| Valentine's Day G&J alone | Half Year Wedding Anniversary | Jerry's Birthday group | Jerry's Birthday G&J alone | Grace's Birthday group | Grace's Birthday G&J alone | Meeting Anniversary | Wedding Anniversary | Thanksgiving | |
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| 2011 | La Folie, San Francisco | Girl & the Fig, Sonoma | Via Veneto, S.F. | L’Ardoise, S.F. | home from hospital: 10 friends | XXX | 20th: Schubert’s chocolate mousse cake, home | [19th Chapeau: Marcus, Nik, J] | [Melisa & Ed’s, Ari, J] |
| 2010 | Jardinière dinner, S.F. (with S&D). Soto Mare Valentine dinner alone (17th) | Family b’day chili crab (Ogden). Jennifer cooks: home (S.F.) | La Folie dinner, S.F. | Provo lunch (10) | Yellowstone Lake Hotel | 19th: Chapeau dinner, S.F. | 18th: Zarzuela dinner, S.F. | Linda Won’s, Gina | |
| 2009 | [In rural hospital, Sant’ Arsenio, Campania, Italy] | Picco’s, Larkspur (12) | XXX | Jennifer cooks: home (Tiburon) (9) | Poggio bfst, Sausalito walks, Ritz-Carlton Dining Room dinner, S.F. | 18th: Rain Tree Café bfst; Bittersweet; L’Ardoise dinner, S.F. | 17th: Gary Danko | At Melisa & Ed’s new home, New Rochelle | |
| 2008 | Insomnia dinner, CHJMES, S’pore (w/ cousin George) | Orson dinner, S.F. | Clementine dinner, S.F. (11) | dinner in Italy? | Acquerello dinner, S.F. (6) | Rose’s Cafe bfst., Palace of Legion of Honor (Women Impressionists), Hornblower Cruise dinner | 17th: Ming Dynasty show; Laiola dinner, S.F., Chocolate Café dessert (locked in!) | 16th: Cui restuarant, S.F. | Poggio, Sausalito |
| 2007 | Lulu’s, San Francisco | G cooks J b’day eve dinner in super-remote cabin, no electricity, Australia. E&R dinner Barossa Valley. | great restaurant dinner in remote Australia town (New England region) | XXX | La Boulange, brunch; movie; Town Hall dinner, S.F. | 16th: XXX | 15th: Gary Danko, S.F. | Ottawa/Montréal: (Aunt Joan, Jonathan, S&D, Melisa & Ed) | |
| 2006 | First Crush, San Francisco | Fringale | Ritz-Carlton Dining Room | Saddle Peak Lodge dinner with S&D, Los Angeles | Michael Mina dinner, St. Francis Hotel, S.F. | 15th: [in Hong Kong: Christine’s stroke] | 14th: Choquet dinner, Fillmore St., S.F. | Poggio, Sausalito | |
| 2005 | Girl & the Fig, day in Sonoma | Lark Creek Inn, Larkspur (R&B,C&B); Family @ Christine’s | Fifth Floor dinner, S.F. | Lark Creek Inn dinner, Larkspur (family); family dinner at M&M’s, S.F. | Chez Panisse dinner, Berkeley. French Laundry dinner, Yountville too! | 14th: [J's eye surgery recovery, Singapore] | 13th: Acquerello dinner, S.F. | home | |
| 2004 | Santi dinner, Geyserville | Jeanty at Jack’s dinner, S.F. | Home: by La Table (E&T,R&B); Family @ Bartholomew winery, Sonoma; Champagne Bakery, Mill Valley | Gary Danko dinner, S.F. | XXX | Hike to Kleine Scheidegg; Surprise diinner Silberhorn Hotel, Wengen, SWITZ (Christine, Mei). | 13th: Quince dinner, S.F. | 12th: Masa’s dinner, S.F. | La Capilla |
| 2003 | Lebanese dinner in Holland Village, Singapore | Home: by La Table (C&B,R&B,T);Pane e Vino (Christine) | Charles Nob Hill dinner, S.F. | Sent Sovi dinner, Saratoga (family); Foster Island (family) | XXX | 12th: XXX | 11th: Elisabeth Daniel dinner, S.F. | Lake Tahoe | |
