February, 2010

Dining — 3 Comments
28
Feb 10

Birthday TrEATs

Given to me by the lovely Jezika Fernandez. Cako's cupcakes were a delicious end to our meal.

I took a personal day from work for the first time in many years and am thankful I did so. I spent the day working on creative projects at Coffee Bar and then dined at one of my favorite restaurants, Blue Plate, in the Mission right on the border of Bernal Heights. Thanks to LivingSocial, our party got $40 worth of food for $20 – as if we needed another incentive to dine at one of the best American food spots around. The service that night wasn’t top notch but the food, open kitchen, cozy ambiance, and garden out back, not to mention the company, made up for it.

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Cooking — 1 Comment
21
Feb 10

Apron Strings & BrokeAss Gourmet Cooking Class

Apron Strings is also home to an elementary school on Guerrero between 25th and 26th streets.

Bless my mother’s heart: She has tried to encourage me to cook more often in order to save money and cut back on my calorie intake. And while I’ve tried to adhere to her advice, it just hasn’t been something I make a habit of enough. You’ll often see me tweeting the line “it’s always more fun with friends.” This concept not only rings true when it comes to exercising more often, but cooking falls under this category as well. When my friend Melanie forwarded an e-mail from Joffer, an online service that offers discounted deals (granted enough people opt-in to said promotion), advertising a cooking class for 50% off the regular price, I thought it was an opportune time to learn some of the basics of preparing a decent meal from start to finish.

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Brunch — 3 Comments
20
Feb 10

An Elite Treat

The trail we completed earlier in the morning. These map cards displaying SF hot spots and trails can be found at Chronicle Books inside the Sony Metreon on 4th Street and Market.

My friends and I have been getting into the good habit of going on an 8-mile-long run on Ocean Beach every Saturday morning. Yes, every Saturday morning for the past few weeks, we deprive ourselves of sleeping in (much like the rest of the domesticated world, especially people with kids) and head out to run in the early hours.

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Coffee & Co-working — 1 Comment
19
Feb 10

I Love it, SF: Ritual Roasters

A large Americano coupled with a vegan, vanilla bean donut garnished with coconut hit the spot.

I thought I’d kick off this blog, also known as my love letter to San Francisco, with a post on one of my favorite coffee shops in the city. I co-work a lot. Whether it’s on a Friday during the workday or, more often than not, in the evening or on the weekends, Ritual Roasters is one of the places I can be found when I need to GSD.

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