Keith was going to go skiing with Rakesh and Ria so Simran and Shawna decided to do a girls weekend in
Paso Robles to get some sun. Keith had to cancel his ski trip due to work but Shawna went on the trip anyway and had a great time.
Shawna arrived into San Fran on Thurs night late and slept at Simran's house. On Friday, we drove to Palo Alto for Simran's doctor's appointment. Shawna did some work calls and then met up with Simran after - we walked around the outdoor mall and then had lunch at Indo Cafe in San Jose where we shared a yummy nasi champur and fried potato patties. We then drove down to Paso, taking the 'scenic' route which is code for Simran's adventurous navigation skills! We arrived into Paso around 5pm and check into our
AirBnb which was a cute house just a few minutes away from downtown. That evening, we had dinner at
Fish Gaucho, sharing some yummy ahi crudo and carnitas tacos. After dinner, we stopped at La Rena Market (mexican market) to check it out and then got some groceries for the house at Albertsons.
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| AirBnb in Paso |
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| Drinks at Fish Gaucho |
On Saturday, we had a lazy morning and then went out for a day of wine tasting. Our first stop was to pick up cheese and bread at
Vivant but had a detour in the shop next door where Simran bought a few items. We went to the following wineries:
- Adelaida - recommended by our AirBnb host. Nice tasting room with views. They have great viognier and rose. - their reds were also quite tasty. Simran bought us a case of the viognier as a thank you gift. We had our picnic lunch here.
- Pasolivo - one of the olive oil places. Simran bought a small bottle.
- Thatcher - Another cute and rustic tasting room. The zin was tasty.
- Brecon Estate - Shawna really liked this winery. They have a tasty albarino and Shawna bought a painting here.
- J Dusi - cute place but very crowded. Zin was tasty.
- Bodega de Edgar - tasting room is located in a warehouse area. Simran had a membership. Shawna really liked the albarino and rose and bought some of both.
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| Adelaida Winery |
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| Thatcher Winery |
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| Brecon Estate Winery |
That evening, we had dinner at
La Cosecha which was very good - we shared the scallops, tuna tar tar and meat paella.
On Sunday, we had another lazy morning and then walked around town to go into some of the shops. Simran scored some jeans for a good price. We had brunch at
Brunch (aptly named) and split the crab cake eggs benedict and the chorizo street tacos - very tasty. We went back to Brecon Estate to buy the paining that Shawna wanted and then went to ship it. We stopped at
Pear Valley to do a tasting as they have a lot of white wines but we did not like any of them.
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| Brunch at Brunch |
We relaxed back at home and then head out again to Tin City where we did a wine tasting at
Monochrome where they only had whites - they were pretty good. We then went to
Barrel House Brewery and split some tacos while Shawna had a beer. For dinner, we ate at
Tin Canteen where we split the meatballs and tiger prawns - food was OK and restaurant was loud so not our favorite of the trip. For dessert, we had a flight of four ice creams at
Negranti - very good.
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| Barrel House Brewery |
On Monday, we lazed around again in the morning and then went to
Red Scooter Deli for a quick lunch of salad and sandwich before we drove back home. We stopped in Santa Cruz to walk around and grabbed a quick dinner at Poke It with dessert at
Penny Ice Creamery.
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| J Dusi Winery |
On Tuesday, Shawna worked from Simran's house and then in the afternoon we walked around the Mission stopping for lunch at
Dumping Time where we shared dumplings, noodles, bao bun and green beans - all very tasty. We got an ice cream at
Smitten. That evening we had dinner at
Dear Inga where we shared a smoked fish tray, bratwurst, bean croquettes, and grilled veggies. Simran really like the food but it was not Shawna's favorite.
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| Dear Inga |
