We awakened and John had already made coffee. We had the pastries that we bought and especially liked the cinnamon toast. Cliff got his laptop to work and print on John’s Apple Network.
We finally got out of the house and headed for the Ferry Building. The Ferry Building is loaded with gourmet shops and surrounded by a farmers market. It is quite wonderful.
We did many laps inside the building. Highlights included cheeses from Cow Girl Creamery, more bread from Acme Bakery, some cooking clay pots that Cliff and Cathy bought and had shipped home. In addition, we purchased jams, chocolates, Cathy bought a straw hat.
We had decided to eat lunch at Taylor’s Refresher. It is in the Ferry Building and is a branch of the restaurant in Saint Helena. Cliff had a Burger, Cathy a Toasted Cheese Joy and Brenda split a BLT. We also had French Fries and Onion Rings. A taste of the 50’s. We ate outside overlooking the ferries and Bay Bridge.
From the Ferry Building we drove by our old house on Pine St. then parked and went walking on Fillmore. Cathy bought a shawl at Mios. On with our tour of food spots we went to Tartine in the Mission. After finding a parking space (not an easy thing to do) we went in and checked the place out. It really looked and smelled good. Great grilled cheese sandwiches that were piping hot and a bread pudding that also looked great. We bought some pastries, checked out a restaurant Delphine up the street and proceeded on. Next stop was non-food oriented. We wanted to see what the new De Young San Francisco Art Museum in Golden Gate Park looked like. It is scheduled to open in a few weeks and is almost ready for prime time. Cliff thought it will be way cool, the others weren’t so sure.
Finally back to John’s. Andy his son called and said he wanted to come by and see us. It was nice to see how he has grown up and matured. He talked at length about Burning Man where he had been. Don’t think it is for us….
John came home from work, Wade appeared and we drank the bottle of wine we had purchased at Kermit Lynch. It was then off to Oliveto in Oakland for the 4 of us. John stayed home with Wade.
Cliff navigated, like only he can and we eventually reached the restaurant after touring northern Oakland. Cathy, Brenda and Joy were almost in open revolt but we got there. It made no difference that we were a little late, cause our table wasn’t ready anyway. We waited for 10 minutes or so. We had a glass of wine in the bar area and were taken upstairs to the restaurant. It was very pretty. The food was excellent. Cliff didn’t like the waiter at first, but he turned out to be very good and steered us towards some great dishes.
We started with a fabulous Panzanella Salad (Tomatoes & Croutons, Etc.). When we returned home we called the restaurant and got a detailed recipe for it have subsequently made it.
Penne with Peppers, Currants and Smoked Treccione
Spit-Roasted Leg of Lamb
Spit-Roasted Top Sirloin
Charcoal Grilled Rabbit
Spinach and Rappini
For desert we had Ice Cream and Bread Pudding
Wines:
Fiano Pietramara
Zenato Ripassa
Glass of Vin Santo
We once again staggard back to the car and drove back into the city.
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