Posts Tagged ‘Do Lunch’
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
GrassRoutes has gone north to Seattle, and I was overjoyed last night to receive a special box on my porch containing the very first GrassRoutes Seattle Guides, fresh off the press. I’m so happy about this book – I especially love the city of Seattle, home of my publisher Sasquatch Books – and home to [...]
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Tags: Buy Me, Do Lunch, Family Travel, Farm to Table, Seattle, Updates!
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Saturday, June 13th, 2009
It’s barely after nine and I am already thinking about lunch, but who can fault me with all these tantalizing eateries around Portland?? Paradox Palace Café 3439 SE Belmont Street 232.7508 With a mostly vegetarian menu (they also serve hamburgers to accommodate meat-eating folks) and a low-key atmosphere, Paradox is the place to go when [...]
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Tags: Do Lunch, Portland
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Join GrassRoutes Travel at Oakland’s 2009 EarthExpo, April 15th from 10a to 2p in Frank Ogawa Plaza right near the 12th Street/City Center BART Station. It’ll be a blast!
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Tags: Calendar, California, Do Lunch, Get Inspired, Good Reading, Learn, Oakland/Berkeley
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Oakland is a city on the move, and here are some of the notable changes in the food world I’ve recently come across… The Ave is Open! (no web yet, 2022 Telegraph Ave.) Alfonso, one of the partners behind the cool designs at 510 Studio (http://www.fivetenstudio.com/), designed this brand spankin; new hang out, not to [...]
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Tags: California, Casual Night Out, Do Lunch, Hang Out, Oakland/Berkeley
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
It’s a clear night and the summer triangle is still shinning above. I trace the little glimmering dots and find Cygnus the swan, then listen below my deck at the Jenner Inn and hear some tiny chirps from nesting coots, my favorite blue-footed birds. Lines of light striate the mouth of the Russian River, where [...]
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Tags: CA Wine Country, California, Do Lunch, Explore, Get Active
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
I’ve packed a lot into this past week of Mendocino County travels. Here are a few of my top picks (and a peeves too, for good measure): Shambhala Ranch As the saying goes, “it’s not the destination but the journey that matters,” so too with Shambhala Ranch, named for the owners’ dual vision of heaven [...]
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
Just because Labor Day weekend has come and gone, doesn’t mean you can’t find smaller ways to celebrate. Take your next lunch break and make a mini-vacation of it at this Oakland luncheries: Café Colucci 6427 Telegraph Avenue 510.601.7999 The most romantic evenings almost always have a foreign appeal; there’s a certain sensuality about the [...]
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Tags: Do Lunch, Oakland/Berkeley
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Saturday, September 6th, 2008
On a day-long excursion around Suisun and Napa Valleys, I once again discovered the kindred nature of the two different wine-growing regions, each with their own triumphs. Suisun grapes sometimes make it into Napa wines, but the Suisun makers themselves have a respectable collection of wineries, many of whom win prizes all over the state [...]
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Tags: CA Wine Country, California, Do Lunch, Dress Up, Imbibe, Vegetarian, Vines
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