Good eats at Palo Alto’s Reposado

Good eats at Palo Alto’s Reposado

Apr 4, 2014

Kid One recently started his First Real Job at a Palo Alto Tech Company, and this was the occasion of meeting him for lunch for the first time. I wanted to choose a place in advance; downtown Palo Alto is chock-full of restaurants and did not want to waste his hour walking around and deciding. Through the magic of Google Maps, I walked around online the night before. Resposado called out to me because we all like Mexican food and I can’t resist queso fundido. I figured it would be fine, maybe even pretty good. I wasn’t counting on it being fabulous.

Macarons from La Patisserie Chouquette

Macarons from La Patisserie Chouquette

Mar 6, 2014

Here are a few lovely photos my niece texted to me from St. Louis’s La Patisserie Chouquette. At 13, she has a good eye as well as good taste! The patisserie was started by Simone Faure, former executive pastry chef of the Ritz Carlton in New Orleans. It’s...
Roadside Sausage Sign, San Jose

Roadside Sausage Sign, San Jose

Feb 7, 2014

Here’s a lone sign in a parking lot near San Jose’s Dirdiron Train Station, a testament to times past. You don’t have to know anything about it to enjoy the retro font and styling, but since I know you’re curious, you can find out more about...
Great Food In San Francisco

Great Food In San Francisco

Oct 9, 2013

Back in the 1960s, San Francisco made it onto the television screens of nearly every home in America, accompanied by strains of “Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco Treat.” While the ad campaign was a huge success, putting Rice-a-Roni on the map, it also did a huge...
Great Goan Meals

Great Goan Meals

Sep 12, 2013

Sponsored blog post: If you were building a list of great places in the world for food, then Goa would have to make it into your top 10. Situated on the west coast of India, and famed for its palm-lined beaches, Goa has been a crossroads for many different cultures...
Homemade provel cheese

Homemade provel cheese

Sep 6, 2013

Recipe for homemade provel cheese, a blend of cheddar, Swiss, and provolone that give every pizza a velvety taste of St. Louis

Midnight in Juneau

Midnight in Juneau

Jul 15, 2013

Downtown Tom and Grandma Juju, and my sister’s family just got home from an Alaskan cruise, what sounds like a fabulous, relaxing time during which they waved at grizzly bears on the beach, watched whale flukes on Glacier Bay, hunted for John Brown’s...
Sooty shearwaters feeding in the surf (everything eats)

Sooty shearwaters feeding in the surf (everything eats)

Jul 5, 2013

Each summer flocks of sooty shearwaters fly low over the Monterey Bay, diving and squawking as they feed on masses of bait fish – anchovies, sardines, squid, and krill – that school just below the water’s glistening surface. You see them coming in the distance, an impressive mass a mile or more in length; thousands of birds flying low over the water forming a cacophony of feathered missiles plunging headfirst for food.

First fish

First fish

Jun 10, 2013

A quick stop at Day’s Market for a bag of ice was the daily de rigueur in the sailboat days of our early marriage. No refrigerator on the Ericson 30 we called home, just a deep insulated box under the speck of formica counter that needed constant replenishment...
A weekend of good eating

A weekend of good eating

May 6, 2013

A weekend of good eating in San Francisco, courtesy of my friend Mikaela: