Californication Part II - Bay Area

originally posted by Claude Kolm:
originally posted by Steve Edmunds:
whenever I hear "our fair city" I think of Car Talk.
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Nah -- Old Chronicle column from the 1960s.
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Was that the name of Delaplane's or Hoppe's column? I miss Art Hoppe. He would've had a field day with the current political climate.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
I'm a snob, wine in tumblers is for hicks.
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'Tis true; I is.
Yes, we did reconnoiter based on your inspirational description, but it was too cold and drizzly to walk around the beach and tackle the lighthouse's 300 steps. Plus the Cowgirl Creamery awaited. They make good stuff; wonder why they don't make goat and sheep's cheeses, or even aged cheeses. Could be business plan, could be temperamental.
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And their stock of cheeses that they do not make is exceptional. They usually carry Sally Jackson sheep's milk cheese, which may be divinity in the cheese world.
Best, Jim
 
originally posted by Florida Jim:
I like Cafe Panisse for lunch.
But then, it is expected that one will not linger long.

A magnum of Tempier - I'll make a mental note of that.
Best, Jim
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I did just that last Tuesday. However, I had a glass of '09 SP68 rather than the Tempier.
 
originally posted by Florida Jim:


And their stock of cheeses that they do not make is exceptional. They usually carry Sally Jackson sheep's milk cheese, which may be divinity in the cheese world.
Best, Jim
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Sadly, no longer available.
Feds close down Sally Jackson.

Speaking of Tempier we drank a delightful bottle of the '99 Tourtine last week.
It started out somewhat stern with a lot of animal mourvedre notes, but with an hour or two of air it blossomed nicely. Plenty of tannin left, so maybe not completely "ready" but lots of pleasure anyway.
 
Crudités (85 pts) and sheeps milk ricotta with garlic toast and olive oil (88 pts). Fine ingredients, but banal.
Dungeness crab salad with endives and lemon (94 pts). Lovely.
Chicken breast Escoffier with truffle butter (92 pts), spinach (98 pts), and celery root puree (87 pts). Delicious, especially the spinach cooked in what tasted like chicken broth.
Pistachio and tangerine ice creams and blood orange sherbet (88 pts). Passable.
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Mmmmm...edible POINTS -- I'm lovin' it!

What's so great about Arnot-Roberts? I've heard they charge double for the very same trousseau you could buy from Jura for less.
 
originally posted by Larry Stein:
originally posted by Claude Kolm:
originally posted by Steve Edmunds:
whenever I hear "our fair city" I think of Car Talk.
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Nah -- Old Chronicle column from the 1960s.
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Was that the name of Delaplane's or Hoppe's column? I miss Art Hoppe. He would've had a field day with the current political climate.
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Neither. Merla Zellerbach. Google tells me it ran until 1985.
 
originally posted by MarkS:
What's so great about Arnot-Roberts? I've heard they charge double for the very same trousseau you could buy from Jura for less.
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It's obvious, silly, S&P and Moodys rate California higher than the Jura.
 
originally posted by MarkS:
What's so great about Arnot-Roberts? I've heard they charge double for the very same trousseau you could buy from Jura for less.
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First you have to find the Jura wines.
Best, Jim
 
originally posted by SFJoe: NYE has always struck me as a fine night to sautee a little chicken, have a nice glass of wine, put in the earplugs and turn in at 10:30.
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Joe, Similarly, for us the tradition is caviar then sauteed foie gras then cheese & fruit, each with a suitably appropriate wine.

And, yes, early to bed (and hoping to sleep through the fireworks!).

. . . . . Pete
 
Dinner with friends, play board games, a bit of bubbly at midnight.

(Oh, yes, and shaking our heads at the wonder that is Dick Zombie Clark. Really sorry about that but it's time to get off the air.)
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Dinner with friends, play board games, a bit of bubbly at midnight.

(Oh, yes, and shaking our heads at the wonder that is Dick Zombie Clark. Really sorry about that but it's time to get off the air.)
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Same here except we played a dominoes game called Mexican train. I've completed the transformation into my parents (they played mah jong).
 
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