In July, we drove to Napa, California, to see the Festival del Sole, which featured ballet from a famous Russian ballet company. I am not a big fan of ballet, so I found the performances uninteresting, but Inna liked them. Our other friends also really enjoyed the various dances.
While in Napa, we stayed for two days at the Blackbird Inn. Blackbird Inn is a two-story house that is used as a bed-and-breakfast.
We found the food to be quite ordinary and the selection quite small. The room cost is also relatively high for the quality of the room and food included. We don't recommend staying there again.
Inna and Irina at Hurley's Restaurant, Yountville, having dinner after the Festival del Sole.
Hurley's is a good restaurant, but I don't recall being amazed by any particular dish.
The next day, July 21, we checked out of our Blackbird Inn and drove to the nearby Oxbow Public Market for breakfast. The breakfast fare at Blackbird Inn was insufficient for a typical breakfast.
We explored the many interesting shops in the Oxbow Public Market.
We ordered coffee and then later tea from Tillerman Tea.
The tea and coffee there is really quite delicious.
Oxbow Public Market has many other small shops and restaurants and is excellent for healthy food, coffee, or tea.
We stopped by Yountville at the Bouchon Bakery on returning to San Jose.
The Bouchon Bakery is run by the same chef of French Laundry fame and is supposed to be quite good.
However, although all the pastries we tried were good, they were not as good as those in the Fleur de Cocoa bakery in Los Gatos.
While in Napa, we stayed for two days at the Blackbird Inn. Blackbird Inn is a two-story house that is used as a bed-and-breakfast.
We found the food to be quite ordinary and the selection quite small. The room cost is also relatively high for the quality of the room and food included. We don't recommend staying there again.
Inna and Irina at Hurley's Restaurant, Yountville, having dinner after the Festival del Sole.
Hurley's is a good restaurant, but I don't recall being amazed by any particular dish.
The next day, July 21, we checked out of our Blackbird Inn and drove to the nearby Oxbow Public Market for breakfast. The breakfast fare at Blackbird Inn was insufficient for a typical breakfast.
We explored the many interesting shops in the Oxbow Public Market.
We ordered coffee and then later tea from Tillerman Tea.
The tea and coffee there is really quite delicious.
Oxbow Public Market has many other small shops and restaurants and is excellent for healthy food, coffee, or tea.
We stopped by Yountville at the Bouchon Bakery on returning to San Jose.
The Bouchon Bakery is run by the same chef of French Laundry fame and is supposed to be quite good.
However, although all the pastries we tried were good, they were not as good as those in the Fleur de Cocoa bakery in Los Gatos.
