Wine Tasting in Santa Barbara

A great place to spend a sunny, breezy and relaxing
Saturday afternoon is along the
Foxen Canyon Wine Trail in Santa Barbara.

One winery I highly recommend is called Foxen Winery.
They are mainly known for their Pinots,
and most of them are rated above 90 points.

After wine tasting, don't forget to stop by Arigato on State St. for fresh sushi,
and McConnel's Ice Cream for the best mint chip ice cream, ever.

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Swirl of Milk and Chocolate Milk.
I just noticed that it looks like a person is
dancing in the foreground.
I love how every shot is so unique and interesting.

From Treasure Island

SF Day3

Breakfast at Tartine Bakery,

probably one of the best croissants I've had.
So crispy and tasted amazing
and everything about it was so perfect.
San Francisco has the best bakeries...
So far I haven't found anything in LA/OC that
even compares to it.
Headed to Napa for lunch and wine tastings.
Too bad it started to rain pretty hard.
But can't complain because
we hadn't had any rain until this day,
even though forcast said 80% chances of rain.
The best dish in Napa was at Greystone Restaurant,
Mushroom Papparadelle Pasta.

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Currently working on a series of 'liquid' shots.

Of course the first one being my favorite, red wine.
Looking at this shot just makes me smile...

More to follow...

SF Day2

-SF Trip Day 2-



For breakfast, we chose to go to
La Boulange Bakery out of the many
breakfast/brunch places we had in mind.
I've been to a lot of their locations in SF.
Their flatbreads and apple tartins and coffees were so good.
And I like how coffees are refillable too.


Went to the ferry building,
another must stop location when in SF.
Too bad we had missed the happy hour on the day we arrived,
but we still went to Hog Island Oysters to
grab a bite. Oysters are always so fresh here,
and also the bread. Absolutely love it.


We tried a few coffee houses in SF
that brew one cup at a time,
but among them, Bluebottle Coffee Co. was my absolute favorite.
Probably one of the best brewed coffees that I've had.
I read that they have two locations in LA that serves it
as well, but one of them went out of business recently.
I hope that they open some down in Southern CA too.


Although the percentage of rain was 80%,
it was such a beautiful day outside,
so we decided to walk around the city,
until we were hungry again...

We went to Chaya Brasserie for their Happy Hour
because we were so thirsty after walking around the city.
I love the view of the Bay Bridge from the bar area.

Then to Bar Bambino,
their pasta dishes were my favorite.
All handmade in house and al dente, just how I like it.



I might go back for their pastas,
but their pastas were not enough to make it into my
'must visit' places while in SF.
Besides, the list of restaurants that I want to try in SF is endless...