Category Archives: .Bay_Area

DAY TRIP: San Francisco Historic Districts

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DAY TRIP: Sweet Mission

Short chilly day trip… starting at Heath… lunch at Tartine Manufactory… mushroom soup, sandwiches, apricot galette… Dandelion Chocolate… hot chocolate tasting… for a cold day… Baklava Story… absolutely perfect!

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DAY TRIP: Aptos

Seascape… peacefully relaxing… Mentone… happily delicious… Lemon curd… a bit sweet, and tart, and salty… creamy and crunchy… to be repeated!

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TOMATO.ITINERARY: Japanese Black Trifele

(Indeterminate) [Russian heirloom] Unusual pear- shaped 4-6 oz fruits, deep burgundy colored with green shoulders and a rich, complex flavor. Very productive, bearing early through late in the season. Crack-resistant fruits. Potato-leaf foliage. Purple & Black Tomatoes

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ART ITINERARIES: Accent Elimination

Cantor Art Museum… Accent Elimination… Nina Katchadourian

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ART ITINERARIES: Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt at Work… at the Legion of Honor

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08.16.FRA-SFO: Good Bye, Germany!

Early morning in Heidelberg… almost sunrise on Neckar… Zeit für Brot… Zimtschnecke… Plum Zimtschnecke… Kardamomknopf… Good Bye Autobahn… it was fun… looks like we finally drove on the first autobahn section from Frankfurt am Main to Darmstadt… Europcar return was … Continue reading

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[00.Tue]06.25.SFO

Today is the day… off to great places… with a bit of delay… the Condor flight went smooth after that… we forgot to bring snacks… quiches & croissants are 40$… the flight meal is not a delight… German movies are good… … Continue reading

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OAKLAND: No Mystery

Stanley Clarke’s Band… at Yoshi’s… first Yoshi’s show for us since November 2019!

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UC DAVIS: Rising Stars of Opera

Rising Stars of Opera features several singers from the acclaimed San Francisco Opera Center performing a wide range of great arias with full orchestral accompaniment from our own UC Davis Symphony Orchestra. Barbara K. Jackson Rising Stars of Opera

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