Back to My Blog…

It seems that I’ve taken quite the hiatus from contributing to my own blog. Well, the hiatus ends now. I am returning with lots of observations and new food critiques and the likes. Here are 3 new things that I’ve fallen in love with since my last entry.

1. Last Friday, I went out to lunch with 3 of my co-workers and we stopped by the San Pedro Square Farmer’s Market. We walked around and I stumbled upon a vendor selling some olive oil. There were samples of course, so you know I had to have me some. I tried both the Meyer Lemon Olive Oil and Garlic Infused Olive Oil – both were superb. I bought myself a bottle of the Meyer Lemon Olive Oil and their Balsamic Vinaigrette. It’s the best BV I’ve had in a long time. I’m savoring both. Check them out at: www.calolea.com

2. I heart Vin Santo in the lovely neighborhood of Willow Glen. J and I had dinner their 2 Saturdays ago and everything was excellent. The last time we were there was about 4 years ago when I came out to visit J when he was out here on business. I ordered the salmon stuffed with crab with lobster sauce, which sat on top of asparagus and mashed potatoes and J ordered the rib-eye with peppercorn sauce and came with chard and beet and goat cheese mashed potatoes. It was all delicious. For dessert, J got the tiramisu (it was ok, nothing compares to Olio’s) and I got the pear tartain with hazelnut gelato. Wow is all I have to say. I’m not one for fruit in desserts, but this was wonderful. The pears were not overly sweet and the hazelnut gelato accompanied it very well.

3. The television show Bones starring David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel. The TV show is based on the novels by Kathy Reichs. We just completed Season 1 and Season 2. Since we do not have cable or any of the basic channels…we’ve resorted to watching television shows on DVD. It’s been fun. This is a great show because I enjoy the cast and there are some great lines in the show. Rent it or buy it.

I can’t believe it’s already December…Christmas is only 3 weeks away. Scary.

Happy shopping! We’re like 95% done with our X-mas shopping. Ha ha!