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Dining in Las Vegas – Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill
Each time we visit Las Vegas (this was my 6th trip and Jeff’s 8th) we spend a whole day walking the strip and the casinos checking out what is new to us, where we want to go back to and where we want to eat. On our first day… Read More
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Dining in San Diego – The Melting Pot
We spent 5 days in the Gaslamp Quarter and ‘wined’ and ‘dined’ at many different places (see previous blog); The Melting Pot was our favourite. Keep in mind that we did not get to try every restaurant in the… Read More
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Dining in San Diego – Gaslamp Quarter Highlights
The Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego is a lot like Vancouver’s Gastown area. It was established in the 1850′s as San Diego’s waterfront and revitalized in the 1970′s. In 1980 The Gaslamp Quarter was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today there are restaurants, shops, art galleries and bars (many more bars than in Vancouver’s Gastown) which keep the area busy well into the night. We spent 5 nights at the Gaslamp Plaza Suites which… Read More
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Dining in California – Joe’s Crab Shack
It must be good because we went twice! Joe’s Crab Shack is the only large chain restaurant that we tend to visit on our driving trips south (except for maybe a Denny’s on the drive down) but the crab is good enough to bring us back. On this trip we visited Joe’s Crab Shack in Newport Beach in our first week and in… Read More
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Dining in San Diego – Point Loma Seafood
Point Loma Seafood opened in 1963 selling only their finest quality fish catches. In the 70′s they started serving the freshest fish, hot on the freshest sourdough bread and a cult favorite was born. Today they… Read More
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Dining in Cardiff – Pipes Cafe
We read about Pipe’s Cafe in a magazine a while ago and since we have be in Carlsbad two people have recommended it. Pipe’s Cafe is in Cardiff (the locals never say the ‘by the sea’ part) and since it was on our way to the USS Midway in San Diego… Read More
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Dining in Carlsbad – Pizza, Mexican, Beer and more…
After a not so good experience last week at an upper-end fish house (see previous blog) we have tried some cheap eats this week and have had some great experiences and some good food. A visit to Torrey Pines, enjoying a spicy mexican breakfast burrito and a pint of Dos Equis and carrying… Read More
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Wine Tasting in Ojai, California – Casa Barranca Winery
While we were in Ventura, CA last week we managed to make the 25 minute drive to Ojai to taste some wine. The first winery tasting room that we visited was The Ojai Vinyard… Read More
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Dining in Ventura – The good and the not so good
Expectations and reality have been two different things during our week of dining experiences in Ventura. We do quite a bit of research on where we will eat before we arrive using first tourist websites such as Tourism Bureaus, City sites etc and then on all of the review sites including yelp, urbanspoon, trip advisor and open table. On this trip… Read More
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Wine Tasting in Ojai, California – The Ojai Vineyard
On this trip our mission was to taste some of the regions wines, one of which was the Ojai Vineyard. The Ojai Vineyard had a tasting room located just off the main street. They are a small producer of wine (between 100-900 cases depending on varietal of wine). Due to the small size of their production area they have opted to have a tasting room in… Read More
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