== 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