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Located about 10 minutes drive south of Carmel on the central coast of California in Monterey County, Point Lobos State Natural Reserve has once been described as “The greatest meeting of land and water in the world“, justifyingly so. We set out for a leisurely hike along its shore one morning, unaware that we’d witness [...]

Asian Turkey Burger

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2011
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posted by on Main course, Recipes

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Very few things are as comforting as a great burger, especially when cooked on a backyard BBQ on a sunny summer afternoon, a keg of beer standing by. For city dwellers, there are Gastropubs offering a decent alternative and coming quite close with top-notch meat and inventive toppings. But when none of these options are [...]

Casanova, Carmel

Sep
2011
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posted by on California, Restaurants

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Promoting itself as the ‘most romantic restaurant in Carmel’, I can’t say that my two girlfriends and I found Casanova to be on par with other favorite candle-lit Italian joints, though we did very much enjoy our food experience there during our short stay in Carmel, CA. The ambiance is cozy, the service attentive, and [...]

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A lively and busy fine-dining Italian trattoria in the heart of the Mission district, Delfina puts a modern spin on old classics for an army of devoted fans who lines up at its doors each night. Its success since its opening in 1998 is immediately laid out once the first plates have reached your table [...]

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Summer might be over, but there’s one cold treat that San Franciscans will still be queuing in line for long after the rays are gone and it’s Bi-Rite Creamery‘s ice cream. Considered by many locals to be the city’s best ice cream shop, Bi-Rite Creamery sits on an enviable corner, right across from Dolores Park [...]