Hopped off the bus to visit Hayes Valley area of San Francisco.  Playground busy with children and people sitting on the benches enjoying the day.  Next to the playground you will find Miette where there is plenty of cookies, cakes and other confectioneries. On the other side of

I'm not much of a fine dining person.  I am more impressed by places that produce stellar food with common ingredients and off-cuts than restaurants that use rarer, expensive cuts because as I heard from a Top Chef episode, it's not hard making

  I was staying one street away from the famous "Painted Ladies" in Alamo Square Park or "Postcard Row" as others call the highly photographed Victorian/Edwardian colored houses.  If you ever watched the intro to the show "Full House" then you have seen

As with all my travels, the planning stage typically happens last minute, usually in a frantic state and with repeated under-the-breath grumblings of "why didn't I start this before!"  I asked folks on twitter and friends who have travelled to San Francisco and

If you follow me on twitter, you know that I was in San Francisco last week!  My hubby and some of his co-workers were attending the 2013 GDC Conference and I hitched along!  We had a limo pick us all up at the airport.  Oh la