Well, this was a first for Restaurant Club. I write this blog with a heavy sigh, as we are living in unprecedented times. 2020 will go down in history as the year of the Global Pandemic, political chaos, social distancing, mask-wearing, and hundreds of thousands of lives lost. Restaurant Club has been on hiatus since February and we decided to meet for an outdoor dinner on the beach so we could socially-distance dine "together." Not only that, the Bay Area was experiencing a brutal heat wave, with temperatures in the 100s. The beach seemed the most reasonable place to cool off!
Gail, Stephanie and Julia all met up and shared a seafood and southern-inspired meal from Oakland's Alamar. We shared garlic noodles and plantains, while Gail had a poke bowl and Steph and Julia enjoyed the crispy rockfish tacos. We topped it off with mango margaritas and Gail supplied the wine. We didn't skip mandatory dessert even though our meal was to-go: blueberry cheesecake and strawberry-rhubarb coffee cake. Rules are rules. (Missing Dionne here :( )
So this is our new reality: not being able to hug our friends and family, doing our work on Zoom calls from home, and watching our kids "attend" online school. I can't wait until we can look back on this time and say: phew, glad that's over and we survived it! Until then, we will keep on keeping on and hopefully do more Restaurant Clubs outdoors while the weather permits! Friends, creative food, gorgeous sunsets: we appreciate them even more!
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