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    GastroNaughties' Gallivant - Sipping'n Snacking California Central Coast and Las Vegas
    GastroNaughties' Gallivant - Sipping'n Snacking California Central Coast and Las Vegas
    GastroNaughties' Gallivant - Sipping'n Snacking California Central Coast and Las Vegas
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    GastroNaughties' Gallivant - Sipping'n Snacking California Central Coast and Las Vegas

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    Sipping'n Snacking California Central Coast and Las Vegas

    When planning a visit to our family in the USA, we decided initially to parachute into California and Las Vegas for some sipping and snacking and catching up with old friends. After all, flying to the east coast of the USA from our home requires several, somewhat grueling flights and layovers and more than a day of travel if you are inclined to do so in one go. Well, we were in no hurry, and we detest hibernating in airplanes and airports for more than 36 hours...actually, we simply consider them a necessary evil.

    Thus, we sat down more than three months in advance to plan our trip to California and Las Vegas. Searching, clicking, Google-mapping and, generally, learning that California is one very HUGE state! It was fun, educational and offered ample justification to sip good wine during the day as well as evening.

    We started in San Francisco, worked our way south along US1 through the Central Coast (Big Sur, Paso Robles and Santa Barbara) and thereafter across the Mojave Desert to Las Vegas....sipping 'n snacking along the way.

    "GastoNaughties' Gallivant - Sipping'n Snacking - California Central Coast and Las Vegas" is not our first road trip. Trust us, the first trip will include a lot more "Ooops" and "Do's and Don't". We like to learn by experience! It is, however, our shortest trip. Hence, our first effort to publish together all our notes and photos. We are working on publishing GastroNaughties' Gallivant for other destinations... Stay tuned to this Bat Channel.

    Hope you have as much fun reading this book as we had "gallivanting".

    Until next time...Bon Vivant!

    Warning: Our comments are based on our personal opinions, are not subject to the influence of others and, well, we occasionally can be brutally honest...for which we do not apologize.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereBookIt.com
    Release dateApr 26, 2016
    ISBN9781456625344
    GastroNaughties' Gallivant - Sipping'n Snacking California Central Coast and Las Vegas

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      GastroNaughties' Gallivant - Sipping'n Snacking California Central Coast and Las Vegas - BuzzzzOff

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      Bon Vivant Boulevard

      California Central Coast and Las Vegas

      San Francisco

      11,121 km (6,910 miles), 14 hours to

      Snacking at

      Foreign Cinema

      Gary Danko

      Michael Mina

      SPQR

      224 km (139 miles), 2 hours 45 mins to

      Big Sur

      Sipping at

      Boekenoogen Winery

      Talbott Winery

      Testarossa Winery

      Snacking at

      Nepenthe

      Sierra Mar at Post Ranch Inn

      The Restaurant at Ventana Inn

      drive 156 km (97 miles), 2 hours 19 mins to

      Paso Robles

      Sipping at

      Paso Robles Downtown Wine Tasting Walk

      Arroyo Robbles

      Asuncion Ridge

      Clayhouse

      Sipping with the Double Ds:

      Adelaida

      Denner

      Hope Family

      J Dusi

      Justin

      Summerwood

      Tablas Creek

      Snacking at

      Artisan

      Habaneros

      Il Cortile

      drive 194 km (120 miles), 2 hours to

      Santa Barbara

      (via San Luis Obispo)

      Sipping at

      Brander

      Demeitria

      Snacking at

      Madonna Inn

      El Encanto

      Los Olivos Wine Merchant Cafe

      StoneHouse, San Ysidro Ranch

      drive 552 km (343 miles), 5 hours + to

      Las Vegas

      Snacking at

      Emeril's

      Guy Savoy

      Joe's Stone Crab

      Joël Robuchon

      Olives by Todd English

      Picasso

      Spago

      Twist

      BON VIVANT: Loosely defined, bon vivants are people who devote themselves to a lively lifestyle especially regarding sipping ’n snacking. Well, folks, we have no choice but to consider ourselves bon vivants because sipping ’n snacking, whether at home or on the road, is how we roll on a daily basis. Whether chopping up fresh veggies from Japan to slow cook in a seafood broth with Norwegian salmon with a drop of French champagne while sipping a California Chardonnay or breaking bread at Le Bernardin in New York City or Pierre in Paris or Robuchon in London or Le Pergola in Rome or Otto e Mezzo in Hong Kong….well, you get the picture. We are devotees of the bon vivant lifestyle. You only get one shot in life…at least as far as we are aware…so go big or go home!

      Planning

      By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

      — Benjamin Franklin

      Query: we recognize we caused the problem by moving, but hey, how ‘bout visiting us!? .

      .

      Thus, we sat down more than three months in advance to plan our trip to California and Las Vegas. Searching, clicking, Google-mapping and, generally, learning that California is one very HUGE state! It was fun, educational and offered ample justification to sip good wine during the day as well as evening.

      ONE MONTH, CARRY-ON LUGGAGE ONLY:

      .

      It had been quite a few years since our last visit to San Francisco. We still had many friends in the town by the Bay…sorry, but we cannot seriously consider San Francisco a city…New York, London, Tokyo, etc, are cities…San Francisco is an adorable town and should be happy for the moniker. On a side note, we had two choices in terms of direct flights from our home to a destination in California. We were quite pleased to give Los Angeles (not even a city, but a sprawling mess) a miss…forever! Easy peasy choice...

      On the planning note, prior to our arrival in California, we conducted extensive research and discovered, much to our sadness, that Napa and Santa Barbara were not the only wine regions of high reputation in the United Socialist Republic of California. We write sadness because we had visited the state more times than we could remember, and we had missed out on some spectacular wines! Live ’n learn. As such, we rented a car and stopped at several wineries along the way until we settled in Big Sur.

      TOO MUCH WINE, NOT ENOUGH TIME: It is rumored or at least claimed by the experts that there are more than 10,000 different wine grapes and almost 100,000 different wines in the world. Wow, seriously!? We wake-up everyday with a view to sipping something new. Our dedication to overcoming the challenge posed by supply (too much wine) and demand (well, stretching it a bit, but not enough time) is unwavering. Join the challenge, be a hero, your countrymen and women will thank you!!!

      Big Sur was a must visit destination because we had heard and read great things about the place. It lived up to and exceeded our expectations, and we now can say, from experience, Big Sur rocks! More later!!!

      BUYERS’ MARKET: Turn on your computer, rev-up your search engine and do the hard yards to plan your trip. No one knows what you like better than you do. No one knows your real budget better than you do. Travel agents,

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