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The further from the Bay Area you go, the farther you step back in time. Case in point: Giovanni’s Sky Room at Lampson  Lake County Airport, a field where small planes take off and land while you sit inside imbibing your Aviation cocktails and partaking of the old school menu like chicken cacciatore ($18), linguine with […]

Bay seniors who are bummed out by the killing of Cecil the Lion in Zimbabwe are not the target customers for Fosters Bighorn bar and restaurant in Rio Vista. Over 300 specimens of wild game, bird and fish crowd the walls including a moose, a giraffe and an elephant with a 30 foot trunk and […]

Bay seniors who think they’ve seen SF from every possible angle might want to check out the wide-screen panorama from the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond. Formerly a Ford assembly plant built in 1931, this 45,000 square foot all-glass structure is set on 2500 waterfront acres and boasts an eye opening Bay view. A few steps […]

Bay seniors who despair of the bright lighting of local restaurants ought to consider giving San Francisco’s Opaque a try. They have no lights at all. Your entire meal is served in the dark which gives a diner pause – how does the waiter see you to know that you’re getting the entry you ordered? […]

Bay seniors who love movies should know that the latest cinematic innovation is not HD 3-D. It ‘s a theater with sofas instead of seats, a kitchen instead of a snack bar, $6 tickets instead of $10 ones, and wine and beer not just supersized sodas. Welcome to the New Parkway. You’ll find it tucked […]

Bay seniors with roots in the Midwest, or memories of any 1950’s country club anywhere, will have a massive culinary flashback at Orinda’s 70-year old Casa Orinda restaurant. Portions are ginormous, The menu has 7 kinds of veal, eggplant parmigiana, shrimp cocktails, fabulously tender fried chicken and a couple of dozen other deliciously retro dishes. […]

Bay seniors’ fastest and most visually stunning getaway is on the slopes of Mt. Tamalpais. Even with it’s wide screen views overlooking the Bay, the Mountain Home Inn is often overlooked by locals. Its restaurant will not win any culinary prizes but the price is right and the vistas are awesome. People forget that it […]

Calvados is apple brandy that is an essential in any winter liquor cabinet. And wouldn’t you know it but creatively competitive Bay Area bartenders are whipping up wild Calvados cocktails, like The Honeymoon at the new Café des Amis on Union St. in SF. It’s their take on a classic from LA’s long-gone Brown Derby […]