Golden Gate
Gourmet Group (aka Trocadero
& "just plain" Gourmet)...FRIENDS SINCE 1981
We are heading towards 30 years with
this cooking group that has AMAZINGLY met mostly monthly.
We've traveled, eaten, and drunk LOTS OF WINE (and occasionally other alcohol)
together. Our children are
now adults who grew up among this group. We have been to a Bar and Bat
Mitzvah, birthday celebrations,
and in October 2009 our group's 1st wedding. Though most of us are
"retired" we are even more busy
than in the hey days of our careers. But we will always be dedicated
foodies and wine-ers!!!
| SPRING 2010 GOURMET OUTINGS | |||||
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May 2010, we all attended the "Crawdad Boil" and wine tasting at
(Above Far L) Seghesio Winery in Sonoma. As usual, we ate (Above L)
drank and talked a lot (Above R). What was unusual was being in the wine-aging cellar, listening to a Zydeco band (Above Far R). Below is a more typical gourmet when we eat, chat and drink lots of wine in a more elegant setting--Cor De Valle Country Club (Below L & C). Then Rick, Glenne and Roberta decide to "croon" along with the pianist (Below R) |
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| OUR 2ND GOURMET TRIP TO EAST ORLEANS ON CAPE COD, MASS. - JULY 2009 | |||||
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Rick and I arrived at the "Garner Compound" on Thurs., July 9th
where the Independence Day theme was maintained with flags along the
path (Above Far R) to the front door and festive matching flowers everywhere including on the back deck (Above C) with the stunning view (Above R). The next day we drove onto the "owners' beach" where (Below Far L) we plunked our chairs on the ocean rim near Garner's mother's house (Below L), picnicked on lobster rolls, and had the marvelous views in all directions (Below R & Far R). Over the next few days, we ate, drank wine, walked/shopped in Orleans and Wellfleet, drank more wine and a few cycled to Wellfleet. All these photos are from Ro, 1 of our Gourmet women! |
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| Gourmet at Lake of the Pines & Santa Rosa - JUNE 2009 | |||||
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| We
enjoyed our 3 Gourmet Getaways planned in 2009: Santa Rosa at Glenne & Dave's new home and near Auburn at Mark & Roberta's Lake of the Pines vacation house, and Cape Cod (before on page). Lots of relaxing inside and outside, lots of great food and lots of cleaning up! |
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| Other Gourmet Group Adventures | |||||
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| Celebrating our 25th Gourmet Anniversary at a Napa winery (where else?!!?) |
Drinking & eating at La Toque in St. Helena for Gourmet 25th |
Relaxing at a winery (is there a theme here?) |
Women of the Gourmet in Tahoe |
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