PESCADERO
Pescadero makes me feel like I'm on a movie set. So quaint and full of small town charm.










PIGEON POINT LIGHTHOUSE
The 115-foot Pigeon Point Lighthouse, one of the tallest lighthouses in America, has been guiding mariners since 1872. Its five-wick lard oil lamp, and first-order Fresnel lens, comprised of 1,008 prisms, was first lit at sunset, November 15, 1872. The lens stands 16 feet tall, 6 feet in diameter, and weighs 8,000 pounds. It sits in a lantern room that had been constructed at the Lighthouse Service's general depot in New York before being shipped around the Horn. Although the original Fresnel lens is no longer in use, the lighthouse is still an active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation using a 24 inch Aero Beacon.

Providing a toddler with a variety of foods at every meal is easier with these Spuds plates. First, the plates are made out of reclaimed potatoes. It is manufactured with only organic raw materials, even the packaging. Reading all too often about scary toxins found in common products that we use on a daily basis, I feel better about using natural products for Amelia, especially the ones touching her food.

Additionally, there are 5 compartments that make me come up a balanced meal. I try to fill them with protein, grains, vegetables, fruits and, occasionally, sweets at every meal. Amelia doesn't eat everything. Sometimes she'll eat only the egg or corn, but I can say I tried.

breakfast: pecan raisin bread, avocado, egg, kiwi, mango

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snack: kale puffs, slice of lemon-filled cupcake, panda cookie, raisins, string cheese

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dinner: mango, tilapia, squid ink pasta, artichoke, tomato

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breakfast: apple, blueberry whole wheat waffles with almond butter and strawberry jam, egg, strawberries, tater tots

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lunch: strawberries, mangoes, vegetable roll, buttered corn, chocolate cookie because it's shark week

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Camping should be a fun summertime activity. I don't want to pack up everything in my kitchen, freeze overnight in a tent, or go in the bushes. When my niece Jaya came to visit us from Seattle, my sister Ricci and I thought Costanoa Lodge would be perfect. This is how we camp.

Happy Campers

our douglas fir cabin

it's precipitously close to hoteling :)

thinking about her next move

making s'mores on a fire we (Tom) lit ourselves (himself)

perfect!

dinner time

missed out on those happy hour $1 oysters

clam chowder, seafood risotto, calamari fritti and a lavander cocktail

matching long sleeve tees, vests and jeans with sissy lol

Happy trails!


Costanoa Lodge
2001 Rossi Rd. at Hwy. 1
Pescadero, CA 94060

It was a fun morning at the Harley Farms Goat Dairy in Pescadero, CA. I wanted to bring home half the stuff in their Farm Shop. They offer gorgeous handmade plates, bowls, cups, pitchers, lotions and soaps made with goat milk, hand-carved wooden goat toys, and even goat milk paint. The Goat Shop has the most tempting selection of marmalade, honey, oils, and of course cheeses, including chevre, fromage blanc, ricotta, and feta.

baby goat

Various chevre buttons include monet, cranberry walnut, apricot pistachio, sundried tomato basil, and Monet. The flower-topped Monet chevre is their signature cheese.

free samples

 

The farm house. Duck, duck,...

The dining room in the farm house can be rented for private events.

Harley Farms
205 North St.
Pescadero, CA 04060


Photo credit: Ricci Sylla

This Friday's Festival 15. Harajuku Street comes to SF.




Festival Stuff





Festival Grub

frozen kuhsterd topped with lots of extra virgin olive oil

green tea sugar covered "fried mochi"

everyday birthday cake

left to right: Amelia, me, my niece Jaya from Seattle, my brother-in-law Tom, and my sister Ricci