On our way, we made a stop at one of my fav breakfast place, Morning Glory in Ashland. And I had their Lemon Ricotta French Toast (photo on flickr). I am four for four for making a stop at this yummy place Seattle <-> Bay Area drive.

Mom and dad made dinner on Thursday night - Chilean Seabass, stir fry bokchoy, (take out) fried fish, and (take out) tofu. Ah. Homecooked meal :)

Mom took the day off on Friday. I wanted to see King Tut at de Young Museum. We spent a few hours there and then walked across the way to the California Academy of Science. On our way back home, we made a stop in Chinatown for snacks (mmm giant sesame ball!) and some goodies (that are more difficult to find here). Later that night, our friends (Hi S and Vy!) took us to a fine dinner at Nibblers in Pleasant Hill. The food kept coming ... G was smitten with Cowgirl Creamery's Redhawk cheese.

Saturday began with a flat tire on G's car. He found a shop that had it in stock in SF so we plot the route to the tire shop via The Sherman where we had coffee with a long-time-no-see friend. We got a tour of this eccentric place, watched planes land at SFO, and enjoyed a fine Bay Area morning. We then head on into downtown SF to replace the tire and walked to Boudin's for the institution of Clam Chowder in a Sourdough breadbowl. Back across the bay for a little time out and off we went to met my family at Daimo for dinner, where my family are regulars.

W (the groom) found time to come visit us that night at my parents and brought us preview of their favors - Sweet Corn and Raspberry Caramel, and a whole box from Chocolatier Blue. The chocolates are out of this world delicious! And I think he was nervous since he was talking a mile a minute and I had to remind him of a task J gave him :)

About twelve hours after dinner at Daimo, my family were all back together, gathering around dim sum. My delightful cousins joined us and G finally had someone to talk to :) At 2pm, we arrived at Hacienda de las Flores for J + W's wedding. I've known J since 1987, and W since they started dating... We had a couple of hours before the reception so we stopped at Whole Foods to look for ... the... special... cheese. then stopped at one of my happy spot Emeryville Marina. Typical Bay Area climate meant hot (in the low 80s in Moraga, to windy and 70s in the Marina, then chilly high 60s in the evening in Oakland Chinatown).

We found our place at Table 1 at Silver Dragon, with J's elementary school friend (and her family), matron of honor, her grad school friend from southern california. Although we sat at the same table with the bride and groom, we didn't really spend time with them until the next day when we met for lunch at Zabu Zabu for some great Japanese food and Tortoise & Hare for yummy ice cream.

I am always sad to leave the Bay Area, but we managed to get on the road after these few amazing days. It was our luck to catch the most amazing sunset - fog rolling in the coast range at the western end of Highway 299 (near Eureka) We saw some amazing Coastal Redwoods and Sequoias and made our way to visit P and S at their new place in Battleground. They were gracious and waited for us for dinner. Their new house is awesome and we look forward to visit them again soon.