seeing that it’s 58 degrees and foggy in san francisco right now, it seems appropriate to think back to a time mere weeks ago, a real summertime, where i was lying in my birthday suit on the sunsplashed beaches of the greek islands. the colors on the islands were mindblowing!!! the sun was BRIGHT...
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working downtown is kind of a bummer on the lunch front. your choices are limited to either shitty, greasy financial district smash-and-grab places or super fancy shopgirl cafes with pricey, soggy salads. but then there’s crepe o’chocolat! the shining beacon in a land of unhealthy union square lunches! my all-time favorite lunch destination (if...
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………..so after staying up all night we headed up to mario’s roof for breakfast! but our mini-nap up above bienna’s steeples and red rooftops was cut short by an increasingly burning sun, so we crashed in mario’s room and woke again around 1, just in time for the flea market. biked back to teresa’s,...
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That first night pretty much set the our schedule for the next few days in Vienna: up around noon, breakfasting, wandering about, swimming, eating more, meeting friends, going out, dancing dancing dancing dancing dancing, riding bikes, and getting home just in time for the bakeries to open. We ran to the Alte Donau for...
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forgot to mention a few unforgettable meals i had before/while I was leaving for my trip! debi took alex and i out for a FANTASTIC meal, which required walking from di pietro todd (after a great cut, thanks debi!!!) through chinatown and into north beach for a fancy and delicious dinner at the house!...
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HOT DOGS at bark near olivia’s! veggie dog w/salt & pepper fries, slaw dog, classic dog, root beer, off-the-hook onion rings!!! don’t even get me STARTED on the food out here!!!! AREPAS at caracas! too much to go into detail here, but just check out the looks on everyone’s faces and you’ll know it...
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im already in new york, the first leg of my six week vacation adventure. BUT before i left san francisco, i scrambled to see everyone, which meant sharing a lot of great meals with friends. supper club dinner at april & rob’s with ashley, ben, and lauren; anti-bay-to-breakers BBQ with lev, eyon, kevin, poet,...
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TRISTAN came to visit last weekend from portland- what a treat! we met when i was just 17, home for the summer working at the bourgeois pig cafe, listening to neutral milk hotel tapes in the kitchen. since then we’ve had the pleasure of each other’s company in chicago, portland, and now san francisco!...
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baked goods flashback! remember entenmann’s crumb donuts or cheese danish? mint milanos? sara lee frozen pound cake???
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melissa had us all over for a fabulous easter brunch a few sundays ago! the menu was extensive- she baked four different kinds of quiche, potatoes, a vegan something, and this AMAZING baked french toast; i made macaroons; teresa supplied the peeps; and susan brought baked baby carrots and a rockin carrot cake that...
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