Labor No More: Labor Day Weekend Suggestions to Restore Sanity
I’m all for honoring unions, but the name given to the long weekend in September that marks the end of summer and return to school-year craziness has always seemed like such a silly misnomer to me. After all, Labor Day weekend offers us one last chance to refresh our minds and bodies before gearing up [...]
In Portland, Even the Food Is Progressive
Three days in Portland can be summed up like this: 2 Thai restaurants, 2 eclectic fusion cafes, 1 waffle shop, 2 organic fruit markets, 5 amazing coffee houses (all serving Stumptown coffee), countless vintage and junk shops, and the best used bookstore bar none. Names to remember: Pok Pok, Bread & Ink, Laughing Planet, My [...]
Ingredients for a Perfect Weekend: Fresh-Off-the-Boat Crab, Eucalyptus-Fired Sourdough, and Family
I pride myself on knowing the best purveyors of various delicacies throughout the northern San Francisco Bay Area; it’s a natural outgrowth of my combined love of eating fresh, straight-from the farm food, and my obsession with finding small, family-owned businesses deserving of recognition. But I’ve been to Bodega Bay many, many times and never [...]
