A Week of Festivities

Each year, the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival ( the best food festival of the year) coordinates a luncheon with Chef Bernard Guillas at the ocean-front Marine Room in La Jolla, California and each year it sells out quickly. Chef Bernard brings together an impressive lineup of chefs to create a delicious lunch event focused on the sea and sustainability. This year’s event was a perfect symphony of excellent service, timing between courses and harmonious pairings of French rosé with each course.

The week is filled with several unique food events, wine events, conferences and panels. There is something for everyone including a TKO taco event. Next up for us is the Grand Tasting on Saturday being held at the Embarcadero on the bay in downtown San Diego. Tickets are still available.

The piazza catches your attention immediately when stepping off the street into the auto-prohibited space. It is strewn with market lights, live music and an energy of community. It is family friendly in a way that you recall from your last European vacation, a piazza that is wholly joyful and welcoming.

Last Saturday I was itching to hit the beach with a forecast of 76º & sunny but I so didn’t want to battle the crowds who had the same idea but I was determined. I packed up the beach chairs, my kindle and the umbrella with hubs and set out to venture to a little beach I had visited in Coronado once years ago with my good friend Laurel.