After two wineries, we took a break and drove to St. Helena for lunch at French Blue: The restaurant is known for their architecture and has won some awards for their design: We started with some shared morning buns: Delicious salad with bibb lettuce and fresh vegetables: And a beautiful, rustic halibut prepared with potatoes, […]
To start bachelorette festivities, Angie made reservations for all of us at Redd, a restaurant in Yountville that was highly recommended by Kristen. I started with a delicious cocktail made with a tequila base, rhubarb bitters and egg white: We had everything family style and ordered a bit of everything from the menu. We had […]
Our dinner at the Inn at Meadowood was really wonderful – Angie, John and I did the tasting menu that included a lot of fun dishes (including our first amuse bouche, a small puffed pocket that resembled a Totino pizza roll). We had a great view of the golf course, fun conversation (including awkward pauses […]
After we arrived and settled into the hotel, we wanted to grab a quick bite to eat since we were hungry from flying all day. The hotel lobby has Grouse Mountain Grill, which was close, has seasonal and local ingredients and had an open reservation. We sat down by the windows and had a great […]
After driving back from Disneyland, we decided to drive somewhere for dinner instead of getting room service. We actually drove by Pelly’s Fish Market on Christmas Eve but they were closing up as we were walking in; luckily, they were open on the 29th so we stopped in for dinner: The cafe is on the […]
