Stanford Art Museums

Stanford University has a terrific collection (and free!) spread over several museums. We’ve visited the Cantor a couple different times. It’s open during the day, of course, but also stays open late on Thursday evenings, so it’s great for a … Read More

Asian Art Museum & Main library

We were all surprised by just how much we loved the Asian Art Museum. While my family is Indian, I tend to prefer science-y and hands-on museums in addition to those with Western religious art. Still, we all found this … Read More

Seward Street Slides

We were excited to check out some long concrete slides in a tiny park not far from Twin Peaks. Sadly, we didn’t check the hours beforehand…because it never occurred to me that they would have hours. Rookie mistake – city … Read More

Cable Car Museum

We loved checking out the (free!) Cable Car Museum a few days after our arrival in SF. It was a great introduction to what is, in my opinion (and certainly that of my children), the most fun form of public … Read More

Bookstores in SF

We stopped into several bookstores during our time in SF.  We lived just a couple of blocks from the infamous City Lights bookstore. City Lights wasn’t the most kid-friendly bookstore in the world (a fairly small children’s section, and, at the … Read More

Thin Mint Chocolate Tart

How was your Pi Day?  We had a party and there was much pie and good friends.  What more could one want?  Nothing, there is nothing more anyone could want.  My mom has her master’s in math, so Pi Day … Read More

Blueberry Banana Chip Bread

(First things first…happy happy birthday to my witty, ambitious, kind, gorgeous sister!) Confession time…I’m not always a ginormous fan of banana bread.  I know!  Evil. They’re just usually too…banana-y?  I don’t know. Anyway, this basic version of this was the … Read More

Top 10 Essentials of a Vegetarian Kitchen

When we were putting together our registry before getting married, I was inexplicably thrilled to register for a melon baller.  I have no explanation for this.  In the nearly 6 years we’ve been married, I think I’ve used that thing … Read More

Sweet Potato Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Until this weekend, I’d never before put chocolate chips in my pancakes. It was…life changing. I mean, HOW had I not put chocolate chips in my pancakes?  Maybe not the brightest crayon. These were delicious.  A little lighter than with … Read More

Stanford University has a terrific collection (and free!) spread over several museums. We’ve visited the Cantor a couple different times. It’s open during the day, of course, but also stays open late on Thursday evenings, so it’s great for a little pre- or after-dinner outing.

We love walking (running) around the Rodin sculpture garden outside the Cantor Museum.

On our latest visit, we checked out the original Golden Spike at the Cantor Museum. We stopped at Golden Spike National Historic Site this past summer as we drove through Utah and learned about the completion of the transcontinental railroad. Leland Stanford was instrumental in building California’s railroad, and as California senator, drove in the final golden spike used to complete the track for the transcontinental railroad. While a replica is displayed at the historic site, the original is housed in Palo Alto.
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