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…that the Governor of Idaho is Butch Otter. Maybe it was the caffine, but that factoid made me giggle.

This my final post of the weekend…but I could't help but give well-deserved kudos to Firefly, a cozy restaurant in Noe Valley.

The menu boldly states that their fried chicken is the best you have ever tasted. Well, bravo, Firefly. This is damn good chicken. A leg…moist. A breast…very moist. And a thight…my favorite piece…perfect. Very well seasoned.

Was it the 'best'? Well, my dad's fried chicked will always be the best…but this is the best I have had in San Francisco by far!

It didn't hurt that our bartender was super friendly. (Yes, we sat at the bar, because we didn't have a reservation.) He recommended great wine, offered mouth-watering descriptions of the house specialties, and recomended an amazing chocolate cake for desert.

My quiet weekend at home (combined with Jeff being away traveling) gave me a chance to work on some photos from Paris. Hey, its only been six weeks?

As I worked on this first set, I realized that they are all fairly iconic. They are from our first couple of days in the city, when everywhere you turn there is a must-see vista. So, I don’t think that I need to write captions for these…no need to point out the Eiffel Tower or the immediately-recognizable gargoyles of Notre Dame. I’ll just let the images speak for themselves.

Once in a blue moon, Jeff gets to travel for work rather than me. And unlike me and my trips to domestic cities, Jeff gets sent to some truly exotic places. So, for the past week, Jeff has been in China, working in his company’s Beijing office. He has taken some truly amazing photos…I am SOOOOOO jealous! He has really captured the essence of the crowded markets and the immense squares. So, with the caveat that I am bending my rule and posting pictures that I did not take, I chose the shot at the left just to tease you all. I’ll let Jeff share all of his great shots and the associated stories when he returns.

Also, I really got a kick out of the photo below (which he also took). We had read a news article just before Jeff’s trip that the Chinese government wanted to close the Starbucks in the shopping area at the Forbidden City. So, this was Jeff’s inside joke to me that capitalism was still alive and well in small doses in the Forbidden City 🙂

Happy St. Patrick’s Day. I left the house this morning with no idea that there was a St. Patties parade downtown. But, being the people watcher that I am, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to watch silly bystanders with “Kiss Me I’m Irish” tee-shirts and Guinness hats.

Parades are REALLY tough to photograph, because there is so much dead space between people. But, my zoom lens gave me a chance to pull in some of the diverse faces and bright colors. So, enjoy 🙂

And yes, there is even a nice photo of our charming mayor amongst these images.