On FIRE!

Good evening!

Hope y’all had a good Friday. I was on FIRE with writing today. I love days like that…..I sat down to write, the words started flowing and next thing I know hours have gone by and I’ve written about 15 pages!!!!!! what what?!

Morning snack was an apple (no picture)..sorry! And afternoon snack was a jumbo grapefruit:

I had lunch with my friend Michaela at Cafe Chloe, which is this great little hidden gem in Santa Rosa. I had the quinoa and roasted carrot salad and it was delicious.

Love that French bread!

I actually headed into the city later in the afternoon because I had a dinner date with Katie, a blog reader who just moved to the area from New York. The blogging world is so weird….so often we feel like we really “know” each other because a big part of our lives are shared online. Katie and I have kept up for over two years now and I was so excited to finally meet her in person! Like me, she’s a culinary school grad and we had lots of fun stories to share. We met at La Med, which is one of my favorite spots in Fillmore.

Can I just say how much I adore San Francisco? I would totally live there if I could afford it….hah. At the restaurant, Katie and I both had a glass of red wine and the Mediterranean salad, which basically is a little of everything….hummus, tabbouli, lentil salad, potato salad…the works!

After dinner I ran across the street to my beloved Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and grabbed a peach tea latte because I thought it might be almost as delicious as their winter dream lattes….(Beth, have you tried this??!)

Backfire. Twas gross. I took a few sips and then tossed it. When I got home I ate my last crumble bar…thank goodness they are gone now!!!

Off to bed….running in the morning and then working Barrel Tasting round 2 again all day!