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After lunch at Valley, we went to Obsidian partially based on the recommendation from Corner 103 and based on our memory of having had this wine before. The…
We were looking for someplace for lunch. This place was listed as a Bib Gourmand in the Michelin guide, so why not. We took seating the patio area…
We had a little bit of time in Sonoma and decided to just do tasting in the plaza. Andrea asked ChatGPT where to taste and this place came…
We were looking forward to dining here and spending a little bit of time in Sonoma which we don’t do often enough. We just walked from our AirBnB…
Andrea hadn’t been interested in revisiting Angler so when Steven invited me for dinner, we decided to go since neither of us had been for awhile. The cocktails…
We had the cleaners scheduled at the house so we decided to take a late brunch here at Elena’s. We didn’t have a reservation, but based on our…
Andrea P. and Stanford invited us to the Valkyries game and dinner beforehand. I was very interested in going to a Valkyries game and had been interested in…
I can’t believe it’s been 2 years since Plamen and I ate here, but I am very thankful for him reaching out with the invite. The first in…
This was our last night in Chicago, so I had us scheduled for Oriole. We arrived about 10 minutes before opening and were waiting outside in 90+ degree…
Andrea and I were starving after our architectural river boat tour (and probably experiencing a bit of heat exhaustion), although we didn’t want to eat too much either…