Anna's Cool Finds

Creativity Project. I had an assignment to complete for my PhD coursework - do a creative project and document the experience. Thoughts r...

Deck Dining. It's the time of year when this is most attractive, warm but not too warm, and nice as long as it isn't windy. So we ...

Hard Rock Novato. There is a particularly colorful storefront on the side of 101 traveling through Novato that I've had in my mind to ...

Japanese Restaurants in Marin. On New Year's Day, I posted a list of all Japanese Restaurants that I know of in Marin. This has been a...

German Food, Fast. After a few days of Marin, have your out-of-town relatives ever started making cracks about wheatgrass snorting, or left...

A place for romance. Look at that view! This is what it looked like from my seat at Angelino's in Sausalito. Can you just see the jew...

Cherries are everywhere! Cherries have definitely arrived, and there are fresh cherry stands set up all over Marin. Dad and I dined al f...

Open Late on Weeknights. Marin Brewing Company is one of the few restaurants open late on weeknight in Marin County (besides places like ...

Village Feast. Dad and I stopped at an old favorite of mine, that in all my 'trying the new' had not been to in a long time, perhap...

Language barrier. Scanning the menu at Taqueria Bahia in San Rafael, I noted the two most expensive dishes were $10.50, one was a pork favo...

Michelin Star Meal. Over the past 10 years, I've been to Sushi Ran any number of times, and it lives up to its Michelin Star. This tim...

"American Food at its Best". So pronounces Mel's Drive-in , a long time San Francisco favorite. It has a cheery interior. The...

Anna's No-Cooking at Home. It was just too hot today in the San Francisco bay area! The forecast called for a high of 92, and it felt ...

Petaluma's French secret. Elle of Feeding my Enthusiasms and I met again for fun and blogging at Le Bistro , a charming French place o...