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Rita’s Italian ice in SD

Posted on September 23, 2013 | 5 comments

Don’t ask how I first learned there was a Rita’s on the west coast, in San Diego, no less. I end up finding a lot of random info on the Internet, usually just clicking one link to another. Most of the time, it’s just a random tidbit that sticks in my brain for weeks until it pops back up. So, when T and I were planning a Saturday fun-day (Sunday fun-day sounds better, but this one happened to be on Saturday) that would bring us up to Carlsbad, Rita’s popped back into my head and then I did some Googling to make sure I wasn’t crazy.

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Tagged desserts, Italian ice, Rita's, san diego

Kitchen 1540 – Del Mar

Posted on February 22, 2012 | 11 comments

For Christmas, Travis gave me the gift of a fabulous meal. He printed out menus from all sorts of “higher end” spots in San Diego and said we could go anywhere. We would get to see what San Diego cuisine has to offer and I wouldn’t have to think about how it would fit into our household “dining out” budget. It was a pretty awesome gift.

After our trip to Portland and fabulously ridiculous meal at Castagna, I was curious about Kitchen 1540. I had heard really good things about it, but also knew they had recently had a chef change. I tried not to have huge expectations, but it turns out my fears were unfounded.

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Castagna – Portland

Posted on February 20, 2012 | 5 comments

I mentioned we did a lot of good eating over our long-weekend trip to Portland. It’s pretty common for us to cram a lot into a relatively short trip, but even I was impressed that we managed to cross so many tasty bites off our list. We flew in Thursday morning and then home Sunday afternoon. That only leaves so many meals, snacks, and beer breaks. Throw in a day at the coast and meeting friends for dinner, and we really only had our first night in town dedicated to dinner of my choosing.

Based on some Chowhound research and cross-referencing various recommendations, I figured we could either go to Little Bird or Castagna for dinner. The menu at Little Bird looked to be French-inspired, while the set menu at Castagna looked… well, intriguing. Intriguing enough that Travis was willing to indulge my curiosity.

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Things we’ve been eating

Posted on February 17, 2012 | 5 comments

I have been quite lax in posting these days. Even worse about documenting what we’ve been eating or cooking, since there has been quite a lot of both going on. I do have a post in the works about an amazing (amazing!) meal we had in Portland, which leads into another amazing meal we had in San Diego. For now, I’m reverting to bullet form and apologies.

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Clearing off the memory card, Part 2

Posted on July 23, 2011 | 2 comments

Just a few more random photos, not even food related!

Right before our wedding, I noticed there were beautiful blue eggs in this bird house we hung from our patio. When we got back from our honeymoon, I found these cute little chicks sticking their heads out and peeping. After a few days, they were all gone! They didn’t look all that feathered to me, but I also didn’t find any of them in the yard, so I’m hoping they all flew the nest okay!