Well we are at it again. This is a short trip with a focus on skiing, food and wine.
February 23-26, 2000 - Squaw Valley, Tahoe, California
February 26-29, 2000 - Sonoma/Napa California
The drive into Sonoma brought a lot of rain. We seem to be catching the rain on our travel days. We arrived in the afternoon to the cute square of Sonoma. We were too early to check-in so we had a stop at a cafe. I had some lunch and the guys had coffee. We then checked into the Thistle Dew Inn Bed and Breakfast. Cute place.
We rested up before dinner. Jeff got some work done (he had a Game Developer article due). We went for a walk and had a hard time deciding where to go for dinner. We had drinks and appie-tizer at the Swiss Hotel. This is a historical landmark. We had some great wine. I stuck with the woosie whites, a champagne and then a very good Savignon Blanc from Kenwood. The guys had reds, but did like my Kenwood. We had baked brie and were lit and ready for dinner. We decided to have Italian and headed to Piatti. There was a short wait, so we had some more drinks at the bar. Dinner was quite good, but we can't remember what it was.
Okay, the Thistle Dew rules! We had a great breakfast of raisen french toast, fruit, ham ... very good. The food put us in the mind of WINE. We went to
Breakfast today was Dutch Babies. For the un-initiated, these were yummies I would make for dessert. Anyway, here they are for breakfast; very eggy pancakes cooked in the oven, they puff up and are filled with ricotta cheese and topped with raspberry jam. The gang, minus Margaret (still recovering from cold), went out to do more wine:
We requested the lemon poppyseed pancakes when we arrived and today we got them. This place is worth the breakfast. We couldn't leave wine country without the last few stops
Thiste Dew Inn, 171 West Spain Street, Sonoma CA 800-382-7895
Piatti Restaurant & Bar, 405 First Street West, Sonoma CA 707-996-2351
Swiss Hotel, 18 W Spain St, Sonoma CA
French Laundry, 6640 Washington Street, Yountville CA (707-944-2380