let's go back in time - part I

I'd been thinking about starting a blog for a while, and with the encouragement of two wonderful friends on separate occasions I finally decided to start. Naturally when I made the decision I was across the country visiting Marta in San Francisco and didn't have a computer. Thankfully good old pen and paper did the trick and I wrote my "first" blogs so to say, in various cafes throughout beautiful San Fran. Here they are, posted one at a time:


Bi-Rite Creamery & Bakeshop

The line was out the door and around the corner. Marta and I waited in line for the popular ice cream because how often am I in San Fran after all? Time in line passed quickly as we had plenty of catching up to do and delicious recipes to exchange. When I saw the list of flavors (see picture), I was a bit overwhelmed but finally decided on ricanela (canela is cinnamon in Spanish), which is essentially cinnamon ice cream with snickerdoodle cookie dough, and brown sugar with ginger-caramel swirl. Yum! The white chocolate with raspberry and the salty caramel also sounded delicious. The brown sugar with ginger-caramel swirl was one of the most delicious ice cream flavors I had ever tried (and I am a huge ice cream fan). So, if you're ever in San Francisco, be sure to visit the Bi-Rite Creamery.