Category Archives: San Francisco
Goodbye “pork” — hello “pig!” (or “tasty salted pig parts”)
The unapologetic motto of Boccalone, a meat producer with a retail outpost in San Francisco’s foodie mecca, the Ferry Building, is “Tasty Salted Pig Parts” and when I first spotted this slogan on someone’s T-shirt somewhere in Hawaii I thought … Continue reading
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My first Burmese meal: in San Francisco
What does Burmese food taste like? Judging from the four dishes I had at a superb restaurant in San Francisco called, aptly, Burmese Superstar, it’s a little like Indian and Thai food at times, but at other times, like nothing … Continue reading
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From Green to Brown, San Francisco to Iowa – flight voucher offer, checking bags free etc.
Made it home with little difficulty today – think it helps to fly on a holiday, which I unwittingly did both there and back on this trip. The road to the airport at 6 a.m. this morning in San Francisco … Continue reading
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On Valencia in the Mission District of San Francisco
So we walk into a cheese bar (Mission Cheese) in the Mission District of San Francisco and there, sitting the bar, is the owner/operator of The Cheese Shop, a cheese and wine bar that just opened in my neighborhood in … Continue reading
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And away we go….Kona here we come
I’m going a bit nuts trying to squeeze clothes for 16 days – for two destinations with different weather – into a carry on bag. But there are worse problems in the world. I’ve got casual clothes primarily for warm … Continue reading
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Decoding airport codes…or trying to…
One possible explanation for San Francisco International Airport’s “SFO” code comes from some guy on the Internet (where much of our information seems to come from these days): The O referred to Oakland, which now has its own airport (OAK). … Continue reading
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The San Francisco Airport’s Museum – who knew?
Did you know that there’s an art museum in the San Francisco International Airport? Neither did I. But how cool is that. And since I’ll be passing through that airport next month, my ears perked up when I heard a … Continue reading
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Italian food in San Francisco
An old friend in San Francisco called today which reminded me that I have some new Italian restaurants to try when I next visit her and that city I left my heart in after my first trip there with my … Continue reading
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Touring The Tenderloin?
Meant to comment on a story the other day in the NYT about efforts by San Francisco tourism folks to make The Tenderloin – a notoriously seedy downtown area – a tourist attraction. The story even mentioned a possible attraction … Continue reading
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A Report from: San Francisco Part. 2
Soon after it dawned on me today (apropos of nothing) that I last visited San Francisco almost exactly two years ago, I got another email from my NYC friend who recently visited the beautiful city by the bay with her … Continue reading
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