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We weren’t going to let our previous dinner at Artisan be our only impression of dining in wine country. On our second night of vacation, the BF and I visited Deborah’s Room located at Justin Vineyard.

After a long, winding drive on a sunny California day through vineyard after vineyard, we finally located Justin Vineyard. [...]

On our first night in the central coast, the BF and I went to a well-known Paso Robles restaurant by the name of Artisan. The BF had done some research and found several recommendations for the place. A woman working at a winery we visited earlier also was favorable to the restaurant, so [...]

I just got back from the central coast. Good wine, okay food, lots of trees and wineries. I’m glad to be back in LA, home of good food, especially good Asian food. I have a couple of write-ups of some places we visited, but other than a standout place, I thought the food [...]

We spent most of the afternoon hiking today. I had meant to get an early start on hiking, but overslept, oops. But I don’t feel too guilty for it because Sundays are for oversleeping and I actually did more today than I usually do on Sundays.
We went up to the Santa Anita range [...]

Dinner was quick and warming tonight. I made kimchi jigae (kimchi soup), with pounded rice sticks called dduk. The kimchi was from the same batch we bought from the Korean market last month and it’s still as tasty. The dish could have used some green onion, but I didn’t have any on [...]