I spent the last weekend to paddle at the San Francisco Dragon Boat festival. It was my team’s 4th visit to the festival and I was excited because it’s always a great weekend away with my team. The most difficult thing is that I’m so busy dragon boating that it doesn’t leave much time for … Continue reading »
What do you eat on the eve of a dragon boat festival where you’re a competitive team about to race 6 races in 2 days against some of the top teams in North America? You’re probably thinking a low-fat, high-carb type of meal sounds about right. But when you’re Team Lifescan, our meal of choice … Continue reading »
Nothing finishes off a prime rib dinner like another piece of prime rib. And that was definitely the motto for most of the men around the my table at House of Prime Rib in San Francisco… A few of my teammates were leftover on Monday in SFO and were invited by my coach to join … Continue reading »
After all the madness of the SF Dragon Boat Festival, I had one free day in San Francisco. It was hot and I was tired so I thought I’d just wander through the Ferry Building Marketplace for the afternoon. As often as I’ve visited San Francisco, I’ve never had the opportunity to experience the amazing … Continue reading »
I’m in San Francisco for the weekend to race in the San Francisco Dragon Boat festival. I didn’t do any advance planning seeing as every moment of the weekend I knew I’d be busy racing or partaking in other dragon boat team related activities. But when we landed in SFO late on Friday morning, I … Continue reading »
I’m breaking from formula here. The Napa/Sonoma Valley have so many restaurant/wineries that are amazing, that I can’t just offer a simple list of what to do. This post is also being written on spec for Gary, a dragon boat team member who will be traveling to the area after the SFO festival this September, … Continue reading »
“When you acknowledge, as you must, that there is no such thing as perfect food, only the idea of it, then the real purpose of striving toward perfection becomes clear: to make people happy, that is what cooking is all about.” – Thomas Keller The famous blue door that takes you in to one of … Continue reading »
With all the knowledge and preparation for the big day, I was like a kid on Christmas the morning, and woke up at 5:00am. I couldn’t get back to sleep so I decided to walk around the vineyard we were staying on to snap some sunrise photos. Continue reading »
