostly).

This weekend we were supposed to take the bike over the hill (Santa Cruz Mountains) to the beach, but I had a migraine yesterday, which waylaid our plans. Today, I am taking it easy and catching up, getting ready for the week ahead.

Next weekend we'll tear up the pavement and take in the coast. The weekend after we'll probably hit the Great American Food and Music Fest. After that, we're hitting Disneyland for a few days for my hubby's birthday. Some camping, more rides on the motorcycle, weekend getaways, days in San Francisco, Santa Cruz, other fun local (Silicon Valley) spots, and lots of backyard grilling. Stuff like that. Some of which will end up on my blog, or twitter (@PaulaMaack), as usual.

How about you? Are you enjoying the season? Where in the world are you located, and what fun things are there to do in your area?

Cheers,

~ Paula

Well, I finished my first year of grad school (YAY!), with finals and the like.

However, I had major spine surgery on the 20th, so I've been recovering as best as I can from that (I'm 25, it was very unexpected). Thankfully my parents are in town, so I've been able to hit up a few mom-and-pop joints here in Tucson that I haven't been to before.

I did post a thread here trying to find fellow Old Pueblo SEers for an eat-and-greet, but that didn't work out so well...

How about yourself?

@therealchiff - glad to hear someone else prefers winter -- i absolutely love the winter. i love all the seasons, but there's something about winter ... love the cold starry nights.....

now is my busy season - so i've been dashing around - burning the midnite oil.... but always have time to check out the SE site. it's my way of relaxing.....

So far, I have gone on a two-week tour of Eastern and Central Europe to complete (the first part of) my second Master's in Intl Busniess, and then I had to prepare for and be in my brother's wedding, all the while, making up the work that I missed while I was gone, and now I have been getting my root canal taken care of, and am working on finishing my dissertation for my degree, which I hope to complete before the end of the summer.

I also registered to make 13 different items for the MN state fair, where last year I placed 3rd out of over 1000 entries for my peanut butter cookies, but my poor chocolate chip cookies got nothing, and my even worse ginger snaps just looked sad (my fault entirely on both of those, I think), so I am going for redemption in those. I don't mind not placing, I have only placed that once, which was awesome....but I would like all of my entries to turn out how I *want* them to be, so I am re-doing a few of them. Plus, I am trying a few new categories, just for something new and challenging. :) Wish me luck!!

Weeks go by and i forget about the "site" because I get so busy at work (that's where I use the computer 'caus I don't have one at home). When I do hook on to this food blog, it's because there's a lull at work and I have some spare time. Anyway, I, too, love winter having grown up in the northeast (Nova Scotia, then Syracuse, now Brooklyn). The part of summer I find unbearable is the hot/humid days. But I do like the mini-vacations I take with my family. We have plans to go to Lake George in July. And Labor Day, I'll do whatI do every Labor Day: go to the New York State Fair in Syracuse. I feel my year just isn't complete unless I go to the Fair.

@chiffy - not so much winter, but in my ideal world, autumn would last 365 days (or 366 on occasion)!

That said, I can't wait for our U Pick far to open for strawberry and pea picking (should be this weekend)! Fresh peas was my favourite childhood snack...

I was born in fall too and I love fall the best.
It's the season for Big Appetite (well, at least in Japan)!

-something about high sky and fat horses.. is this a Chinese saying?

Gardening and lots of yard work--actual landscaping tasks, such as digging out twenty year old shrubs. Man, those stumps/root systems are a real bitch to dig out. The yard is looking great, so hopefully more time to enjoy in the garden and kitchen.

Been busy with the kids and school winding down so I haven't had time to come on the site. Kid's last day of school is tomorrow, so needless to say I'm looking forward to "me" mornings. If I can get up early enough my puppies and i can get some great runs in, then I won't feel so guilty indulging in hubby's grill skills.

There are so few purely foodie discussion sites available these days, I don't think I'll ever stop coming to SE even if it seems that posting is at a standstill and I occasionally hear crickets.

Summer isn't as much a foodie season upon first glance but just think of all the non-cooked items we make in order to take advantage of the bounty of fruit and that smoky cooking apparatus in the yard. Summer food sort of just happens for me and it doesn't get the painstaking planning of Autumn or Winter food.

Looking forward to everyone's BBQ, beach party, family reunion, 3 day weekend, it's-way-too-hot-to-cook-inside and all around fair-weather foodie posts!