Return from San Francisco

Well I did ok while on vacation. The trip out there was good. I had eggs at the airport at the Wolfgang Puck cafe. Then a low carb bar on the plane. Lunch was around 1 in SF-soup and salad. Thursday night we dined at Rubicon http://www.sfrubicon.com/. We took advantage of the Dine Around Town Fixed Price menu. I had pumpkin soup, sole, and tapioca pudding. It was divine. We shared a really great bottle of Marietta Old Vine Zinfandel-http://www.mariettacellars.com/welcome.html. It was a great meal but I didn't leave feeling like I had overindulged.

Friday was conference and interview hell. Breakfast consisted of fruit and half a breakfast burrito-not bad for conference food. I ate half a panini and salad for lunch. My presentation went well and so did the two interviews. I was exhausted though. I walked off my stress by heading from Chinatown to SFMOMA-http://www.sfmoma.org/. They had a beautiful exhibit of Alexander Girard fabrics that I just fell in love with. Dinner that night consisted of nervously grazed food from the Presidential reception including 3 tiny crabcakes, some cheese and crackers and a piece of thai pizza. I was trailing all the people I had interviewed with trying to connect with them in some personal way. God I hate hiring conferences. Everyone who is looking for a job is there and they are all tripping over themselves to make good impressions. It just made me want to drink! I then had cocktails out with friends-two (or three-I can't remember) vodkas and club soda which I have decided is a good low cal drink since there isn't a heavy caloric mixer in it.

Saturday was the low point of eating. We were hung over and headed to wine country. We stopped at McDonalds and I indulged. Then we drank wine all day and stopped for lunch a the cutest road side cafe called Taylor's Refresher-http://www.taylorsrefresher.com/information/contactinfo.htm. They have two cafes-one in the Ferry Building in SF and the other in St. Helena-the center of Napa County wine country. We ordered garlic fries (fries covered in chopped garlic, parsley, and butter-divine), one cheeseburger (the best we have ever eaten), and an iceberg wedge with lite ranch. I ate most of the salad and only a few bites of the burger. We shared the fries which we had one other time at a SF Giants baseball game.

The wineries we visited were: Frog's Leap, Sterling (the disney winery visit experience that includes an aerial tram ride), Grgich Hills (private wine tasting for $15 a person), and a half hour stop at Robert Mondavi. It was a great day-60 degrees, sunny and not too crowded. I would definitely recommend this to people as a day trip when they visit SF. We have always done Muir Woods and Point Reyes Seashore as our daytrips before. The drive to Napa is only about an hour from the Golden Gate Bridge. We took the Bay Bridge back which was a mistake and took us nearly 2 hours to get back to the hotel. We walked back from the car rental to the hotel so hopefully that burnt off some of those garlic fries.

Saturday night we ate Thai food with friends. I skipped the rice pretty much and we had no appetizers so essentially I ate stirfried seafood and veges dish.

So overall I mindfully indulged. Yesterday I returned to salads, and lean meat. I plan on eating this way all week. Then next week I am going to give the Master Cleanse a try for as long as I don't pass out. Rob is traveling so I will only have to cook for my daughter. This should make it a bit easier. Anyone want to join me in the cleanse??

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