== San Francisco -Caltrain to airport: 4th & King to Millbrae, free shuttle. Train on the hour, 25min to Millbrae. 4th and King is along Embarcadero past ballpark. -Absinthe, great restaurant -Rye, great cocktail lounge -Orbit Room in Ghetto Deco area, magnificent cocktail concoctions -David's, Geary St downtown -Delancey St Restaurant, near Bay Bridge -Boulettes Larder 1 Ferry Bldg under Bay Bridge. Little secret gem. == Berkeley -Cheeseboard pizza, 1512 Shattuck at Vine St (nr Black Oak?). National best 1-slice pizza. One type each day. -O Chame, 4th St, Berkeley -Top Dog, Durant E of Telegraph -Bongo Burger, 2154 Center St; 2505 Dwight Way; 1839 Euclid Ave == Peninsula -Peninsula Creamery, 900 High St, Palo Alto -Dutch Goose, 3567 Alameda De Las Pulgas, Menlo Park == Los Angeles -Langer's Delicatessen, downtown, 7th & Alvarado, "the finest hot pastrami sandwich in the world", Nora Ephron, NYer -Pink's, on La Brea, does great hot dog (RW Apple) -Zankou Chicken, Sunset E of freeway -Formosa Cafe, Setting for L.A. Confidential == San Diego