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La Boulange de Hayes

Saturday, March 5, 2011

by choice we became friends

A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.

Today was a great day. Hayes Valley was the destination and we dined at La Boulange de Hayes. It was an afternoon of indulgence. I ate a petite salmon and spinach quiche, turkey and cranberry sandwich and sipped on fresh lemonade. Shy had a flank sandwich with a side of chips. We talked and ate and talked more about the future and life. Suddenly, we craved something sweet. I had a vanilla tea with milk and Shy had a hot chocolate. It was just such a delightful afternoon in a quaint neighborhood. We watched the sky change color and then the evening arrived upon us and we headed back to the less than ideal downtown neighborhood. Then I rushed to One Pigment Cosmetics to see my friend Alyssa Nicole present her Spring 2011 collection. More on that later.

Tomorrow marks the first of very many Analog Sundays, I hope. But I will take one or a few photos of my Sunday for the blog and that will be the extent of my computer time. After I randomly googled magnolias one day, I came across these beautiful watercolor paintings by Christie's Watercolors and Shy suggested we do some painting. If you haven't noticed already, I am in love with flowers. Currently, my favorite flowers are blush pink peonies and roses, green hydrangeas and mums and pink poppies and craspedias. I'm going to paint pink poppies. I bought some food for tomorrow for our little painting party: crackers, goat cheese, dried cranberry, prosciutto, raspberries and apple cider. We'll listen to some oldies like Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin and Edith Piaf. Sounds like the perfect first Analog Sunday to me.

& thanks to Miss Moss for mentioning my blog. It made my day, since her blog is one of my new discoveries and favorite blogs.

la boulange de hayes
la boulange de hayes
fresh lemonade
salmon and spinach quichetableau à quatre

5 comments:

  1. I love this La Boulange location. My brother lives right near it, so this past summer, I went there often. It's so cozy; I definitely miss it!

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  2. Oh I have yet to check out La Boulange, but I think there's one in downtown! It looks super delicious, I must check it out soon!

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  3. I love this concept and I can't wait to see more!

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  4. Sounds like you both had a great time in each others company, and man do I envy your food and beverage choices. They all sound delicious! Hope your analog sunday went well :)

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  5. Oh my goodness... I LOVE La Boulange! When I went to SF a few summers ago my aunt told us we had to go to this cafe. It was amazing. Seeing your photographs makes me want to get back to SF asap! Thanks for reminding me of such a great restaurant.

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