It’s all about the Yummy Food
Hilton Inn on Fisherman’s Wharf with a fantastic night view
from our window of the financial district… a great city skyline. Sounds like a
dreamy place to stay. And it was, sort of. The hotel was under construction so
we booked it with a dreamy price. Just had to maneuver through the catacombs to
find the front desk to check in… then all was well. Checked in after 9:00 at
night and hadn’t had dinner for the day. My travel partners convinced me to
muster the courage to walk a few blocks to the wharf to find dinner. It’s a
whole new world out there after dark. They assured me we’d be safe… I tend to
be the cautious type. All was well and it turned out to be quite the adventure.
We walked and walked, ate dinner, then walked and walked again to Ghiradelli
Square, our second visit of the trip. Yes, Dad is a chocoholic. But it was great
fun. We got back to our hotel after 11:00, ready for a good night’s sleep.
Morning greeted us with almost
fresh blueberry muffins and chocolate milk that we’d picked up at a Safeway the
day before. This day we would be moving south towards Monterey to set up for
the last day of our California Dreamin’ adventure. Before leaving the big city
we found our way to South Park Café, a little French restaurant that Dad had
scoped out to visit. All week he’s been talking about Pig Salad… does that even
sound like something you’d want to eat?! Well we did, and it was delicious.
Pork Confit (slow roasted pork) tossed with endive lettuce and sliced apples
with a pure Dijon dressing that every third bite would totally clean out my
senses with the horseradish. Still it was good. Very good. We actually ordered
lemonades to drink rather than our traditional water with lemon. Turns out
their lemonade is actually Citron Presse… which is lemon with water… at $2.50 a glass. Who
knew?
With a delicious lunch in our tummies were off on our road
trip to the south of France… uh actually to Monterey. We found time to play on
the beach in Santa Cruz and see the trees where my butterflies will spend the
winter… Natural Bridges State Park. They
will begin their own California Adventure come October.
On our way to Monterey we came upon Castroville… the
artichoke capitol of the world. Emilee is an artichoke diva and with the help
of Google found a restaurant with both seafood and artichokes on the menu in
the sleepy little town of Moss Landing. What an adventure this turned out to
be. A local favorite, it was rockin’. Literally. A live band of old men cowboys
played all the oldies loud and long. We chose a seat far from them and settled
down to chow down. Emilee was absolutely
in heaven and said so herself. She not only had an artichoke to eat but an
entire crab to consume by herself. “I’ve
never had a whole crab to eat by myself before” she declared. It was a long
process… Dad and I finished our meal long before she did… (I had Shrimp Scampi
and Dad had Sicilian Halibut) so we helped her pick the crab meat… otherwise we
might still be there. It was all delicious and a wonderful end to our Yummy
Day.
Tomorrow brings our Grand Adventure of the Trip. Stay tuned!
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