Best Half Marathon Ever
This past Halloween weekend, I completed the best half marathon ever! Not only was the course beautiful, with gradual hills winding up and down through Healdsburg in Sonoma County, I…
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Mardi Gras 2016
Yikes! I wrote this in February 2016 and never posted it! Well, here it goes...I detailed our trip as we went along. Life's short, party in New Orleans! "Laissez les…
Arizona Road Trip
It appears I didn't publish my notes on my Scottsdale Spring Training and Arizona Road Trip so here it is. I had talked to one of my friends about going…
Farmerbrown SF
On the first day of every Outside Lands in San Francisco, I always eat Chicken and Waffles with Mac & Cheese from the Farmerbrown food tent. It's been a tradition…
Town Hall San Francisco
I have a vivid memory of driving by Town Hall restaurant years ago and Steve saying he'd like to take me to this New Orleans influenced restaurant but that circumstances…
1 Weekend: 3 Wineries & 3 Restaurants in Petaluma and Healdsburg
It's the first weekend of New Year's 2015 and it appears I haven't written a blog post in a few months. I thought I'd kick off the year by writing…
Saltimbocca for Lunch?
I recently returned to Chiaroscuro for a birthday lunch with some co-workers and we had an amazing time. It was their first time at Chiaroscuro and if you haven't been…
15 Places to Eat and Drink for Your Birthday
It's mid-October and it's been way over a month since our birthdays so I thought it was about time I gave a synopsis of where we celebrated our special month.…
Staycation: 4 Days in San Francisco for Adults
This past weekend's staycation in San Francisco was an adult vacation with no kids that included a lot of walking, quite a large number of bars and restaurants and no…
What Was Outside Lands Like in 2014???
Woo hoo!!! The 7th Annual Outside Lands Music and Food Festival held in San Francisco this past weekend was awesome! The weather was temperamental as expected but we packed accordingly.…