Paris – Part 2
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We were pretty much adjusted to the time change by this morning. Which was a good thing as we had lots planned for today. Read More ...
Category: 2014
SEA Noodle Bar
SEA (South East Asian) Noodle Bar is located in the Coddington Mall. It is the owned by the same people that run the more formal Read More …
Salted Caramels or DOTS
Friends turned me on to Carole Bloom’s book on caramels. We made the Classic Caramel Recipe and it was a huge success at Thanksgiving. Now Read More …
Thanksgiving 2014
What a treat it was for us to be able to live locally for the Thanksgiving Gerardin family gathering. Years before it was a real Read More …
Cafe Citti
This little place just down the road from our house in Kenwood was recommended by some barging friends who lived in Marin a while back. Read More …
Fall colors
Time is passing quickly in our new location. We are feeling very much a part of the area now. The trees outside our front door Read More …
The Backyard Restaurant
The sales person at Sur La Table recommended this place in Forestville. She said it was her and her husbands “go-to” eating place that was Read More …
Lagunitas Tasting Tour
In the past couple of years we’ve become real beer aficionados. And our move to northern California has opened up so many new tasting opportunities. Read More …
2014 Gerardin Aug/Sept Birthday & Open House Gathering
Armed with a growler of Pliny the Elder, and lots of great food from VJB winery in Kenwood Joe grilled flat irons on the BBQ. Read More …
Unpacking and settling in
A couple of days after our arrival, we decided to have an open house/August & September Gerardin birthdays gathering at the house. There are 6 Read More …
Packing up 24 years
The countdown was on! The garage started filling up with boxes and more. Probably the smartest thing we did was hire professional movers to load Read More …
Big changes…
It all started with our offering to house sit our cousins house in Marin for two weeks at the end of July. Since our return Read More …
Ojai Brocante
One of our neighbors in our 6-unit pod asked if I was interested in doing another garage sale with her again. This time, instead of Read More …
Adieu Paris
We were booked on the afternoon Eurostar back to London. We planned our final meal in France for who knows how long at a brasserie Read More …
Tourists in Paris
We had booked a super hotel in the 6eme for two nights for us to wander around our favorite city to say our good-byes. This Read More …
Returning Rosie to France
We had left Rosie, our 1991 VW diesel Golf, with Hil & Pete for the winter. We couldn’t have done this closing of the sale Read More …
Across the Andes…Again
Feeling like experienced veterans crossing the Andes we approached the journey/adventure a little differently. This time we knew what to expect, had figured out how Read More …
Mendoza Day 2
This was our best day in Mendoza. We left around 11 in the morning to drive south for about an hour and a half into Read More …
Mendoza Day 1
Surprisingly, we woke rested and were able to do both of the wine tours that we had scheduled in advance from California. The first was Read More …
You want to go where??!
So, when was the last time you even thought about having a problem when picking up a rental car in one country and being restricted Read More …
Final Days onboard
We indulged in eating at Prego twice in the last 3 nights onboard. It had definitely become our favorite eating spot. The food AND service Read More …
