Marine Geologists eat Spaghetti Squash

On Saturday morning, Celia, Cliff, Megan, and I volunteered at the USGS Open House. We were stationed at the "Dress Like a Marine Geologist" station, where kids (and adults) could pick a background (e.g. Antartica, the Grand Canyon, a research boat out at sea, etc.), an outfit, and then accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. It was super fun, and if I may say so, we make some pretty good looking marine geologists.

Then Celia, Megan, and I headed to SF for the Night and Day Challenge. It was a neat way to explore the city on foot, including a couple neighborhoods I've never walked through before. Random people on the street kept asking us what we were doing, since we were running around with crazy bright orange bandanas on, maps in hand, looking frantic, and there were teams of people spread out all over the city. This would be fun to do again.

In keeping with the whole new-vegetable-each-week thing, on Sunday I tried kale and spaghetti squash. I thought the kale was tasty; my brother and sister were indifferent. Everyone thought the spaghetti squash was fun. Because seriously, it's like noodles. And who doesn't like noodles.

I also learned that dandelion is so named for its jagged leaves, which look like lion's teeth. Hence the French, dents de lion, and the subsequent mashed English pronunciation, dandelion. Neato bjeato.