During my trip to Northern Virginia a couple of weeks ago, I stayed at the McLean Hilton...an ordinary business hotel...nothing to write home about. Still, on this trip, the Hilton very much frustrated me.
On this trip, the air conditioning in my room wasn't working properly, the high-speed Internet wasn't functioning, and the two phones were inoperable. So, not only was my first night uncomfortable, but I could check email, and I couldn't get a wake up call.
In the morning, I reported the problems to the front desk. I arrived back in my room around 10pm that night to find the room a bit cooler, but the phone and Internet still inoperable.
Same the next night.
Frustrating.
We decorated eggs this morning...a colorful Easter shout-out to all of our nieces and nephews. We invited Chris over for a champagne Easter brunch, for which I made one of the recipes from our Kitchen on Fire cooking class. I made a flavorful mushroom, asparagus, and three-cheese frittata...with fresh rosemary from our garden. (The frittata was my first...made possible by a new frittata pan...Jeff's Easter present to me :) 
Last Sunday, we visited the annual San Francisco Flower and Garden Show at the Cow Palace. I believe this was our fourth year in a row, but the inventive gardens never fail to inspire us with ideas for our own garden.
Last Saturday, Jeff and I participated in a unique volunteer event sponsored by my company. We call it Cooking for a Cause...basically a group cooking class where we prepared food for 40 and delivered it to a local shelter.
During my trip to Northern Virginia a couple of weeks ago, I stayed at the McLean Hilton...an ordinary business hotel...nothing to write home about. Still, on this trip, the Hilton very much frustrated me.
What a beautiful Sunday. Not a cloud in the sky. Temperatures in the mid sixties. Simply the perfect San Francisco winter day.
