Category: Tour/Experience
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United Flight 900 – Polaris
For drinks, I had the Heitz Cabernet Sauvignon since I was expecting that to go with the braised lamb shank (we both pre-ordered that). Rocket/arugula salad and olive oil and balsamic dressing was adequate. Rolls were terrible. The lamb was good enough for airplane food, very tender and enough flavor at 30,000 feet. For dessert,
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Afternoon Tea at the Ritz
When we were in London 2 visits ago, I saw the tea room at the Ritz and really wanted to try their Afternoon Tea. The only time I was able to book was the morning we arrived in London. Fortunately our flight was not delayed and we were able to check into our hotel (Montcalm
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United Flight 901 – Polaris
We had forgotten to pre-order our meals, but the flight attendant came by before we took off to ask what our first and second choices (although she said they were out of the gnudi). Andrea asked for the Frenched bone-in chicken breast for first choice and the Center Cut Sirloin for second. I went with
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Dig Truffles? Foodie Experience & Truffle Lunch at Joseph Phelps
I’m not sure how I found out about this event, but since we enjoy truffles quite a bit, it seemed quite interesting. It’s actually a weekend of events, but the only one I signed us up for was the Dig Truffles? Foodie Experience & Truffle Lunch at Joseph Phelps. The main things that attracted me
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Rutherford Hill Winery
We were staying at Auberge du Soleil mainly for relaxation and we literally hadn’t planned any wine tasting, but Rutherford Hill is basically right next to Auberge. We literally could have walked there in 5 minutes. There were a few options including an ATV ride up to the peak, the Skyloft, View of the Valley,
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Sake Day 2025
We haven’t been to SakeDay for who knows how long (can’t confirm in my e-mails), back when it was originally held in Hotel Nikko downtown. When we first parked about an hour before the event, we could see the line was about 50ish people deep already. We didn’t have much interest in just standing in
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Gold Bar Whiskey Distillery
Had our departmental team building activity here at Gold Bar. I’m on the committee that helped plan the meeting and this activity so we picked this since none of us had been here. I’ve only been to Treasure Island once before when I did my first Olympic distance triathlon in 2007(!). I was amazed how
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Obsidian Wine Co.
After lunch at Valley, we went to Obsidian partially based on the recommendation from Corner 103 and based on our memory of having had this wine before. The tasting room is set back slightly from the street of the plaza. We did a walk-in. They were fairly busy (packed inside and mostly outside) and they
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Corner 103
We had a little bit of time in Sonoma and decided to just do tasting in the plaza. Andrea asked ChatGPT where to taste and this place came up as one of the top mentions. The tasting room was on a corner of course. We just did a walk-in and the place was empty. We
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Belotti Bottega pasta shop
We were in Oakland on Piedmont running some errands and walked by this pasta shop. We popped in to take a look and were blown away how great their pasta looks. They were actively making more pasta too. So we had to buy something. We decided to try something a little different and went with