After what actually felt like a loooooong Holiday Vacation, we are back in San Francisco. And truthfully, I suppose it was a long vacation, compared to the recent Holiday trips. I think we were both craving some quality family time, what with not seeing most of our families at all since last Christmas – an occurrence we don’t hope to repeat this year (maybe a New Year’s resolution that’s actually doable?!). We spent most of our time in NC ping-ponging between our two families and ended the vacay in Chicago for New Year’s. As if this really needs saying, we hit up some of our old favorite eateries (The Pit in Raleigh, Bonsoiree & Xoco in Chicago) and tried out a long-time spot on my list, The Lantern in Chapel Hill as well as Avec in Chicago. Needless to say, we’ll be starting the year off eating a much...








