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John McKinnon's avatar

Oooh, those desserts at Charlie's look amazing (as does that Orinda home), I've been wanting to go there for a while now. The last time I was in that building was when it was Cindy's Backstreet Kitchen, which was one of my favorites in St. Helena.

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Dan Silvert's avatar

You have great taste! The desserts and the Orinda home are Jessica's favorite parts of this issue as well. We are still due to go wine tasting/have dinner in Parts North with our other halves...

Nice pull on Cindy's Backstreet Kitchen. St. Helena, Rutherford and other wine country locales are growing on me.

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Jessica M's avatar

You do have great taste, John! I want someone I know to buy that Orinda home so I can swim in the pool.

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Jerome Zeiger's avatar

Ah, me & the wife and the three little kids lived on Talbot Ave. in Albany. Seeing that place on Nellson Ave. brought back memories. Also, as a fellow baseball fan, you might want to subscribe (as I do) to Molly Knight's newsletter on Substack. The really decadent fun is when she invites her subscribers to watch a game together and share commentary. All over the county and overseas. It's a hoot.

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Dan Silvert's avatar

I love Albany... great schools, good restaurants and proximate to a lotta other good stuff.

Heading over to Molly Knight's Substack right now...

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Jessica M's avatar

I love Molly Knight’s newsletter. Her post season coverage of the Dodgers was exceptional!

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