dining-out

The Slanted Door, San Francisco

April 1, 2010

What can be said about The Slanted Door that hasn’t been covered elsewhere? Probably nothing. We’ve adored this restaurant since first going there about seven years ago shortly after moving to San Francisco from New York. By then, they were already at their “new” location in the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero. Folks around here [...]

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Perequim, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil

February 23, 2010

Hegui has warm memories of this seaside restaurant situated in the resort town, Ubatuba, along the northern coast of São Paulo state, from numerous delightful previous visits. I’m glad that I’ve gotten to know it, too, as the food, ambiance and service are all wonderful. For you handful of weirdcombinations readers located in São Paulo [...]

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PART.ALTO, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil

February 15, 2010

PART.ALTO is a casual place near the beach in Vitória, ES, Brazil. It´s a favorite of our dear friends, Luís and Sávio, with whom we recently stayed. Thank you both so much for hosting us in your beautiful home! The dining is all open to the ocean breezes, the service is unrushed and the food [...]

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Live Sushi Bar, San Francisco

December 23, 2009

We’ve been to Live a few times since my longtime friend, David, moved just across the street from the place about two years ago. The restaurant is a stand-alone spot with a small to medium sized dining room on several half-floors. We usually sit at a table though there is sushi bar seating too. The [...]

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Chez Papa Bistrot, San Francisco

December 10, 2009

We’ve been eating out a lot more than usual lately. Perhaps it’s because of the holidays? Don’t you always feel that it’s fun to meet friends and loved ones at restaurants for memorable meals when it’s getting colder and the days are shorter? I always do. I’m a bit worried about the potential adverse effect [...]

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Grand Pu Bah, San Francisco

December 9, 2009

Grand Pu Bah is a stylish, new-ish Thai restaurant in the Design District, sort of between Potrero Hill and SOMA. We WC’s have been several times since they opened, most recently on the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. The restaurant has a beautiful look. There’s a huge flat screen TV at the entrance that is always showing [...]

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Joe’s Tacos, Mill Valley

December 1, 2009

The other day we were up late watching Rachel Ray re-runs on Food Network. It’s the show where she travels around the U.S. to try restaurants. That night she was in Northern California outside San Francisco in the Bay Area. Apparently cross-marketing, she stopped by Tyler Florence’s new store, Tyler Florence Shop, where she and [...]

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La Mar, San Francisco

November 25, 2009

Some of the WC crew met mid week at the beautiful La Mar restaurant along the San Francisco waterfront near the Ferry Building. This place opened with a lot of fanfare a few months ago and truly is worth a visit. Turns out, it’s part of an international chain of establishments. The other locations are [...]

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Kokkari, San Francisco

November 11, 2009

I’ve been to and enjoyed Kokkari, on the edge the financial district, many times in the past. The other day, I went there with some of the WC crew for a fun mid-week dinner. The restaurant is visually stunning! There is a huge bar area that’s always crowded with stylish folk. The restaurant is divided [...]

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Bodo’s Bagels, Charlottesville

October 26, 2009

We just came back from a wonderful overnight trip to Charlottesville, Virginia. I went to college at the University of Virginia in the late 1980’s and have remained sentimental about the former small town, now small city, ever since. My friend, Callie, still lives there and still works at UVA (You go girl!) So it [...]

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