Come join me as I give you some highlights and take you on a journey in my California.

My California experience will give you weekly snapshots of many fine restaurants, food markets, cultural events and performing and visual arts in San Francisco, the Bay Area and environs.

I think often people think of San Francisco as a place where we all wear flowers in our hair and eat tofu.  Well, yes there are a few who do wear a flower in the hair and some do eat tofu but there is an amazing diverse group of people in San Francisco and the Bay Area.  Each bringing their traditions creating a rich cultural fabric.  I think being a resident of this very special part of California has made my life rich and I believe I have found a connection to many people who too have fallen in love with amazing food and wines.  Every time I travel—I am once again reminded how special the food and wine is in the San Francisco and its environs.  Simple things go a long way; great food markets with exotic, sustainable, and hard-to-find ingredients abound; restaurants from famous and often written restaurants to hidden treasures; wine is king not just in the many wine countries in California but go to many restaurants in the City by the Bay and you will find wine lists with well selected and thoughtful choices of fabulous wines. 

I am out every Saturday at San Francisco’s Farmer Market at the famed food and wine centric Ferry Building.  But it is a hunter gatherer mission, each Saturday, which often include two to three food and wine store visits but is a day of joy and discovery and self-satisfaction when I bring these ingredients together for a wondrous dinner.  San Franciscans take their food and wine seriously as they do their work.  Exploration is part of the fun.

Stay tuned for my adventures along the way of the magical land known as the San Francisco, the Bay Area and its environs.