Super Duper Burgers, San Francisco

Last Sunday after church in San Francisco (see this post), the lovely Robin, Aaron, Nina, Miles, Mia, and I stopped into a Super Duper Burger place in the Metreon, between 4th Street and Yerba Buena in San Francisco. Super Duper is a northern California thing.

They do things differently at Super Duper. They offer fresh, quality produce, meat, dairy, and buns, sourced from area sources. Their signage is all produced locally. Not only their food but also their packaging is 100% compostable. Their beef is humanely-raised, 100% vegetarian-fed (from family-owned ranches), and ground fresh daily. The buns are baked by an artisan baker in San Francisco. Other products are similarly thought-through. The price is, consequently, higher. But the food is good (though the garlic fries Nina ordered were too strong even for her!). And they keep their promise of creating "fast food burgers using slow food values."

Los Paseos Carnival

Soon after the lovely Robin and I arrived in San Jose, California, for a weekend visit with Aaron, Nina, Miles, and Mia, we got to meet Miles and Mia at their school (Los Paseos Elementary) as class let out for the day...and a big ol' carnival began.

The carnival raises funds to help support the school, which we're really grateful for (it's a great school for our precious ones). So we helped support the cause and had a blast doing it.

Miles and Mia showed aptitude for the bubble ball (above) and climbing wall (below). They both enjoyed the bounce house and baseball swings. Miles tried the basketball and football throw and played Laser Tag with a friend. Mia got her face painted and a sparkly arm tattoo. Both ate a prodigious amount and variety of food. And Miles went home with a new goldfish (with his dad's help) and Mia (with her mom's help) with a stuffed minion doll.

It was an impressive event, and we enjoyed every single second.

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Favorite Travel Pix: Two Young Beauties

A few years ago, we traveled to our nephew's wedding in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the company of our grandchildren Mia (left) and Calleigh (right). The two cousins were just hanging out, enjoying each other's amazingness, when someone (I can't even remember who) snapped this photo. Isn't it gorgeous?

Bob's Your Uncle

My niece, Elissa, sent me this photo (those are her fingers reflected in the window through which she took the photo). Because, yes, yes I am.

Ryder on a Train

This photo of my grandson Ryder was taken by his dad while riding on the North Pole Express this past December. Kevin is an excellent photographer, but this beautiful shot is extraordinary even for him. Of course, he couldn't have chosen a better subject, one that makes this one of my favorite travel photos ever.

CF Benefit Night (#2) at Grand Finale

For the second week in a row, the lovely Robin and I joined a wonderful bunch of friends for a gourmet meal to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation--on behalf of our grandchildren, Calleigh and Ryder. What a joy it was to reunite with the Thompsons and Ashcrafts for a festive, filling evening--in more ways than one! And the friends just kept coming! The food, too. 

Thank you so much to all who supported this special night. I didn't get photos of everyone, but I am grateful to all! And to the Grand Finale, who on this night fixed (just for me, I'm pretty sure) a lovely filet mignon brochette (below), while the lovely Robin had her usual (diver scallops, cooked to perfection). 

While Calleigh and Ryder couldn't be there (they left Sunday afternoon on a family vacation), they would have thanked everyone (or, in Ryder's case, stuck out a tongue) if they could have.

CF Benefit Night (#1) at Grand Finale

What a wonderful evening the lovely Robin and I had last Sunday in the first of two Cystic Fibrosis Benefits at the venerable Grand Finale restaurant in Glendale, a northern suburb of Cincinnati. We were joined by a great crowd of family and friends to benefit our family's fight to find a cure for cystic fibrosis (on behalf of our grandchildren, Calleigh and Ryder, pictured below, with their parents and sister Avery....and Mimi, of course).

I assure you, Ryder's gesture is a commentary not on the food or the company...but on the photographer. I think.

Such support from such great friends and family. And better food you won't find anywhere. Robin had one of her favorites, the ginormous scallops...

And I had the seafood pasta dish, perfectly prepared and seasoned and quickly devoured....

Thanks so much to all who turned out. And, in case you missed it: the "grand finale" (see what I did there?) of our CF Benefit is NEXT Sunday evening, March 22, from 4:30-9. Simply make your reservations for anytime in those hours by calling 513-771-5925 and BE SURE to mention that your reservation is for the "Cystic Fibrosis Benefit." The lovely Robin and I would love to see you there!