Restaurant Krebsegaarden

If you follow me on Instagram then you know via my Stories I’ve been extremely busy the past few weeks. Besides helping to organize a conference for 1200 people at work in my free time, work at my full time job (which is how I afford my dining out) ramped up, and then last week I was on vacation in Copenhagen! While abroad I visited many spots involved with art or food. The first I’m going to share with you is Restaurant Krebsegaarden.

Restaurant Krebsegaarden in Copenhagen Restaurant Krebsegaarden in Copenhagen

Restaurant Krebsegaarden is a small restaurant with only 9-10 tables in a little building from 1803- the bathroom are down the stairs, no elevator in this cozy house like setting. They restaurant serves dinner only, and its menu is often inspired by the rotation of art and artists that is displayed on its walls as its other role as an art gallery. During my visit it was the works of Tomas Abrahamsson, who has exhibited with them since 1996.
Restaurant Krebsegaarden in Copenhagen Restaurant Krebsegaarden in Copenhagen Restaurant Krebsegaarden in Copenhagen Restaurant Krebsegaarden in Copenhagen

The menu is limited with 3 starters, 3 mains, and 4 desserts available, but the most popular choice is the Tasting Menu in which smaller portions of those starters and mains are served so you can try multiple dishes. In my case, I opted for 2 starters, 2 mains, and the famous cheese plate dessert that was the biggest draw for me personally for this restaurant. I also opted for wine pairings with the courses, but asked for half glass pours since I was out on my own and wanted to responsibly make it back to my hotel ok. Homemade soft warm bread with butter and a sparkling Naveran Cava Blanc de Blancs Brut Especial was an excellent start. Seriously bread in Europe is soooo good!

Restaurant Krebsegaarden in Copenhagen Naveran Cava Blanc de Blancs Brut Especial Restaurant Krebsegaarden in Copenhagen bread and butter

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Visit Swan Island Dahlias

If you love Dahlias, or just flowers in general, you might want to consider visiting Swan Island Dahlias during August and September. Located just 30 minutes south in Canby, the Swan Island Dahlia farms bills itself as the “Nation’s Leading & Largest Dahlia Grower” and offers ~40 acres of dahlias. This post has some photos to show what they look like in early August (I went August 11) and later, photos from quite a few years ago when I went during their peak during the annual Dahlia Festival.

Swan Island Dahlias Swan Island Dahlias

Swan Island Dahlias is family owned and operated and has been so for more then 90 years. Besides selling the plants and cut flowers, they hold a Dahlia Festival every year the last weekend of August and Labor Day weekend that includes three indoor display rooms as well as food, drink, and live music and other entertainment, demonstrations, and talks. But, you can avoid the crowds who also come during the festival by visiting any day 8am – 6pm 7 days a week in August and September, like I did with my sisters last weekend.

Swan Island Dahlias Swan Island Dahlias
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Travel Tuesday: Visiting The Barlow in Sebastopol

Continuing from my last post where I was on a tour with the Artisan Cheese Festival in California, after a cheese seminar with a blind tasting and visiting Bohemian Creamery, we headed over to The Barlow.  It is a walkable area in downtown Sebastopol that is composed of more then 30 tasting rooms, restaurants, and stores all by local makers in several industrial buildings that used to be the Barlow apple production facility, now re-purposed. We would have our last 3 stops out of the 5 on the tour here while visiting the Barlow in Sebastopol – a lunch showcasing cheese, visiting another cheesemaker, and tasting at a distillery.

lunch with zazu kitchen + farm. Bohemian Creamery's bodacious cheese with a red wine pear, paired with Bucher Pinot Noir RRV 2014, part of the Artisan Cheese Festival tour visiting the Barlow in Sebastopol Wm. Cofield Cheesemakers, part of the Artisan Cheese Festival tour visiting the Barlow in Sebastopol downtown in the North Bay area, California. We had an opportunity in our cheese tour to enter the cheesemaking room and the aging room
Wm. Cofield Cheesemakers, part of the Artisan Cheese Festival tour visiting the Barlow in Sebastopol downtown in the North Bay area, California
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A Visit to Salito’s Crabhouse in Sausalito

Last year, during the unfortunate timing of all the wildfires in the Napa, Sonoma, Santa Rosa, and San Rafael areas, I went to visit my sister L (who lives there) and my mom (who was visiting her). I was able to work from her apartment on a couple calls, and then for lunch, I took my mom out for her favorite thing to eat – crab. Usually, this means Fisherman’s Wharf since that’s where she has historically gone, but I wanted someplace with less traffic and less parking problems. And that’s when I found Salito’s Crabhouse. I would definitely recommend this over going to the famous Fisherman’s Wharf – and so does my mom! She suggested next time, we can just come back here again. So here’s a look at a Visit to Salito’s Crabhouse in Sausalito.
A Visit to Salito's Crabhouse in Sausalito
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Travel Tuesday: Musical Instrument Museum Review

For Thanksgiving 2017, I pitched (and the family agreed!) to get together in Sedona. All of us flew into Phoenix from the various cities we live in (Portland, LA, Bay Area, Chicago) and so we had some time in Phoenix bookending our time in Sedona. One of the ways we passed the time was the new to us Musical Instrument Museum, aka MIM. There are not many music instrument museums, and most are in Europe.  MIM further prides itself on being representative of global music. It’s definitely worth a visit – let me show you why!
Music Instrument Museum (MIM) Music Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix, with admission you will also receive a headphone with volume control unit for each person in your group. Most exhibits feature a TV with multiple videos cycling for a minute or so, letting you see and hear the musical instrument in action

Built in 2010, MIM offers 15,000 musical instruments and associated objects from nearly 200 countries around the world. After purchasing your admission ticket ($20 1-day or a discounted $30 2-day that you must use the second visit within a week), you will also receive a headphone with volume control unit for each person in your group. Most exhibits features a TV with multiple videos cycling for a minute or so. The videos vary from showing local musicians of a county  performing their native music, often in native dress, sometimes including native dance, to just demonstrating how the instrument was made or how it works. The headphones automatically sync with each of those TVs when you are in proximity to it.
Music Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix, with admission you will also receive a headphone with volume control unit for each person in your group. Most exhibits feature a TV with multiple videos cycling for a minute or so, letting you see and hear the musical instrument in action
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