Friends and Cioppino

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French, San Franciscan, Canadian and East Coaster. The perfect combo.

What happens when a French woman, a Canadian and an East Coaster come to visit the Latch Family in San Francisco?

I’ll show you.

Our dear friends (who have known me since I was 16!) came to visit a two weeks ago. Steve and I had so much fun showing them around San Francisco and the Bay area. I have so many photos to share from all our adventures.

On their first night we went out to North Beach for some crab cioppino at Sotto Mare. Have you ever had cioppino? It’s an Italian seafood stew and once you have had it, you will start to dream about the chance to eat it again. They make their own fish broth at Sotto Mare with the fresh caught fish of the day, so it always tastes a little different every time you go.

Steve told everyone what they were ordering, but the ladies slipped in their own requests too.

The best wedge salad. Yum.

This picture does not even begin to show you how good this food is.

 

After dinner we walked over to the Buena Vista for a little Irish Coffee.

A yummy ending to a fun night.

I will be sharing the rest of the photos from our trip over the next few days. Hopefully they inspire you to come visit us! We love showing off our town.

Tuesday’s Tube

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This week I want to share some projects that are in various stages of development, but I am excited about each of them for different reasons.

The first is a video series I am launching with Aaron Kyro of Braille Skateboarding. A little while ago I asked Aaron if he would teach me how to skateboard. His schedule is completely packed but he’s managed to fit in a little time for me and we are making a video series called “Can You Teach A Mom To Skate.”

This is going to give me an opportunity to:

1. Get in shape. I hate working out, but when I am working to learn a new sport I get really inspired and start exercising more.

2. Fall. The first time I rode I fell. Who doesn’t love a good fall? I have bruises and everything.

3. Show all those teenagers who follow the Braille Skateboarding YouTube Channel what a mom can do.

This is a little teaser video I shot for my own channel. The one for Braille Skate will be up in a few days.

I don’t know if you actually want to watch the next video. It is 45 minutes long and a little painful at times. I only made it to about 15 minutes in before I had to go do something else. With that all said, I think you need to keep this potential project on the radar. These 4 dad bloggers got together last Sunday. They were supposed to do an improv show but ended up just doing a Google Hangout chat about random stuff and current events.

I can’t explain why I like it. It’s like dad reality TV with a twist that these 4 guys are actually intelligent even when they are goofy. I hope they develop it into something.

Let me know if you make it to the end. It could even become your Sunday replacement for Game of Thrones. They talk about freezing in the woods.

Have you heard of this new film coming out, I AM ELEVEN? Chloe is 10 now and navigating these next few years is going to be an adventure for sure. The film explores humanity across the globe through the age of 11 which is often the bridge between innocence and what comes next.

What good videos have you seen this week? Feel free to share them over on Our Urban Playground’s Facebook Page!

The Snaggletooth

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I asked Ella how it feels to lose a tooth. Her response?

“It feels weird.”

Before: She had a snaggletooth that was holding on by the roots.

After:

loose tooth

I love that this is the face she made when I asked her to show me her teeth.

Do you remember when you lost your teeth? When mine were loose I would try to tie them to the doorknob and slam the door. It never worked. I guess I couldn’t fully commit. I would just end up working ‘em back and forth with my tongue until they popped.