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HELLO YOSEMITE
Our trip to Yosemite was bliss. It reminded me so much of when I lived in small-town Rossland, British Columbia and made me nostalgic for a life lived close to nature. We took a tour with the funniest Ranger, but it wasn’t until I saw the relief map did I really feel like I “got” the valley.
We spent the next day hiking amongst the towering Sequoias like little ants, collecting neon-colored moss for a terrarium, taking silly photos of us in trees, marveling the colors of the forest, and eating peppered beef jerky from the gas station convenience store (because gas station jerky is THE best. I’m serious.)
I also wore (out) my favorite grey sweatshirt the entire trip, and had one of THE MOST AMAZING BURGERS OF MY LIFE at Todd’s BBQ, which is right outside the park in Oakhurst. As we left Yosemite, we spotted the most adorable elderly couple walking down the path hand in hand.
SERPENTINE
Holy Shit! Cow! The burger here is ama-ha-zing. Serpertine has ruined me. I can’t eat a burger elsewhere anymore.
The pic I have doesn’t do this burger justice, so enjoy this interior shot instead. If you’re really motivated, close your eyes real tight and imagine a big beefy burger with juice running down the side sandwiched between buttery bread toasted so perfectly that you get a nice buttery crust before your teeth sinks into the softness, and then your tasetbuds hit the arugula and pickled onions and boom. pow. wow.
here’s a gratuitous decor shot to make up for the lack of food shots. ha.
Roasted Padron peppers, my new best friends. The veggie dishes and sides here are always so incredible – simple but so full of flavor. They’re not afterthoughts, they’re stars!
My view of the dining room. Great seat, eh?
The woman sitting at the table next to us made me mad! She just picked at her burger all night and ended up eating a corner of it. (How tragically wasteful.)
I’m glad I wasn’t her date paying for her meal, that would suck.
I’m really loving breastplate necklaces right now even though it has such an ugly name. (I feel weird even just saying it. It sounds like something that belongs on a menu instead: breastplate with jewel drippings.) I can’t seem to find a nice one (at a price that’s not the equivalent of five meals at Serpentine). So I went shopping in my closet and found this, which I wore tonight.
SERPENTINE
2495 3rd Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 252-2000
CHAMBERS EAT + DRINK
i had a really nice time at Chambers tonight getting to know my lovely new friend in this equally lovely restaurant.
we had the burger, which was delish. it was topped with a green tomato and the smokiest carmelized onion that must also have been soaked in bourbon or something like that. (shame on me, i forgot to ask, which just means i have to go back.) for 12, it was wallet friendly, too. for an extra 3, you can add a side of PORK BELLY! (nice marketing for a side of bacon. kudos.) so of course, i had to order it.
we also had the kobe beef, which was heaven on a hot rock. it came sizzling perched on a hot stone that continued to cook the beef to our liking. i recommend if you do this as an entree, you ask for a lot of bread. lol.
i gasped when i first saw these chairs a few days ago (so cool!), but this time around, we felt differently when one of us actually had to sit in one. my very comedic companion couldn’t decide if she needed to lean back or forward, but ultimately decided it was fit for leaning back with a big sigh after a hearty meal.
now, as to what one wears to Chambers? well, certainly more what these pretty (endowed) ladies had on.
oh…and yes, this is the restaurant with “be amazing” in lights. cheers.
Chambers Eat + Drink
601 Eddy St. (cross Larkin at the Phoenix Hotel)
415.829.2316
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