Monday, November 30, 2009

Post Turkey Day...Gobble

So my Thanksgiving was good, how about yours?  I feel like I’ve been completely absent from here for so long…I’m having withdrawals!

I like when long weekends start with Happy Hour or some type of event after work before the weekend starts.  It seems like it makes the weekend longer or something.  I started off my Thanksgiving weekend with a little shopping in Union Square and then Happy Hour with some friends at Heaven’s Dog on Mission between 7th and 8th and then dinner at Miss Saigon.  We had a good time and I was glad that we went to Heaven’s Dog for Happy Hour, which is every day between 4:30 and 6:30.  ($5 drinks…very good!  $10 drinks…yikes!)

Thanksgiving was a pretty small affair with just my parents and my brother.  Everyone enjoyed my “Pumpkin Pecan Pie with Ginger Snap Crust”!  We agreed that we’ll have to use that crust on any future pumpkin pies because a regular crust would be boring!  My “Brussels Sprouts with Orange Maple Dressing” dish went over well, too.  (Both recipes can be found on the Prevention Magazine website.  Yes, those were “healthy” dishes.)

Friday I went wine tasting in Healdsburg with Mom and my brother.  The weather was nice after the rainy morning and the roads weren’t too crowded.  We ended up hitting three wineries:  Hop Kiln, Armida, and White Oak.  We liked all of them, especially Hop Kiln, where you could actually buy a full glass of wine if you wanted one.  (Remember in Sideways when Paul Giamatti wanted a full glass and they wouldn’t pour one?)  You could also purchase a full bottle and take it outside and use the wine glasses that they provide free of charge.  (You grab them by the door and bring them back in when you’re done.)

Nice Tree

Nice tree at Armida Winery

The cost for the tastings is way cheaper than Napa Valley.  Armida had a complimentary tasting (!!) and Hop Kiln’s was only $5 for five pours (or $7 for the one with two reserve wines included in the five pours).  Healdsburg gets a big thumbs up!  Next time I want to hit up Ferrari-Carano again.  I went there a few years ago and the grounds reminded me of being in Italy….click on the name in the prior sentence and you can see what I’m talking about.  (The wine wasn’t bad either!)

I’ll be uploading some additional pictures from Hop Kiln and Armida to my Flickr account, but meanwhile, here’s another gratuitous shot at Armida Winery.

Armidy Winery View

Pretty View from Armida Winery

Saturday I went to a baby shower at Yoshi’s (San Francisco location) and then picked up a friend for dinner at Mi Lindo Peru.  For once I didn’t have lomo saltado!  We tried several of the appetizers, like the fried calamari, fried cassava (yes, two fried items), crab dip, and the avocado salad.  Yeah, it wasn’t the lowest calorie dinner, but we couldn’t finish all of it (except for the 1/2 liter of sangria…ha ha).  I need to write a Yelp review because I’ve been to Mi Lindo Peru so many times and it never fails to deliver.  After that we headed over to the 3300 Club for another drink and then made an early evening of it.  (I hadn’t ever visited that bar, but it was actually OK.  The bartender was very friendly and the bar wasn’t too crowded or too loud.  Of course, it was Thanksgiving weekend, so it might be different on another night….)

Today I feel like I didn’t do anything, but I went to the gym, then meditation class, and then over to the Mission with a friend for a taco at Taqueria San Francisco and some decaf at Sundance Coffee, so I guess I did do some stuff!  Now I’m washing a few of my rugs and getting ready to vacuum.  After that I’m going to relax with a little Mad Men and try to finish my book even though I should be working on Yelp reviews for all these places!

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