My family and I are going on week 4 of sheltering in place and I am beginning to lose all concept of time. I use humor as a coping mechanism, which is why when we were first asked to shelter in place by the mayor of San Francisco, I thought I would start what I […]
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Week 3 of My Shelter in Place Travels
Let me start out by saying that wherever you are, I hope that you are safe and healthy. I can report that my family and I are safe and healthy in San Francisco as we continue to shelter in place. It’s been three long weeks since we’ve been staying home as advised by the city […]
Week 2 of My Shelter In Place Travels
Greetings from San Francisco! How are you holding up? A year ago could you have imagined that we’d end up here? In the midst of a pandemic? That traveling could not only be dangerous to your health but also dangerous to the health of everyone else? Things being as they are, the only traveling that […]
Week 1 of My Shelter in Place Travels
On March 17, San Francisco residents were asked to shelter in place to help slow the spread of coronavirus. My daughters were already home from school because SFUSD schools shut down for at least three weeks starting on March 16. I work from home and my husband is not working at the moment because of […]
Managing My Anxiety During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Coronavirus is messing with me big time and not because I have it or anyone that I know has it. It’s messing with me because I have anxiety disorder and as someone with anxiety disorder, I am always and I mean ALWAYS on the lookout for disaster. When I’m parking my car in a shopping […]
Our Love Story Is Simple
Some love stories are complicated and I’m not trying to say that our love story hasn’t had a complication here and there, but when you get right down to how it is that we fell in love, our love story is simple. We fell in love over the course of many walks. We walked and […]
Check Out My Central Perk Lego Set
I got the Central Perk Lego set. Recently, we went to the Lego store to buy something for our girls and I ended up buying this Central Perk Lego set for myself because I just couldn’t seem to leave the store without it. If you’ve ever watched the television show “Friends” you know that Central […]
Best Boots for Wide Calves According to Someone With Big Calves
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Claudya Martinez (@byclaudya) on Jan 20, 2020 at 4:17pm PST I’ve become a bit of an expert on the subject of boots for wide calves because I love knee-boots and I have wide calves. I know from experience that shopping for boots when you have thick […]
Sundays Are Perfect for a Family Bike Ride in San Francisco
On Sundays, a big chunk of Golden Gate Park gets closed off to traffic and becomes a carless haven. It’s freakin’ awesome. Without cars to get in the way, it’s the perfect place to go for a family bike ride. Don’t have a bike? No problem. View this post on Instagram Sometimes I put on […]
My Family’s Reaction to ‘The SpongeBob Musical’
When I was offered press tickets to see “The SpongeBob Musical” at Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco, I said yes because I thought it was something my daughters would enjoy. Well, guess what? My husband and I enjoyed it too and maybe even more than the girls did. Who would have thunk it? According […]