A great friend and prior colleague decided to check this place out on the recommendation of Chef Ola Fendert from Restaurant Oola (http://www.oola-sf.com/). We were actually planning on dining at Oola but since our schedules necessitated an early dinner (and Oola doesn’t start service until 6PM) we asked Chef for a recommendation. He pointed us [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2006’
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market may permanently leave Embarcadero
BART RETROFIT THREATENS FERRY BUILDING’S MARKET / Operators fear that the lengthy construction project will crowd out regional farmers and the throngs who shop at the open-air stands From the SFgate.com article, “The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, which draws tens of thousands of people to the San Francisco waterfront each Saturday, will permanently leave its [...]
USATODAY.com – Wendy’s will be 1st fast foodie with healthier oil
USATODAY.com – Wendy’s will be 1st fast foodie with healthier oil Finally a fast food place is starting to reduce/eliminate trans fats! It looks like the change will happen in August for North America. According to the article, the first step is simply reduction as some of Wendy’s suppliers will still have trans fat in [...]
Hummingbird
Shortly after moving in, we noticed a hummingbird coming to check out our herb garden. Since we didn’t have any flowers for him, we decided to get him a feeder. He didn’t return for a month and I was loosing faith that he would come back. However yesterday, he stopped by to enjoy some of [...]
Cherry Picking
On Saturday we went cherry picking with some friends. Many thanks to Ray for doing some great research to find out who had the best fruit. We ended up checking out two orchards in Brentwood, CA. The season’s rains significantly impacted this years fruit yield but none the less, we were able to get about [...]