6.5.10 & 6.6.10

6.5 - 77 degrees in Carmel by the Sea.

6.6 - This morning at Bruno's market in Carmel. In case you can't see, this dog (with its paws placed perfectly atop the car) is wearing driving goggles . . . not everyday.

6.4.10

Dine About Town. Dinner at Isa on Steiner at Chestnut Street. We had calamari with flageolet beans, mussels in traditional white wine, garlic, and parsley brothy goodness. For our mains we had the pork chop with rapini and cheesy polenta and duck breast with huckleberries, arugula, and beets. This was topped off with a dessert of mascarpone, strawberry and huckleberry trifle and a grapefruit granita. The calamari and duck breast tasted oddly similar (some sort of honey-5-spice rub) and much to my surprise ... so did the trifle (huckleberry 5 spice). I thought I might have been losing it but when my dining partner tasted and agreed I decided there was indeed a little five-spice slipped into the huckleberry mascarpone creation (trifle a la Joey Tribbiani). The mussels started us off on a good note but I think it was downhill from there. Nothing terrible but nothing worth writing home, or maybe a blog entry about.

6.3.10

Nice light to keep me company while I watch the first game of the NBA finals.

6.2.10

It may not look that exciting or that indicative of the city but I took this shot on the muni because it struck me as very San Francisco to see someone place their posh, brand new hand bag on the dirty bus floor. Posh meets grit - thank you muni.

6.1.10

Roses on the walk home. A pleasant sunny day to start out the month.

Welcome to the City

I started my adventures in this city a year ago and I am entering the blogosphere with a simple motive - to document my experiences (with the land and its culinary culture) in San Francisco.