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Our passion for art, learning and culture all began after finishing graduate school when we moved to…
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We love food. We love wine. But while we certainly enjoy the aromas, tastes and textures of both, we…
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- A Passion for the San Francisco Bay Area
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Tom and Joyce love exploring, finding interesting restaurants, touring wine regions, hiking and goin…
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- A Passion for Travel
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Tom and Joyce seem to have been born to travel. Although neither of us experienced much of it as chi…
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By Joyce on February 10, 2020 Amsterdam is Netherlands’ capital. It is also a favorite tourist destination with its iconic canals. While there are many beautiful sights and things to do, it is helpful to understand Amsterdam’s history. If you don’t like history, skip directly to our other Amsterdam blogs.
Amsterdam’s Start
Amsterdam began as a small fishing village in [Read more …]
Category: Amsterdam, Destinations, Europe, Featured-City, Netherlands, Travel By Joyce on February 6, 2020 Delft Explosion
It was a typical peaceful October day in a typical Middle Age town. The weavers, the blacksmiths, the merchants, and the brewers were all going about their business inside the Delft city walls. The farmers were tending their crops and their cattle outside. Then came the explosion. An accidental spark set off a [Read more …]
Category: Delft, Dining, Featured-City, Netherlands, Restaurants By Joyce on February 2, 2020 The Hague is The Netherlands’ less than a fascinating city, at least for us. We visited The Netherland’s third-largest city and national capital primarily for one art museum—the Mauritius—and its proximity to two cities for a day trip, Delft and Rotterdam. Still, we explored some of its highlights on a raining afternoon and had some [Read more …]
Category: Featured-City, Museums, The Hague
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By Joyce on February 17, 2020 We can never stay away from New York City, even if we only pass through it for a few days. We recently stopped by for 2 plays and some food.
New York City Theater Ain’t Too Proud to Beg: The Temptations. We enjoyed hearing the group’s incredible songs, listening to the harmonies and watching the [Read more …]
Category: Destinations, Dining, Featured-Trips, New York, New York City, North America, Restaurants, Theater, Travel, United States By Joyce on December 22, 2019 Burning Man is an annual event, or should we say happening, that takes place in Black Rock Desert in northwestern Nevada. Burning Man is a gathering of a community in a temporary city, not to be confused as a festival. Each attendee is a participant in the event and is encourage to provide something to [Read more …]
Category: Activities, California, Destinations, Featured-Trips, Museums, North America, San Francisco, Travel, United States By Joyce on November 18, 2019 Farallon Restaurant has a long tradition of hosting an annual pinot noir tasting that draws pinot producers from around the U.S. and, less regularly, from other countries.
It continued this tradition with its November 2019 PinotFest tasting. We attended the trade tasting on the day before the consumer tasting. We tasted more than 100 wines [Read more …]
Category: Featured-Trips, Food & Wine, SF-Passion, SF-Wine/Wineries, Wine Events, Wine/Wineries
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