About

Round the Table is about life, as it happens in our house – around the kitchen table – against the backdrop of the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area.  And around friends’ tables, and restaurant tables, picnic blankets as tables, tables in sailboats, and, well, you get the idea.  Welcome to the table!

My name is Janice.  I’m a native Californian and have lived in California my entire life except for 3 summers in Italy and 2 years in Austin, TX.  I live with my spouse (Prop 8 or no Prop 8), our son, 3 2 dogs, and a cat in our small tiny house with gorgeous gardens in the hills just south of San Francisco.  I’m a serial house remodeler, an organization development consultant and executive coach, and a compulsive vegetable gardener.  I generally dislike shopping so much that I’d rather make hamburger buns from scratch than stop by the grocery store for them.  Our dining table is literally the center of our house, in the middle of a 1950′s (?) kitchen with no dishwasher or garbage disposal and approximately 3 linear feet of counter space.  My Wolf range, acquired in Texas, sits in a lonely storage facility, awaiting the magic day when we can remodel the kitchen.  If I thought I had a chance in the world, I would try to pass an amendment to the State’s Constitution so that people could legally marry their commercial-style stoves.  That, my friend or foe, is what you should really be afraid of.

I take all photos for Round The Table, the good, the bad and the ugly, unless otherwise noted. Up until December 2011, the photos were taken were taken with a Kodak EasyShare Z740, at which point it died a sad death, and I grieved the loss of such a simple tool. Since December 2011, I’ve used a Canon Rebel T2i, which I’m just getting used to, but I already adore.

I can be contacted at janiceray3@mac.com.