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Leena Eats: SF--Day three, part three: Japanese Sweets and The Slanted Door

2009-11-12T13:00:00Z

Cari and I played hooky during BlogHer Food '09 for a bit and stumbled upon a Japanese sweet shop...

Japanese Sweet Shop in downtown SF.

Sweets that look delicious and most likely filled with sweet bean paste.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

Leena Eats: SF--Day three, part two: BlogHer Food Conference

2009-11-11T13:00:00Z

Rolling up to the conference with my food blog bitches: myself, Amanda and Cari! We know. We look hot.

Not many photos from day three, as I was busy conferencing, networking, eating Pixy Sticks and slowly but surely, getting the worse flu of my life.

BlogHerFood was a giant conference held in San Francisco for food bloggers from around the country. The conference had three different tracks of interest to pick classes from, a visual track focusing on food photography, a vocation track focusing on food blogging as a career, and a values track focusing on the ethics and politics of food. You could hop back and forth between tracks, which is pretty much what I did.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

Leena Travels:SF Day Three Urban Hike with Becks n Posh!

2009-11-09T20:55:03Z

The bright-eyed and bushy-tailed food bloggers on the hike: Nikki, myself, Alice, Sam and Alana.

On day three of my San Fran trip, I was planning on attending the BlogHerFood conference. Then around 11pm the night before, I read a tweet from one of my favorite food bloggers, Sam from Becks and Posh, about an pre-conference urban hike through the city at 6 a.m.

Being the hardcore lady I am (READ: CRAZY!!!) and eager to meet Sam and other food bloggers, I decided to participate (and my husband even joined along). I can honestly say it was one of the most kick-ass things I have ever done on a trip. I had some great conversations with fellow food bloggers and writers and got an up close and personal view of the city I would soon be calling home at sunrise. To see the exact route we walked, check out this post by Sam.

In addition to Sam, I was lucky enough to meet Nikki from Art and Lemons, Alice from Alice Q. Foodie, and Alana from Kitchen Parade. These ladies rock. So lucky to hike with them!

But on to the photos...

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

Leena Eats: SF, day two, part two--Dinner @ Fish & Farm!

2009-11-06T13:00:00Z

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This is the second part of my second day in San Francisco. To read about day one, go here. To read part one of my second day, go here.
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For dinner, we hit up Fish & Farm, a relatively new restaurant in the city (opened June 2009 near the Civic Center/ Tenderloin, according to Yelp) that focuses on sourcing local, sustainable seafood and artisan meats in a upscale yet casual atmosphere. FYI, this restaurant was named to have the best burger in the entire city. Reason enough to dine here.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

Leena Eats: SF, day two, part one- Berkeley Bowl and SF sights

2009-11-05T13:00:00Z

If this doesn't get you hungry, I don't like you.

Two food lovers on the loose---lookout, Berkeley Bowl!!

On day two in San Francisco, we went apartment and sight seeing around the East Bay. One of our first food-related stops was the Berkeley Bowl, a giant grocery store with tons of selection, ethnic foods and other yumminess. Lucky for me, I had my partner in food crime Cari to stake out the joint.

(By the way, you can check out Cari's blog and her take on our SF food trip here.)

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

Leena Eats: SF, day one- Chouchou

2009-11-04T22:07:19Z

French onion soup @ Chouchou (USD $7). Like a warm hug from a bucket full of kittens.

Back in September, I had the joy of visiting San Francisco for the second time in my life. A good friend from grad school lives in the area, so she picked out a cute little spot to meet up and eat some food, Chouchou French Bistro in the Forest Hill neighborhood of the city.

Just a slip of a restaurant, Chouchou was set up with romantic mood lighting and a live music duet in the corner of the restaurant. It was a slightly chilly evening in SF, and a fog was rolling over the hill the little bistro sat atop of. If you are anything like me, you know this is the perfect get chunky weather, so I had to go for my favorite starter of all time, a mother-freaking delicious bowl of French onion soup, covered in gooey, melty and slightly crisp Swiss cheese. Ain't no messing around here, cuz when that winter chunk hits, you just gotta ride it each cheese-filled bite at a time. That's just how I roll, you know.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

Leena Eats: WTF is up?!

2009-11-03T06:41:24Z

Yum.

Hello, dear readers! So much is happening in Leenaland right now, but I wanted to take a moment and get you up to speed. So much was/is/will be happening over the past (and next) two months, I've been trying my best to document it all. And you know, keep up with my regular bacon-eating regiments.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

Leena Eats: Food Porn

2009-10-19T13:20:55Z

Ahoy there! I am in the midst of finishing a research paper and wrapping up my life before moving to San Francisco this week. I am so tired, I tried throw away some Pixy Stick wrappers...on my cat. She is still licking out the leftover dust. So I thought I would tantalize you with a bit of food porn.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.