Shopping Makes Me Thirsty
Despite the great discussion in my last post over women’s rights when it comes to wine (resulting in this interesting piece by Gillian), I can be as girly as the next gal.
After a meeting last week, I drove into San Francisco to meet my Irish friend. We began with brunch at The Liberties (where I learned about black and white pudding) and made our way downtown, shopping as we went. A couple hours searching for shoes and clothes, to some success, made us thirsty.
We chose to go to Straits in the Westfield Mall. It was our second time to go and I was trying to figure out why I didn’t write about it before. Then I looked at the wine list and decided that was it. Not very many choices by the glass. They didn’t have one Cabernet Sauvignon listed, so LG got an Alvides Tempranillo instead while I opted for a Domaine de Nizas Rose from Languedoc. Neither was very note-worthy.
We didn’t eat at Straits on this visit, though I did remember that when we did on the last one, a shared salad was too full of hot spices to actually eat. Seems like it might be a better place to have drinks, though I’ll personally skip the ginger-infused vodka.
June 6th, 2007 at 10:55 am
Next time you are at Westfield, go to Slanted Door’s Out The Door - you won’t be disappointed by their small dish or wine menus!