We arrived in the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area on Saturday afternoon and just walked around a little to get a feel for the area. On Sunday we headed to Napa to check out some of the local sights before boarding the Napa Valley Wine Train in the evening.
Here are some of the highlights:
Ed checks out the bay area from the balcony of our hotel suite.
In Napa we went to Copia which is an institute started by Robert Mondavi as a tribute to the culinary/wine traditions of America. At Copia is the only restaurant Julia Childs ever allowed her name to be associated with. They grow their own herbs and vegetables in their gardens. Here Mamaw and Ed check out some of the areas which tell which herbs, fruits, and vegetables go well with which wine grape varieties.
One of the first names on our list of places to visit in Napa was Taylor's Automatic Refresher diner. This is one of the first diners that was featured on Guy's "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives" on Food TV. They serve up-scale hamburgers and sandwiches including an Ahi Tuna burger and have a full wine menu. We had burgers and lemonade (I had fish tacos, but they were great too).
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