This weekend we had our first significant rain of the season. What's a traveling food aficionado suppose to do when the deluge makes travel difficult? We hung out at the house, made chicken stock and watched travel and food shows on T.V. One particular show highlighted a group of women on a getaway trip to Santa Monica at a deluxe resort and spa. Several restaurants were highlighted with money shots of the food. It looked fantastic. During the credits at the end it mentioned thanks to the hotel. A little research showed that all the restaurants mentioned were in said hotel. I deduct that the vacation review was in fact paid for by the hotel. A nice gig if you can get it. If someone wants to pay me to travel to their resort and take pictures of the food please email immediately! In the meantime I have to do my own economical travel thing.
A few weeks ago we took a day trip to San Francisco. On the ferry ride April eyeballed a cruise ship docked near fisherman's wharf so it was decided we should go see it. A nice walk, good conversation and the beauty of Bay Area all free. I know a lot of the locals shun this area but the the sea life and the people watching opportunities are numerous. Our first stop of the walk was to check out the Celebrity Cruise ship. As good fortune would have it the Maltese Falcon was docked next door.
Over at Fisherman's wharf the sea lions were loud and jostled for the perfect place in the sun.
I liked this guy, he does his thing the heck with the crowd.
The wharf restaurants all had barkers outside trying to lure customers in. It seemed business was a little slow. I took up a people watching spot near the merry go round while April checked out a shop. Next to me was a family enjoying a picnic from what I could only describe as a magic backpack. The mom just kept pulling plastic containers filled with tuna, pickles, assorted vegetables,bread and relishes. Just when I thought the picnic was over out came a thermal carafe with hot water for tea and cookies. A little further down the road I spied yet another picnic. This time the mom had purchased a loaf of Boudin's bread. She then lifted a foil wrapped brick from her bag. When opened it exposed a steaming concoction of rice and meat. The bread served as the method to move the rice from container to mouth. Motivated by these picnics we threw together a little picnic of our own from Cost Plus World Market. It pays to keep a picnic knife in the backpack.
We chowed down and watched the "Bushman" scare the tips out of passing tourists.
A few weeks ago we took a day trip to San Francisco. On the ferry ride April eyeballed a cruise ship docked near fisherman's wharf so it was decided we should go see it. A nice walk, good conversation and the beauty of Bay Area all free. I know a lot of the locals shun this area but the the sea life and the people watching opportunities are numerous. Our first stop of the walk was to check out the Celebrity Cruise ship. As good fortune would have it the Maltese Falcon was docked next door.
Over at Fisherman's wharf the sea lions were loud and jostled for the perfect place in the sun.
I liked this guy, he does his thing the heck with the crowd.
The wharf restaurants all had barkers outside trying to lure customers in. It seemed business was a little slow. I took up a people watching spot near the merry go round while April checked out a shop. Next to me was a family enjoying a picnic from what I could only describe as a magic backpack. The mom just kept pulling plastic containers filled with tuna, pickles, assorted vegetables,bread and relishes. Just when I thought the picnic was over out came a thermal carafe with hot water for tea and cookies. A little further down the road I spied yet another picnic. This time the mom had purchased a loaf of Boudin's bread. She then lifted a foil wrapped brick from her bag. When opened it exposed a steaming concoction of rice and meat. The bread served as the method to move the rice from container to mouth. Motivated by these picnics we threw together a little picnic of our own from Cost Plus World Market. It pays to keep a picnic knife in the backpack.
We chowed down and watched the "Bushman" scare the tips out of passing tourists.
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Fun to see the Falcon still around - I thought she had departed.
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