Anna's Cool Finds

Day of Surprises. A little before noon a good friend of mine, Bishara, called and checked if I was in town and surprised me with the news ...

The Long Ride Home. I decided to take the trip home to Mill Valley in one fell swoop on I-5 from Long Beach. It was a very boring but qui...

Septembe r 8-11th: Family Time. Didn't pay much attention to food, but lots of attention to family. Shuttling between Rancho Mirage a...

Biscuits my mother would approve. The Madonna Inn really is a unique place. I've discovered it has an equestrian center and is openi...

Madonna Inn. Here I am at the very (deliberately) kitschy Madonna Inn . It is in San Luis Obispo, and is well known for its creative them...

Akira. I had a big shock today -- Yurika, my niece's little sister died suddenly. She was only 39 and in good health, so it's a sh...

O Water. A cool find indeed at Molly Stone's! It was on sale too for $1 a bottle which had to have influenced my purchase. O Water ha...

Japanese Potato Salad. Since it's been a bit since I posted a recipe, I thought I'd make something up, and log in the instructions...

Cat N' Fiddle. The weather in Sausalito today was outstanding. I took a walk along Sausalito's waterfront and decided to enjoy th...

Lesser-known eating places. In my July 12th post on Las Camelias I noted: "I'm going to be making some effort to go to out-of-the...

A visit to Sonoma. I picked up Dad and we tried a new place on Sonoma Square - Sunflower Caffe. It is not a full service restaurant, but r...

Night at the Improv. After trying the new Pizza Antica at Strawberry Village with a friend, and a puttering around the house kind of day,...

Sweet Ginger. It is nice working in Sausalito. EMU is the perfect setting, and only fifteen minutes by bike from my house. And I have a ...

To F isherman's Wharf. We stopped and walked along Fisherman's Wharf, and searched for a restaurant to wind up our day with. The...

Flash Tour and the Japanese Tea Garden. So off we went in my car to the city, and stopped first near the shore so the girls could run some...

Sartaj India Cafe. I introduced the group (Regina, Maya & Collette) to North Indian cuisine at the family-run Sartaj India Cafe in Sa...

Fairyland. I got a surprise call from Regina who was coming to pick up Collette with her daughter, Maya -- the surprise was that they left...

Cafe Trieste. Collette and I tried going to the Dipsea, but there was not a parking place anywhere, even at 9:00 a.m.! So we did an about...

Fun with Aurelia & Toran. Collette and I started the day at Caffe Oggi in Mill Valley, a lovely Italian deli-cum-coffee house. Collett...

Ceramics. Kids are good for getting you into new trouble. It would never occur to me to paint and fire ceramics, since I do not consider m...