The second day we drove north along Highway 1 and Half Moon Bay. Many years ago, when we lived in San Francisco, we would go here to a candle factory and pumpkins in the fall. The candle factory is gone now, but there were pumpkins growing everywhere. And of course, I love the coast line. Can you see all the surfers in the water? It was a perfect weather day for surfing, but I didn't see many waves to ride.
And over the Golden Gate Bridge we went.
We had a date for tea in my home town of Sebastopol, about an hour north of San Francisco.
I was born in Sebastopol and my relatives all lived here; so I always call it my "hometown". I lived here until the 6th grade and my sister and some cousins still live in the area.
Muir's Tearoom on Main Street is, I believe, the only vegan tearoom in the country. This was my second visit for tea and really you wouldn't know unless someone told you that it was vegan.
We were meeting a friend for teatime. It was a wonderful visit and such a special place to sit and chat the afternoon away.
October was Muir's Black Hat Society, Halloween Tea. See if you can see the touches for celebrating. We started with a Fall salad of greens, pears, and cranberries.
I love when the tower of goodies come to the table. Of course, we had to take pictures.
Hi, my friend, Ann!
The savouries: Autumn vegan cheddar and apple sandwich, mummy puff pastry "sausage" roll, deviled egg-less salad sandwich, cucumber sandwich, and sweet potato slice with avocado.
Pumpkin scone with preserves and "cream".
The sweets: Layered devil's food cake with hazelnut, pumpkin tart, fall fruit.
And one more stop on the way to our hotel. This was my grandfather's home when I was growing up. What surprised me most were the big trees in front. When I was a little girl there were no trees there.
This trip was about reminiscing and remembering.
It was a good second day of the adventure in California.
