San Francisco

wine_armidawines — This here is Part Six of the Grand Caliventure of November 2011. For Part 1, make the clicking to here. Saturday started bright and early with the arrival of Sissy. She had driven into SFO from whatever God-forsaken wilderness camp she teaches at. Apparently it was snowing there that morning, […]

Soused in SanFran – Part 6: Wine Day. Ugh.

13 Dec, 2011 in California / Drink tagged Arista Winery / Armida Winery / J Vineyards & Winery / JJ / John Tyler Wines / lady friend / Mauritson Wines / Rochioli Vineyards & Winery / San Francisco / Sissy / Sonoma / vineyard / wine / winery by squirrelfarts

sfo04_marketst — This here is Part Five of the Grand Caliventure of November 2011. For Part 1, make the clicking to here. Yup. Still Friday. So, we hit Magnolia for a delicious lunch and tasty beers, then the Alembic for a superb cocktail. With Ke$shia Ho joining in, we were off to […]

Soused in SanFran – Part 5: SFO D2 City Beer, ...

1 Dec, 2011 in California / Drink tagged beer / Blu Restaurant / brown / champagne / City Beer Store / cocktail / deep dish pizza / gin / JJ / Ke$hia Ho / lady friend / Paxti's / rule 37 / San Francisco / The French Blues by squirrelfarts

sfo03_alembicbar — This here is Part Four of the Grand Caliventure of November 2011. For Part 1, make the clicking to here. Not your turn yet, Sissy. But soon. Following our delicious lunch and tasty beers at Magnolia, the Lady Friend and I started heading down Haight Street towards our next destination, […]

Soused in SanFran – Part 4: SFO D2 Alembic

18 Nov, 2011 in California / Drink tagged Alembic / blood and sand / campari / Carpano Antica / cocktail / cocktail bar / gin / Ke$hia Ho / lady friend / negroni / rye / San Francisco / The Alembic Bar / whiskey by squirrelfarts

sfo02_magnoliamirror — This here is Part Three of the Grand Caliventure of November 2011. For Part 1, make the clicking to here. I’ll try to break these up a bit more for readability and sanity. Mostly my sanity. Also, we’ve just gotten to Friday morning, so Sissy, you’re going to have to […]

Soused in SanFran – Part 3: SFO D2 Magnolia

16 Nov, 2011 in California / Drink tagged ale / beer / Belgian / bitter / brewpub / gruit / IPA / kölsch / lady friend / Magnolia Pub and Brewery / pumpkin / San Francisco by squirrelfarts

sf01_harryslagunitasIPA — This here is Part Two of the Grand Caliventure of November 2011. For Part 1, make the clicking to here. Hold on to your butts, this is going to be a long one. The dawn did done diddly dawned Thursday morning as JJ and her husband scurried about the apartment […]

Soused in SanFran – Part 2: SFO D1

10 Nov, 2011 in California / Drink tagged 21st Amendment Brewery / beer / brewery / brewpub / cocktail / Fresca / IPA / JJ / Ke$hia Ho / lady friend / lager / Lefty O'Doul's / negroni / pale ale / San Francisco / Top of the Mark by squirrelfarts

pregame_deplanedeplane — This here is Part One of the Grand Caliventure of November 2011. The Lady Friend and I had been discussing a trip out to California, for a number of reasons. She has a friend living in San Francisco, and Sissy moved out to some God-forsaken wilderness camp in Sonora, which […]

Soused in SanFran – Part 1: The Pregame

8 Nov, 2011 in California / Drink tagged beer / Boston Beer Works / IPA / JJ / lady friend / San Francisco / Sissy by squirrelfarts