Category: California Travel

• Surprise Birthday Trip To San Francisco

  

    If you’ve previously read my posts, you know that my favorite destination in the world is Manhattan. However, a close second has to be beautiful San Francisco due, not in small part, to the fact that this is where my brother Bruce and his husband Bill both live. Whether it’s traveling to the other’s…

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  June 16, 2014

  California Travel, Family Travel, General, San Francisco Holiday, San Francisco Travel, Stories

• San Francisco: Winter 2012-2013

  If you’re planning on heading to San Francisco this winter check out the latest edition of “What’s New in San Francisco” which is now available at http://www.sanfrancisco.travel/media/Winter-2012-Whats-New-in-San-Francisco.html Highlights include: Events: San Francisco Travel Association Preps for Holidays with 49 Hours of SF: Holidays Website San Francisco’s Frisky Past Comes to Life in Boomtown: The Barbary Coast at…

  kimsswidler

  November 20, 2012

  California Travel, San Francisco Travel

• Cooking Classes at the California CIA at Greystone

  I’ve written about my tour, dinner, and flavor bar experience at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. The final part of this culinary adventure and what I had been most looking forward to was the course, “Cooking at Home” that would be taught by Chef Andrew Wild the next day. After our great dinner…

  kimsswidler

  April 16, 2012

  California Travel, culinary institute of america, Foodie Finds, General, Stories, Travel dining

• The CIA at Greystone-the Flavor Bar

  Once my brother Bruce, Bill, and I arrived at the beautiful campus of the CIA at Greystone in California’s Napa Valley region, we were ready for our tour that would be given by Tyffani Peters, the school’s media rep. But first, we would experience something  inside the school’s Spice Island Marketplace that we were told…

  kimsswidler

  March 21, 2012

  California Travel, Cooking Schools, culinary institute of america, Foodie Finds, General, Stories

• Foodie Adventure in the Napa Valley-The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone

  If you’ve read enough my posts, you know that I’m a die hard foodie who doesn’t mind traveling thousands of miles for a good meal or to learn about a great recipe. I’ve written several pieces about the Hyde Park campus of the Culinary Institute of America,a not-for-profit institution that is considered to be the…

  kimsswidler

  March 20, 2012

  California Travel, Cooking Schools, culinary institute of america, Foodie Finds, General, Stories, wine festivals

• “Caribbean Garden” at the New York Botanical Garden

  I’m in San Francisco right now with my brothers! I’ll fill you in later on our wonderful trip to the Napa region where we were invited to visit the beautiful campus of the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. We had a great time dining at their restaurant, participating in one of the school’s unusual…

  kimsswidler

  February 19, 2012

  California Travel, Cooking Schools, culinary institute of america, Gardens, I Love New York, New York, New York City, New York Travel, Stories, Travel dining

• Five of Emeril Lagasse’s Favorite Restaurants From Around The Country

  Emeril Lagasse shared with the James Beard Foundation five of his favorite restaurants from around the country: The Berghoff Restaurant in Chicago The Apple Pan in Los Angeles “Busy Bee Cafe in Atlanta Swan Oyster Depot in San Francisco and Il Vagabondo in New York   Click here to find out why Emeril picked these particular food establishments.

  kimsswidler

  July 25, 2011

  California Travel, Chicago travel, Foodie Finds, General, New York City, New York Travel, Stories, Travel dining

• Behind the Scenes: The California Academy of Sciences and Its “Living Roof”

  Oil prices are rising again at a frightening pace and, this winter,very few places in our country could escape the growing effects of global warming.  I don’t know about you, but I’ve certainly had enough snow to last me for more than a few years. Its becoming even more obvious that we have to come up with viable ways…

  kimsswidler

  February 28, 2011

  California Travel, General, Stories

• Star Wars Momentoes at Lucasfilm LTD

  Did any one get to see the last episode of the television show, Amazing Race? If you did, you had a glimpse of Lucasfilm LTD in the Presidio section of San Francisco, California. Before this show aired, I got the chance to visit Lucasfilm. While I didn’t go as far into the facility as the…

  kimsswidler

  July 19, 2010

  Behind The Scenes, California Travel, General, Stories

• Great Greek Food in San Francisco at Kokkari

  My children and I love to make our favorite dessert, baklava, together. It sounds difficult to prepare, but, to be honest, once you get the hang of it, its really just like making a sort of pastry lasagna with alternating layers of buttered phyllo dough and ground sugared walnuts, all topped with a honey syrup.…

  kimsswidler

  July 18, 2010

  California Travel, Foodie Finds, General, Stories