Some food and wine photos from the road. At Brix in Napa Valley At Barndiva in Healdsburg A peach tree at Truett-Hurst Winery The best of all, dinner at Alexis’s place. Frites with rosemary salt, scallops in a herbed tomato sauce, and this fab desert! What a great trip and some of…
Category: Been there – places
Gardena, CA and Union Gap, WA
Tonight I is a stay in the room night, they happen at least one night a week. Wine and cheese, rugby or a good book. This night finds me in Gardena, CA. It is about half way between LAX and Disneyland, yet it reminds me of Union Gap, a suburb of Yakima, better known as…
San Francisco Conflicts
Peet’s Coffee and Tea on the corner of Van Neys and Bush in San Francisco. Got here really early to avoid the traffic from South San Francisco where I stayed. The hotel prices in The City are exorbitant, I paid $79 at a Comfort Inn, instead of almost $200 at a hotel in The City….
Valley of the Moon
After some challenging navigation we found the Valley of the Moon Vinyard.This is Jack London country. We had a wonderful picnic and afternoon, Tricia did some reading and writing, I did a quick sketch.
Newcastle Australia
Newcastle is not one of the not tourist spots in Australia, it is an industrial town. Yet it has a real charm, and the old town has great food.
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