Home From Japan, Now On To Napa Valley!

Before I knew I would be traveling to Japan, my wife planned a small trip for us to Napa Valley on 4/16. So when I planned my last minute trip to Japan, I had to make sure to return home by 4/15. Everything worked out great, and even though I was extremely tired from the Japan trip (very bad jet lag), we still had a great time in Napa!

Napa is only a 3 hour trip (1 hour flight and a 1.5+ hour) drive away from our house... so it is not a very difficult trip. We usually drive, but that takes about 6-7 hours, so this time she decided to fly. We both enjoy wine, so when we travel to Napa we visit many wineries and sample their selections. We travel to Napa a couple of times a year, and have started a pretty good collection of wine. There is also a lot of great restaurants in Napa and Younteville, which we also enjoy very much!

Here are a few pictures from Napa, and some of the food we ate while we were there.

Napa is very beautiful... lots of vineyards all surrounded by green hills.





"Casa" restaurant... this is a grilled salmon fish taco. Very good!


"Ca’ Momi" restaurant - Carbonara pizza. I enjoy most things with egg on them, especially pizza.


"Angele" restaurant - Broiled chicken


"Ad Hoc" restaurant - One of my favorite chefs is Thomas Keller. We've been fortunate to dine at many of his restaurants, and they've all been wonderful. Ad Hoc serves a set menu that changes daily. This meal was another great one!