Tag: California
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Madcap
We were supposed to do a low key dinner this week because we had Andrea’s dinner last week and mine next week, but she was supposed to be in San Raphael this afternoon and I’ve been having to eat at this restaurant in San Anselmo. Of course, her appointment needed to be rescheduled and we
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Sam’s Anchor Cafe
It wa such a beautiful day here – sunny, not too warm hot and a bit if a breeze. Andrea dropped me off at Crissey Field and I ran to meet her in Tiburon. We had lunch at Sam’s which is always a fun scene. We had some drinks, some oysters, crab cake, a burrata
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Californios
It was Andrea’s birthday so I booked dinner at her favorite restaurant Californios. This is our 5th timing dining here and it 4th time since 2022 (first time we ate at their previous location when they were still in the Mission). We last ate here in November, before it trip to Mexico City and Oaxaca,
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Hed11
Trying a new restaurant that I read about in Eater. They just opened up less than 2 weeks ago. Restaurant is in Japantown at the Kimpton hotel. Chef had previous experience at Michelin star restaurants so we were very interested in a high end Thai dining experience. The only option for the menu is the
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Dalida
For tonight’s dinner, we went to Dalida. We’ve been meaning to eat here for a few months, but I’ve had to keep pushing out the reservation, but we finally made it. Chef Laura is also in the current season of Top Chef, although we haven’t yet watched the latest episode (the infamous restaurant wars), so
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Mister Jiu’s
I wanted to revisit Mr. Jiu’s since we hadn’t been here since pre-pandemic 2020. Restaurant didn’t seem very busy, but that’s not unusual on a Thursday evening (which is one reason we eat out on Thursdays), although later the bar would be packed. We started with some cocktails which were….just ok. They kind of seemed
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Ken
This week we weren’t able to eat on Thursday since Andrea had a filing deadline and was working crazy hours, so i booked this for Sunday. I saw an article a few days ago in The Infatuation and saw that we had eaten at most of the restaurants on the list, so of course I
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Merriman’s Kauai
Our last meal here in Kauai. We grabbed drinks (Merriman’s Mai Tai) at the bar and then dinner before we headed off to the airport. https://www.merrimanshawaii.com/poipu
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1 Hotel Hanalei Bay
Yesterday we grabbed drinks at the bar in the 1 Hotel before our event there. The hotel used to be the St. Regis, was renovated for 3 years during Covid and then opened as new wellness focused hotel. Views were fantastic and the hotel seems much less stuffy (very open, more greenery, more wood, etc.)
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Copra
Andrea had been working so much so I was looking for something that would be a bit of a reward for all of that. We enjoyed all of our meals at Copra and they had a special winemaker dinner with Clémence of Champagne LeLarge Pugeot . The dinner was communal seating, but it really only