2024 Metrodip Awards: Best of the Year

Thus concludes another year around the sun ergo the Metrodip Awards. On the following pages, you will find indelibly written the BEST the Metrodip judges have to offer.

We hope you don’t disagree.

If you do, there is no appeal process.

We hope you have also enjoyed one or more of the Metrodip Awards Best of the Year selections. If not, please purchase them with links on this page which we will profit from?!

Bozzy’s Toy of the Year

Winner Tiny KONG Tennis Ball
Runners up Fox rope, nylon bone, squeaky soccer ball, flat fox

Phoebe’s Toy of the Year

Winner MAO
Runners up Crayons, small wooden cart, stamp (from Yen-yen, from the 80’s), baby doll stroller, rocking horse, foam play couch (Nugget knock-off)

Baby Gear of the Year

Winner Toddler Backpack (so she can carry her own diaper stuff)
Runners up Yo-yo stroller, Slumberpod, Pack’n Play, Baby monitor, Nose Frida, Hiking backpack, Sleep Sack, Hushhh Portable White Noise Machine (so imperative that we ordered a 2nd one)

Wine of the Year

Winner Moon Hollow

Beer of the Year

Winner Tangerine Dream (Ludington Bay Brewing Co) and Athletic Lite (NA)
Runners up Coors Light

Hike of the Year

Winner Brockway Summit in Truckee
Runners up Crane Creek, Sea Ranch in Gualala (Conrad carried Phoebe in the hiking carrier!), Bodega Head on Ali’s birthday, Joseph D. Grant

App of the Year

Winner Little Countdown: Day Planner
Runners up Village (in BETA Testing!), Feed the Fridge (in ALPHA Testing!), Little Memory: Daily Journal, My Inventory Tracker, Sonato

Foodles of the Year

Winner Dai Pai Dong in Hong Kong
Runners up Spielman Bagels (Portland, OR), Buddy V’s Brunch at the Venetian (Las Vegas, NV), Yat Tung Heen (HK dinner date), Old Hamlin (Ludington, MI), Brewster’s (Petaluma, CA), HK Lounge Bistro (SOMA, San Francisco, CA), Terrapin Creek (Bodega Bay, CA), Central Market (Petaluma, CA), SOBAN Korean (Petaluma, CA)

Coolmoves Camp of the Year

Winner Gualala Point (AGAIN!)
Runners up Hendy Woods, Joseph D. Grant

Run of the Year

Winner Oakland Marathon 5K

Live Performance of the Year

Winner Mill Valley Music Festival (Fleet Foxes)
Runners up Floating Points, Roselit Bone (at the Big Easy), Global Roots Festival (at Green Music Center), Chelsea Handler, Sofi Tukker, John Borthers Piano Company (at Mr. Tipples)

Music of the Year

Winner Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
Runners up Kendrick Lamar - GNX, Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us, Jamie XX - In Waves, Apple Music Chill, The Dotty Show, Justice - Hyperdrama, Tems - Born in the Wild

Moving Pictures of the Year

Winner Brothers Sun
Runners up Sugar, Bluey, Wolfs, Fargo, Loot, Big Trouble in Little China, Tammy and the T-Rex

House of the Year

Winner MossMoss
Runners up Historic Emily Filer House, Salsahouse