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October 5, 2009 at 2:34 pm · Filed under General
Oct 2nd hike to Morgan Territory
Last Friday the crisp air and bright blue skies let us know Fall is here on our hike at Morgan Territory. We hiked along Blue Oak, Hummingbird, Volvon, Prairie Falcon, and Condor Trails,. We hiked an easy loop through the golden grass mostly along a winding road with glimpses of Mt. Diablo appearing around many corners.
Hikers were Aleta (thank you for driving up the windy road), Claudia, Barbara, Judie, Rose, and Sharon. We didn’t see any coyotes but we did see a deer along the road driving in but the big surprise was the pond full of jumping frogs. When we got to the pond the frogs that were camouflaged in the mud starting jumping into the pond by the hundreds. Our frog walker, Claudia, discovered that if she walked the length of the pond they would all jump in as if on cue as she approached them. I hung around at the pond taking photos of the frogs, several basking in the sun on the lily pads. That would have been my choice over the mud! The group continued on another 30 minutes.
The group hiked for a little over 3 miles in about 1 hour 45 minutes.
Save Oct 23rd for our FALL PICNIC. Fran will be planning another one of her great hikes and I will be planning a picnic after it.
Happy Trails, Sharon
April 22, 2009 at 5:58 am · Filed under General
Mama Mia, what a night of food and wine at the February Wine Tasting.
Bob an Dale Skok entertained us with pasta and sauces paired with excellent wines from Italy. We hope Bob will share his secret sauces.
We had a small group due to some members who were sick, but those of us, there, made up for. This is a group that enjoys fine wines and wants to share this experience with others.
We are fortunate that a new member, Grace Ayers has volunteered to co-chair with Dale. Welcome Grace…
April 21, 2009 at 6:08 am · Filed under General
In January the Gad Abouts were part of a live audience at “The View From the Bay” television program. In attendance were Barbara Alvine, Joyce Ault, Myrna Bachiochi, Julie Davis, Pam Deas, Tina Fischer, Marion Greenwood, Dottie Kaiser, Bernice Pelicas, Sally Powers, Erika Scaramelli, Pat Shockley, Mary Splane, Judy White and Paula Williams. Prior to the show, we had lunch at Il Fornaio Restaurant in San Francisco. We all had a great time!! Pictured are Spencer Christian and Laura Spencer of “View from the Bay” with some of the Gad About ladies.
October 22, 2007 at 10:32 pm · Filed under General
Thank you Vel and Rich for hosting the San Ramon Newcomers Group’s October Wine Tasting event at your beautiful home. The evening was a lot of fun and filled with fine wines and great company.
We had a blind tasting of several wines including two wines from Stony Ridge (one Orobiano and one Chardonnay). a third wine from Rios-Lovell Estate (Petite Sirah) and our forth was from Retzlaff (Merlot). All from the Livermore Valley. The winner for the evening was Bob with a perfect score!!! Way to go, 8 out of 8 correct! Bob, you really know your wine. We’re all looking forward to November 18 for our next wine tasting event at Lee and George’s home where they will feature Spanish Wines.
Olay,
Tracey Harper
October 19, 2007 at 11:53 am · Filed under General, Luncheon
The October SRVNC luncheon was a smorgasbord of foot long club sandwiches, mile high Cobb salads and piles of corned beef reubens. Our guest speaker was Lori Ferreyra, a local girl (all 5”3” and about 110 lbs. of her) who told exciting stories of her 19 years of being on the Hayward police force.
She then went on to give invaluable advice on personal safety, home security and identity theft prevention. She stated that everyone in the room falls into one of two categories, either you have already been a victim of identity theft or you fall into the group that will be a victim at sometime in the future (it is that prevalent and growing). Lori recommended that everyone get a locking mailbox and she handed out an Identity Theft Prevention document (following are a few excerpts):
- Stop Pre-approved Credit Offers and Phone Solicitation – www.donotcall.gov.
- Remove Your Name From Credit Bureau Marketing Lists – 1-888-567-8688.
- Do not provide your Social Security # over the phone or Internet.
Thank you Lori Ferreyra for a fun and informative afternoon.
See Ya!
Tracey Harper
July 16, 2007 at 6:49 pm · Filed under General, Hiking Club
Hi Friday Newcomers,
Marlene Taber and I hiked two hours this morning at the Shell Ridge Open Space in Walnut Creek. Beginning at 8:30 and ending at 10:30. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky and we were blessed with cool breezes and clear vistas. We could see as far as Concord, the Delta and beyond.
We did the Briones to Mt. Diablo Trail picking up a new trail for me, the Ridge Trail which was beautiful and circled around and took us back to Briones.
We didn’t see any wildflowers or many critters other than squirrels and hawks. We saw lots and lots of poison oak and many young oaks that had been planted by volunteers. LIFE IS GOOD!
Happy Trails,
Barbara
July 5, 2007 at 2:20 pm · Filed under General
For those of us who don’t get the “Times” and don’t know Joan Morris, here is an excerpt from her column. – Myrna
Excerpt from article (San Ramon Valley Times, July 2, page C3):
A lifetime deal for ‘temp’ diet
There comes a time in every dieter’s life when she or he must ask: “When does it end?”
The dieting, I mean. When do we stop counting calories? When do we say we’ve reached a perfect weight and no longer need to monitor the fat grams?
And the answer, of course is never. Feel free to curse and kick something now.
Even though I’ve been doing this for a while, it’s still hard to shake the secret dream I harbor that one day, I can be “normal” again.
(…) That’s a tough concept for dieters to accept, and one of the reasons I get complaints from people that I shouldn’t call this the Times “Diet” Club. Diet implies short term. It shouldn’t, but it does. We shouldn’t even consider the short term. We should be talking about eating this way – eating the healthful way – for life.
(…) “Diet” should be just another word for life. This is our diet; this is our life. We make healthful choices. We work to cut the fat. We exercise. We eat to live, not the other way around.
(…) We have to be aware of what we eat and what damage or benefit we may do to our bodies. We may not like it, but we can’t go back. This is now our normal.
(…) We may never be able to leave the house without making sure we have low-fat snacks in our pockets and there’s plenty of salad in the fridge for tonight, we also don’t have to live with the consequences of eating all the wrong things just because we can.
May 15, 2007 at 9:57 am · Filed under General
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May 11, 2007 at 8:48 am · Filed under General
