And Away We Go!

We left the Inn around 5:30 and drove over to the restaurant because the weather was blazing hot. We took a couple pictures next to the sign and went into the courtyard of the restaurant. .



Cathy looked great!
As we walked into the courtyard a waiter asked us if we wanted some ice water while we waited. I said yes and went in and let the hostess know we were there. We sat in the courtyard for a bit and then just got too hot and decided to go inside and wait a few more minutes for our table.

The entry is framed with lots of beautiful greenery. It felt good to get inside though and into the air conditioning. We only waited about 2 minutes and our table was ready. We chatted with the hostess and she told us that weather there was as unusual as it has been here in San Diego. They even had snow there in the winter and they rarely have snow.








The table was just the right size and was simply dressed. We snagged our French Laundry clothespins right away! We had some time to talk a bit before our waiter for the evening came to talk about wines, the menu, those kinds of things. Cathy took the opportunity to tell him it was my birthday as well. More on birthday stuff later. As there are really only 2 menus to choose from it made the ordering process very easy with only a couple of options on each menu. Cathy didn't want any shellfish and so she ordered a couple of the items from the vegetarian menu. We weren't sure which wines to order so we told our waiter our likes in wines and he made some recommendations that were spot on.
Ok, next post is the food experience.