| 2002 | Curbside Bistro dinner; movie | Moose’s diinner, S.F. (family & friends) | dinner in Montone, Umbria, ITALY? | XXX | Wengen hotel dinner, Jungfrau, Switzerland | 11th: French restaurant near St. Cyprian, Dordogne, France | 10th: Left Bank Paris restaurant, near Seine, France | Susan & Dwight’s, Sta. Barbara (Christine,Melisa & Ed, Marianne) | |
| 2001 | Hawthorne Lane dinner, S.F. | Christine’s law mee dinner (family); party with friends at home | La Folie dinner, S.F. | XXX | Jardinière dinner, S.F. (with Marianne) | 10th: [near Blairsden; after 9/11] | 9th: Ritz-Carlton Terrace dinner | Big Water Grill, Incline Village, Nevada (Melisa, Marianne) | |
| 2000 | ??? | Amsterdam or Bruges dinner (?) | ???? | ???? | Christine’s noodle (family) | Mel’s bfst.; Magic Flute lunch (Christine); Campton Pl. dinner (delayed to 10.1; E&R) | 9th: ???? | 8th: At Donner Lake, CA (delayed to 9.28) | Boston Market takeout family dinner (chemo) |
| 1999 | Meetinghouse dinner, S.F. | Heirloom dinner (?), Sonoma Hotel | Jakarta dinner, S.F. | ???? | 50th birthday party, afternoon, home, San Francisco (50) | ???? | 8th: Left Bank dinner (??), Larkspur | 7th: dinner in León or Ribadesella, Spain (?) | ??? |
| 1998 | 7th: | 6th: | |||||||
| 1997 | ??? | Boulevard dinner, San Francisco (pending confirmation!) | Jackson-Fillmore dinner, S.F. | ???? | XXX | Surprise cake on plane from Fiji. North Island dinner, New Zealand | 6th: ??? | 5th: ??? | Monterey: family + Brian & Gail |
| 1996 | Dipsea, Tenn. Valley hike, Tiburon Swedish bakery, movie, walk, Mel’s, 2nd movie | Top of the Mandarin dinner | Ritz-Carlton DR (Linda,Raja) | Daily Brew, Noah’s, GGPk picnic, 2 movies, Mel’s-Geary | ???? | ????? | 5th: Greens lunch | 4th: possibly celebrated at Sequoia Nat'l Park | home: Gloria, Karen, Lisa, S&D, Melisa, Marianne |
| 1995 | Trader Vic’s, Singapore | ranch/Continental rest. Sta Barb hills (family) | Tío Pepe restaurant, Baltimore | (San Diego, after Fay’s death) | 4th: | 3rd: Mendocino weekend | home, San Francisco. G & J, Marcus, Melisa, Marianne, S & D, Linda & King, Raja et al (13) | ||
| 1994 | Compass Rose, Westin-Stamford Hotel, S’pore, 70th floor | La Tour, Shangri-La Hotel, S’pore family dinner; Singapore party | Surprise Mövenpick lunch, Boat Quay, S’pore (14) | 3rd: | 2nd: Italian restaurant at Marina Square, S’pore | Sngapore home: with Ellioit & Rachel & other guests, G & J, Christine, Melisa & Marianne | |||
| 1993 | Espresso, Goodwood Park, S’pore | Compass Rose, Westin-Stamford Hotel, S’pore, 70th floor | Domvs, Sheraton Towers, S’pore: G&J, Christine, Marcus, Lele; Seder; surprise home b’day celeb. | American Club dinner, S’pore | Cheng Ho dinner cruise, S’pore | L’Espresso, Goodwood Park; stay at Excelsior Hotel | 2nd: | 1st: French restaurant at Le Meridien, Singapore; saw "Shoot the Piano Player" | Singapore home: with guests |
| 1992 | J alone: Elliot & Rachel dinner | Baltimore party; Harbor Ct. brunch: G&J, Fay, E&R | 10,000 miles apart | 10,000 miles apart | 1st: 10,000 miles apart | 0: Stansstad Hotel, Nidwalden, Switzerland! | Singapore home: family, May & J’esse, Martin & Carol & Jeremy, Cary, Wendy; Also Ramekers’ with G & J, Christine, Marcus, Melisa & Marianne | ||
| 1991 | (G&J had not yet met!) | 0: Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Instrument Systems Friday "breakfast club" | 10,000 miles apart |
The life of Grace Wong Kurtz, 1949-2011.