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Showing posts with label The Cowgirl Creamery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Cowgirl Creamery. Show all posts

Sunday, February 8, 2015

And Now for the Second Half....

Song - San Francisco by Scott McKenzie

After an evening of "Pipers", the next morning when waking in San Francisco Mr. B and I decided to venture out for breakfast.



We walked over to the Ferry Building but I just had to take a photo of this vintage street car from Milan, Italy that was built in 1928!  I didn't realize that SF has been refurbishing a whole fleet of vintage street cars.  You can read about them HERE!





It had stormed the night before but today the weather was beautiful.  It was also a Farmers Market day!


For lunch we chose to eat at The Cowgirl Creamery and this gentleman was making yummy plates of warm cheese on French bread.  That brown metal contraption has a heating element in the top, so when he slides the half wheel of cheese under it, the heat melts the cheese and then he slides the wheel out and scrapes the gooey, delicious cheese onto your plate! 




They have a stall of every kind of mushroom you might think of and then some! They also have shops with "pig parts", fresh Acme bread, Hog Island Oyster's, Stonehouse Olive Oil, coffee, tea, a real live book store (with our bud Taya working there!!), desserts and lots of restaurants to choose from. And best of all......delicious pork filled steamed buns! Mr. B and I brought two of those home for a late afternoon snack.....mmmmm!





And outside there were bushels of beautiful Kale.  As well as Gandhi walking through the market!







And a little jazz to sit in the sunshine and enjoy.

Mr. B and I kept looking at each other and saying "Why don't we do this more often?"

As you can probably tell, fun was had by all!



"East is East, and West is San Francisco." - O. Henry


Monday, February 2, 2015

The Mountains are Calling





Mr. B and I just returned from a few days in Yosemite.  We were participating in the Chef's week up there and by participating I mean - eating, watching demos, eating, dining, eating and taking in the quiet Winter beauty!

No snow, no rain, the Merced River looks like a trickling creek. But still, the cold beauty takes my breath away!




Yosemite Falls had some water and even some ice formed where the mist rises and freezes.  Can you see the white thingy in the center of the photo?



That's ice!



And on our morning drive around the Park we spotted this fellow.  I guess he thought he was a pedestrian!




He got tired of posing for photo's and decided to lay down for his close-up shot!



Everything was so quiet and serene.




Except for Mr. Raven who was noisy from dawn to dusk!



Came upon another Coyote who was listening at a mouse hole.  He was so patient and would cock his head from side to side while listening to activity inside the hole.



I was waiting for him to do a face plant!






We enjoyed learning about cheeses and how to taste them properly from Peggy & Sue founders of The Cowgirl Creamery!  Mmmmm......yum! They were both so funny!


 I told Mr. B that it was like spending the day in France where you get a plate of cheese any time of day!

Peggy
Sue  




































On the final day, Chef David Bazirgan from The Dirty Habit in SF showed us how to make scallops and soup.  I wouldn't mind him cooking my meals anytime!!!



While waiting for the evening's sun to set, I took a photo of Half Dome's reflection in the Merced River.






"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike." --John Muir
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