On "Check Please Bay Area" recently, they reviewed a No. Italian restaurant that sounded really good - Stella Alpina.
On April 1st we will be dropping our grandson off at SFO late afternoon, so thought we would give it a try. Anyone interested in joining us for a 6 pm dinner?
Judy
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Posts: 3953 | Location: Berkeley, CA | Registered: 22 March 2005
Judy, we actually caught that episode! Even though it is a Wed. night we could be interested. Sounds like a fun mid-week, beginning of the month gtg. Wendy and Rob
Posts: 3876 | Location: Monterey Peninsula, California, USA | Registered: 07 September 2003
Ok, I thought about this... if Wendy is driving from Peeble Beach to go to dinner in Burlingame, I can't have a lame excuse (of the place being far, LOL). So I am in. I will ask Tracey (daughter) if she wants to join us since she works in San Mateo.
Time to bump this up and get a headcount so I can make a reservation.
My grandson's flight has changed and his departure time is a little later than it was when I proposed this - so how about
Stella Alpina Restaurant, Burlingame
6:15 pm
Let me know if you are still planning on joining us. I will try to remember to call the restaurant for a reservation next Wednesday (the 25th), since grandson arrives the next day and I know i will forget if I wait longer.
Hope to see all of you listed above, and any other locals who might want to join us (Sharon L, Ruth K.,Darci, where are you?).
Judy
Posts: 3953 | Location: Berkeley, CA | Registered: 22 March 2005
Hi there, I made hotel rezzies the other night for Tues., so we'll spend the night in the City and make our way down the road on Wed. for the 6:15 dinner reservations.
I asked Colleen if she was going to be able to make it, I hope she does along with everyone else.
Looking forward to seeing you, sorry you won't be able to make Jon, hopefully another time.
Wendy and Rob = 2 more at the table
Posts: 3876 | Location: Monterey Peninsula, California, USA | Registered: 07 September 2003
Judy So sad , but we can't make it. I was out of town this weekend for the Met Opera's La Sonambula, and the repeat is that evening at 7:30 pm, and we just have to go!! I also saw that episode of Check Please, Bay Area and was thinking we needed to get up there. Why do things always happen at the same time???
Posts: 137 | Location: Menlo Park, CA | Registered: 30 March 2004
So, Rob and I are looking forward to seeing: Judy and Bill, Colleen Darci Sharon Joan and Fred Cathy T Eden and ?
Does this look right? Twelve all toll?
Judy, I hope you are having a good time with your grandson.
6:15 - Stella Alpina - Wednesday of this week.
See you all then. We are going to the City tomorrow afternoon to do business and catch a dinner, it will be good to get out of town and up that way. Wendy and Rob
Posts: 3876 | Location: Monterey Peninsula, California, USA | Registered: 07 September 2003
Yep - 12 of us! Reservation is in my name - Judy Roberts. We should be there in plenty of time, unless my grandson's flight gets delayed - so if we aren't there and they want to start taking orders - go ahead and we will get there as quickly as possible.
Judy
Posts: 3953 | Location: Berkeley, CA | Registered: 22 March 2005
We are packed and ready to head up to the city. We are going to try SPQR tonight, and yes we are ready for the line. We think we will cab over so we don't have to worry about trying to park.
Beautiful day here and it is supposed to be even nicer in SF. Whoohoo.
Okay, see you on the morrow. W&R
Posts: 3876 | Location: Monterey Peninsula, California, USA | Registered: 07 September 2003
Ruth & Marcy--you were missed. It was a great gathering! Food was great, service was great, company was even better. Several cameras were in evidence, so I'm sure photos will be posted as soon as the participants sober up! Colleen was sporting her Sherrif's badge--a gift from Wendy in response to Collen's comment that
quote:
I'm planning to be there, and will check with the rest of the ST Peninsula Posse
Glad so many could make it.
Judy
Posts: 3953 | Location: Berkeley, CA | Registered: 22 March 2005
" ...I'm sure photos will be posted as soon as the participants sober up" Excuse me, just because I drank Rob's port and some of his wine - because he was the DD tonight - does not mean that I was ... what? Drunk. NOT! And to prove it I will go now and post some shots from tonight. If they are blury it is not my fault, but the subjects at hand. Well, maybe that isn't quite true.
Yes, the food was really good, the place very nice as were all working there, but the best were those at our table. What good friends you all are.
It was great to see and spend time talking with Fred and Joan. Be well, both of you. Darci and Colleen it was great to spend time with you, and let's try to put something together down the road, or up the road depending on where we meet up next time. Sharon, as always it was great to be with you. Eden, it was nice to meet Tracy/Tracey and to see you again. Cathy, I am sorry it took so long to get to Burlingame, what a drag, but I'm glad you stuck with it and made it in time to order right after the rest of us. It is all in the timing and yours was perfect. And now Bill and our organizer, great idea, great execution and thank you for putting tonight togehter Judy. As always, it was terrific spending an evening with you both.
Okay, now to upload a few images. I guess I will put them in the misc. gtg album.
As always, Wendy and Rob
Posts: 3876 | Location: Monterey Peninsula, California, USA | Registered: 07 September 2003
Last night was great fun ... as usual with this crowd. Great to see you all again!
Good menu, and everything I tasted was delicious: roasted beet salad on arugula, risotto cakes with black truffle, cubbies' rigatoni with cream sauce, linguine al Ligure ... mmm.
Thanks, Judy - for organizing. I enjoyed the evening very much!
Colleen
Posts: 16066 | Location: The Beautiful San Francisco Bay Area | Registered: 06 August 2001
My few photos are up, including one of Wendy. I didn't post some that were just too blurry. I blame that on the lighting or the subject. It couldn't have been the photographer and the wine and the port.
Good food and wonderful people. (Lousy drive, but I made it.) Thanks to all for a great evening and thanks to Judy for arranging it.
Cathy
Posts: 141 | Location: Berkeley, CA | Registered: 01 August 2006
Wow! I went to work today and have not seen the thread until now. Was a grand time - next time we have to start playing musical chairs earlier in the evening so we can get to everyone. Maybe we order dinner and leave it there and then move to new spots to try everything! Interesting concept, no? Thanks again for a "loverly" evening.
I am chiming in late... I also want to thank Judy for being the prime mover on this GTG. We (Tracey and I) enjoyed the company, food, and the beverages... Maybe Pinot, Testarosa, and Port caused my being so tired/ sluggish at work today! I missed seeing Colleen's zapatos in "person". I wanted to see those. Next time.
Slow Travel Talk 
for your lapel.
, but we can't make it. I was out of town this weekend for the Met Opera's La Sonambula, and the repeat is that evening at 7:30 pm, and we just have to go!! I also saw that episode of Check Please, Bay Area and was thinking we needed to get up there. Why do things always happen at the same time???
enjoy!
