So, I’ve been in California for exactly three weeks, and I
have so much to ramble on about, I’m going to do it as bullet points (of
course, if I’d bothered to update in the past few weeks, I wouldn’t have that
problem – but you move across the country and then tell me if you have time to
blog right away).
Awesome things I’ve had to eat so far:
-Seafood cioppino with cheesy sourdough at
Scott’s Restaurant
-Breakfast at the Oakland Grill twice – and
the best chicken apple sausage – a surprisingly popular menu item around here
-Sweet crepes at Crepevine in Berkeley
-Dinner at Liaison in Berkeley – Alex had
the trout almandine (a favorite of both of ours) and I had the canard a l’orange…and
profiteroles for dessert
-Indian food I actually enjoyed at a little
hole in the wall up the street, and pretty decent Chinese – and some Korean BBQ
at a random food truck at the Treasure Island Flea Market
-Starbucks and Peet’s Coffee on every
corner. You know I’m in heaven.
-Fruit at the farmers’ market. It’s like, oh,
so that’s what a
strawberry/peach/raspberry/cherry/orange actually tastes like
Awesome things I’ve done so far and that I love about living
here:
-Death Cab for Cutie at the Fox Theater last
week (they closed with my favorite song, with a freaking orchestra! It was epic)
-Starbucks and Peet’s Coffee on every
corner
-Treasure Island Flea Market
-Target right up the road
-Sweet new patio garden going on
-Seeing the ocean every day
-Fresh crab meat for 5.99 at Safeway (the
real stuff)
-Having money to spend on coffee and crab
and cherries, and not constantly being on the verge of a mental breakdown due
to a lack of funds
-Seeing my brother at least once a week
-Direct deposit!
-Weekly farmers’ market right next door
Places in Oakland I must check out – not even getting into
the numerous Berkeley and San Francisco destinations (although, I must mention,
I have never been to a Sur La Table shop and can’t wait…and Tyler Florence’s
shop up in Napa…):
Oh, and Happy Mother’s Day, mom!
