USA Road Trip – Day 3 – Napa
Happy Birthday to J! One of the reasons we were travelling when we did was to celebrate J’s birthday and while we celebrated all throughout our road trip, today was the actual day. Our first stop of...
View ArticleThe Restaurant at Meadowood – California
The Restaurant at Meadowood recently earned the coveted three Michelin stars under the reins of chef Christopher Kostow. According to my research, Chef Kostow is one of only a handful of American-born...
View ArticleUSA Road Trip – Day 4 – Napa to Yosemite National Park
Another early start, breakfast from Starbucks and a quick stop at a grocery store and we were headed south out of Napa. According to Google maps we could get to Yosemite National Park in four hours,...
View ArticleUSA Road Trip – Day 5 – Yosemite National Park to Fish Camp
Surprise surprise, another early start for us! The shuttle buses in Yosemite National Park start running at 7am and we wanted to make sure we were on the first one, so as to make the most of the day....
View ArticleUSA Road Trip – Day 6 – Fish Camp to Santa Fe
It was straight into the car this morning, breakfast from the deli at Tenaya Lodge eaten on the road as we drove straight to Fresno for a 9:25am flight. With no stops we made it to the airport with...
View ArticleThe French Laundry – Yountville, California
The French Laundry, Thomas Keller’s Yountville restaurant in California, probably does not need much introduction to anyone remotely interested in food. Continuously ranked high on all the best...
View ArticleCalifornian Girl – Week 1
On landing and disembarking half an hour late at LAX after the long flight, everyone who had a connecting flight was given their boarding pass in a bright orange express pass holder, and once in the...
View ArticleCalifornian Girl – Weekend in San Franciso
We set off for San Francisco mid-morning so as to avoid the rush hour traffic. This plan worked well, until we got to the toll booth before the Bay Bridge. The empty lanes were either closed, or for...
View ArticleCalifornian Girl – Week 2
After we drove back from San Francisco, our first stop was the grocery store. Sadly, this was still exciting for me, but we did manage to get the shopping done quicker than the week before. One of...
View ArticleCalifornian Girl – San Diego
The San Diego airport is super close to the city so it was only a quick taxi ride to our hotel, the Residence Inn Marriott on 6th street in the Gaslamp Quarter. It was too early to check-in so we...
View ArticleCalifornia April 2014
After immigration etc at LAX myself, TheBoss and Jill headed over to the Delta terminal for our flight down to San Diego. The Delta terminal was a zoo, to put it politely. I had to get my boarding...
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