Cyrus Restaurant

Cocktails at Cyrus, “Grapes of Wrath” and “Ichabod’s Revenge”

Our nearly yearly trip north to wine country gives us a chance to visit one of our favorite restaurants in Northern California, Cyrus.  This fall we dined at the two Michelin starred Cyrus Restaurant in Healdsburg for a third time.  We enjoyed our meal at Cyrus on our

Pimentos de Padron

Preparing pimentos de Padron at home

There was just no denying it.  We came back from Spain with a serious hankering for pimentos de Padron.  Somewhere, with our nine plates of these little green peppers in Spain, we’d become addicted.  No late night shakes and

Girona and El Celler de Can Roca

Lest it has been forgotten, the theme of our trip to Spain was food and wine.  On Thursday we headed an hour outside of Barcelona to Girona to visit one of our favorite restaurants in the world, El Celler de Can Roca.  This would be our second visit to this

Arzak

The Menu

On the day we visited Pamplona, there was plenty of time to make it back for our big meal, dinner at Arzak.  The only three

San Sebastian

Place de la Constitution in San Sebastian (HDR)

San Sebastian is a beach town.  Out at dawn, as the streets were slowing coming to life, we moved down the beach front path, past the modern Kursaal Exhibition Hall, over the Zurriola Bridge, and into the Parte

Mugaritz

Fossilized Salsify with briny roe and sea accents of triglochin maritimum

The taxi driver dropped us at Mugaritz ten minutes before our reservation time.  We lingered a bit outside the restaurant, enjoying the gardens and the patio in the cool breeze, before going in.  Inside, the dining room is

Guggenheim Bilbao and Asador Etxebarri

The Guggenheim in Bliboa at night (HDR)

With morning rain showers, we returned to the Guggenheim to go inside.  Entering the museum we were immediately underneath nine white, midsized Chevrolets suspended from the ceiling with flashing shafts of

Bilbao: Restaurante Andra Mari

Mamman by Louise Bourgeois in front of the Guggenhein in Bilbao

Monday began a pattern that would be repeated frequently during the trip. We started with a walk under the glow of the rising sun followed by a light breakfast. After a catnap in the room, we headed out for lunch that

On to Bilboa

Inside the Bilboa airport

With four flight legs, our fingers were crossed that we would arrive in Bilboa on schedule and our luggage would choose to join us.  The first two flight legs on United ran ahead of

On the Way to Spain

Nick Dog is my copilot

You might be confused as to why there is a picture of Nick, The Wonder Dog, on an account of a trip to Spain. Yes, Nick has been my main travel companion and