What We're Talking About This Week

The San Francisco food scene has been blowing up lately, but the most in the know group of the best dining spots are the chefs.  This list of their ten favorite local restaurants is a great reference.

Los Angeles is a great place for a staycation, especially on a long weekend.  There are plenty of things going on, from the fair to theater to live music, over the next few days to keep Angelenos in town...

If you're up in NorCal for the weekend, Goop just released their updated guides to the Bay Area.  We like this one for the Napa Valley.

Also in NorCal is the Sausalito Arts Festival.  This annual event features the promised arts, along with lots of food and several bands.

LA hosted the Olympics in 1932 and 1984, and they are bidding on it a third time for 2024.

Vista Vision

Favorite Hikes: The Alta Trail in the Headlands

The relatively flat Alta Trail in the Marin Headlands is a great place to walk your dog, 

with views of Richardson Bay, Angel Island and Sausalito. 

To access the Alta Trail, take the Sausalito/Marin City exit from Highway 101. 

Turn right onto Donahue St., and continue all the way to the top of the hill 

where the road dead ends, and a fire road begins. You can park there,

and then hike the trail. If you want to make it a more strenuous hike, 

it connects to the Bobcat and then the Miwok trails. 

Fashion Inspiration: What to Wear to a Nautical Sausalito Afternoon Wedding

Clockwise from top left: hat, dress, heels, bracelet, clutch, earrings

Foodie Favorite: The F3 at Fast Food Francais

Fast Food Francais in Marin County's Sausalito is a fun concept: an American burger restaurant done French style.  They have a delicious assortment of gourmet burgers, from duck to salmon to lamb based, in addition to the standard boeuf.  We can never decide which burger we like the best, but we do know that our favorite side is the F3, which includes all three of their most popular accompaniments: Brussels Sprouts chips, French fries, and little fluffy, fried Pommes Dauphines, which the restaurant refers to as the French tater tot. 

Paddle Boarding in the Bay

We recently tried stand up paddle boarding, and loved paddling around on the bay. 

Starting at one end of Sausalito, we paddled around the harbor to Kayak Beach 

for mimosas, and then back.

On our way! A bit of grey day, but still pretty warm

Harbor seals sunning themselves

Taking a break at Kayak Beach with mimosas

Harbor Seal friends saying hello

Wind blowing us close to them

A view of the marina, with the fog lifting later on.

We rented from Bluerush Boardsports, but there are a couple different companies in the area.
It's a great relaxing way to spend a weekend morning.