My twin sister Lucy and I chat on a regular basis on the telephone, however we realized the opposite day that since we’re at all times surrounded by buddies and kinfolk, we hadn’t spent prolonged one-on-one time collectively in 12 years! (!!!) And generally you simply need to twin it up. So, this weekend, we spent three days collectively in Northern California…
I arrived at SFO, together with trusty journey snacks and an amazing podcast episode. Each time I journey, I’m reminded of the McSweeney’s piece about enterprise males yelling in airports. You may’t unsee it!
First, I headed as much as Nick’s Cove in Tomales Bay. The drive from the airport was gorgeous, winding previous cows, rivers and eucalyptus groves. Since my sister needed to work that night time, I met my buddies Kendra and Victoria, who reside close by.
Have you ever ever stayed at this resort? They’ve 12 cottages, and 5 are literally on the water.
How superb was our bed room view?!
We chatted on the balcony…
…and breathed in contemporary California air with scents of kelp and pine bushes. I even love the scent of cow manure from the farms.
For dinner, we ordered cioppino fish stew and a giant salad on the resort’s restaurant and ate it out on the pier. Then we went again to our cottage and, feeling jet-lagged, I fell asleep whereas listening to my buddies chatting. It jogged my memory of being a child and nodding off within the automotive whereas my mother and father talked quietly within the entrance seat. Nothing cozier. 🙂
The subsequent day, my sister and I met up at Hog Island Oyster Co for lunch. I used to be so excited to see her, I sprinted to this desk the place she was ready.
How cute is she???
A protracted-time California resident and fanatic, Lucy took me on a tour of the Level Reyes lighthouse, a grocery retailer with buffalo milk tender serve, the native bookstore and a market referred to as Toby’s. We additionally tried to go to an epic cheese store however had been too late! That night time, we stayed at Osprey Peak, a B&B run by a candy couple who whipped up an epic breakfast (assume: eggs, sausage, kale, avocado, contemporary fruit, native cheeses, home made sourdough bread, home made scones, home made granola, orange juice, scorching espresso and teas…)
The subsequent day, we headed to Sonoma and had lunch at Scribe Vineyard.
Our superb server, Justin, made the wine world really feel fascinating and gossipy, versus stoic and condescending.
You get snacks together with your wine tasting, and the menu at all times adjustments. I particularly favored the garlicy potato chips.
We had been additionally fortunate sufficient to talk with Kelly Mariani, the chef, who’s a GENIUS and skilled at Chez Panisse. All the pieces bursts with taste. (She’s additionally buddies with our advertising director Maureen — and the individual Prince Harry as soon as hit on, if you happen to should know!)
After Scribe, we went again to our resort to learn books and nap and attempt to persuade the opposite individual to offer shoulder rubs (“I’m the little sister by two minutes…” “However I got here allllll this technique to see you…”) Then, since we had been already consuming our approach by way of the street journey, we went to dinner at Valley Bar and Bottle. (In for a penny, in for a pound, as our British kinfolk would say.)
Residing 3,000 miles aside isn’t simple, but it surely does make sister time like this really feel further particular. A number of instances, we laughed so exhausting (at all times at one thing very random) that we needed to bend over and cross our legs and check out to not pee — omg it makes me giggle simply to sort this.
Lastly, I gave Lucy a giant hug and headed residence. Thanks, Lucy, and thanks, California! You’re each the most effective, with one in all you being the best possible, and I’ll depart that to you to duke out! (The reply is Lucy.) xoxoxo
The place do your family members reside? Are they shut or distant? How do you communicate? xo
P.S. My sister’s home makeover, and a visit with Kendra and our teeny tiny infants.
(Lighthouse photograph by Raymond Forbes LLC/Stocksy. Golden Gate Bridge photograph by Rachel Dwyer/Stocksy.)
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