valentine's day in Napa....

warning: this post contains lots of good food, so if your hungry you might want to look at this later...

first stop, lunch at Taylor's Refresher... yummmmmy

the weather was rainy and our flight was delayed for hours but we finally arrived.

cold and rainy but still beautiful

dinner time

michael chiarello, always wanted to see him in person and this is our second time...

soooo many choices....

vino

appetizer, artichokes and burrata cheese

short ribs for jeff and rissoto with salmon for me both were yummy...

side of polenta, it was super rich and good

desert, huckleberry bread and gelato, looks strange but taste good...

breakfast at bouchon bakery

ham and cheese croissant and coffee

jeff's favorite doughnut only made on the weekends...
the best way to start the day. we wish we had bouchon bakery near our house but jeff said if we did we would weigh 500 pounds and that would not be a good thing!!!

regusci winery

wine tasting

all good...

lunch, had to pick taylor's again... so good

the menu

waiting for our order

burger and tortilla soup... good on a cold day

more wine tasting at elyse, another favorite

dinner at our favorite french restaurant bistro jeanty...

yes, we ate all this food in one day!!!

sole, words can't describe how good this is

steak

frites (fries, french!!!)

simple ice cream and chocolate sauce...
our tummy's full after we ate all that food

Happy Valentines Day!!!
hope everyone had a lovely day...
finally went shopping, yippeee!!!sadly, didn't get this bag but a smaller one... oh so cute!!!
(i have a bag and shoe addiction)

valentine's brunch

a thomas keller restaurant.

we made reservations months in advance and were really looking forward to this!!!

the menu

kinda strange but salad was very good...

eggs benedict

grits

chocolate panettoni bread pudding
the most perfect valentine's day brunch...

one last stop before going to Airport...
the line was really long but we wanted to get one last thing for dinner when we got home...

we got ham sandwiches, chips and cookies, drove to San Francisco and few home...

our valentine's day dinner...

very yummy... a little picnic at home!!!
we love napa and wish we could live there one day but we have a long list of places we wish we could live...

going, going... gone

Last weekend was the last showing of the Disney's Electrical Parade here. It is moving to WDW in Orlando for a couple of years. We had to see it one last time before it left but I am sure we will see it at WDW too...

Fast trip to PA to celebrate christmas with Jeff's family in January...

view of the snow on the mountains from the airport run way.

it was raining for two weeks straight... is there any chance of a warm sunny weekend in PA???

wow, so much snow on our local mountains...

we changed planes in chicago and ate lunch.  we picked mc donalds since we saw an interesting item on the menu.  it was a double filet o fish. omg!!! we couldn't resist....

it was big but wasn't as tasty as we thought it was.  glad we tried it but not sure if we would get it again

jeff's brother joel and sister jody with their family gathered at the parents house to celebrate christmas all together with us...

got our favorite dinner from latucca's

and the best.... stromboli

opening gifts... fun to have christmas in january

happy birthday joel!!!

mom made red velvet cake at the request of jeff (not the birthday boy)

jody and bill

wow, jeff's mom made all these goodies!!!

went to bed with full tummies....

the next day we got together at jeff's grandma's home for christmas with jeff's dad's side of the family

kids in line for the food

our lunch, it was very yummy...

grandma is a very good cook!!!

fruit salad, apple sauce and cranberry sauce...

aunt lois (jeff's dad's sister) mom and cousins

cookies made by aunt lois and grandma

want one???

it was a very short weekend trip but it was great to be able to spend christmas with jeff's family even if it was in january... there was no snow but very cold