Shrink in the Kitchen

The Enoteca Wine Shop in Calistoga, on the long and only Western-style Main Street, has an impressive array of bottles.  The owner, whose first name reads “Margaux” on her business cards, has what seems to be a terrific sense of …

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The day began yesterday with a fast visit by tiny ferry to the Granville Public Market (redux) to get what’s needed for an airplane picnic: Great baguettes from Terra bakery, charcuterie of spring pate and sliced salami from a French-Canadian …

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to Vancouver.  As Nixon is said to have said on leaving the Rose Garden one last time, “I won’t say goodbye, but instead will say, au revoir!”

Indeed, this deeply segregated, staid, and conservative city by the sea has …

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This is certainly one of the world’s greatest walking cities.  Guided by appetite and a love of observation, I began the day in Stanley Park.  Along the seawalls, past swan nests, six miles later, through a dreamy urban park.

Lunch …

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