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Valentine's Day Dinner Special Menu At La Mar Cebicheria Peruana San Francisco!

Valentine's Day Dinner - If you are looking for a fantastic place to have Valentine's Day dinner tomorrow night Sunday, Feb 14, 2009; then here is a treat for you!  The good folks at La Mar Cebicheria Peruana in San Francisco has a "Special Menu" of Peruvian Haute Cuisine for tomorrow night's festivities.  It is a 4-course dinner which includes one Peruvian Pisco mixed drink for only $75.00 per person.

Here is an excerpt of the Special Menu:

1st Course (choice)
Cebiche Nikei - Ahi Tuna, red onion, Japanese cucumber and avocado in tamarind leche de tigre

Cebiche Crudo - Prawn, sea urchin and scallops in sea urchin leche de tigre

Cebiche Clasico - California Halibut in a classic leche de tigre, red onions, habanero, Peruvian corn and yam

2nd Course (choice)
Causa Duo - Causa Limeña with dungeness crab, avocado purée, quail egg, with basil cilantro oil & Causa Casera with purple potato causa, artichokes, asparagus, avocado and tomato confit

Oysters Duo - A la Chalaca and with Rocoto Caviar

Empanada de Choclo - Stuffed with Peruvian corn choclo, butter, and aji amarillo

Anticuchos de Hongos - Grilled big trumpets with cilantro chimichurri and anticuhera sauce

You can see the full Special Menu here - Download 2010 Valentines Day PDF.

Here is award winning Peruvian Cebiche chef Diego Oka at La Mar Cebicheria Peruana in Mexico City, Mexico demonstrating how to make a Peruvian Causa Pacifico.

La Mar Cebicheria Peruana in San Francisco was classified last week by the prestigious Michelin Rating System in Paris, France.  It is not only the highest rated Peruvian restaurant but also the highest rated Latin American restaurant in the entire United States!!!

Una Causa Peruana de La Mar Cebicheria Peruana

 

Dragon Slain - Dragon Fruit!

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Dragon fruit from the Sunnyvale Farmers Market for $6. Yes, it is very pretty but I hear it doesn't taste very good.

Sunnyvale, California.

2009 Resort Overview - Squaw Valley USA!

Here is the website and short video of one of the United States' greatest ski resort - Squaw Valley USA.

Squaw Valley Ski Resort is Tahoe's most expansive resort has 33 lifts that access 4000 acres of legendary terrain. The resort hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics and that spirit lives on today. This season join in the fun as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of those Olympic games and the 60th anniversary of the resort's opening. 

 

Looking at the Squaw Valley Tram with beautiful Lake Tahoe, CA. in the background!!! 

 

The Mother Ship & me

After a hard & fun day of skiing the runs below "The Mothership" - KT - 22 lift at Squaw Valley USA!  The greatest (most difficult) chair lift in America!!!

Castellano (Español)

Despues de un duro dia de diversion en las pistas de esqui por debajo de "The Mothership" (la Madre Nave) - KT-22 de elevacion en Squaw Valley USA!  La grua mas grande (difícil) de esqui en los Estados Unidos!

High Camp @ El. 8,200 ft (2,499 meters)

Features - Spectacular views of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada, ice skate at the Olympic Ice Pavilion, learn a little more about the 1960 Winter Olympic Games at the Olympic Museum, enjoy the Snowtubing Arena, drink at the Poolside Umbrella Bar, and soak up the Sierra Nevada sun in the Swimming Lagoon & Spa (opens for the Spring and Summer).

Look toward the Siberia ski lift at Squaw Valley USA.

 

At top of Granite Peak, Squaw Valley USA - Windbuffed.

 

Fresh Snow & Spectacular Base Jump Kick Off Squaw Valley USA's 60th Season!

STORY SUMMARY courtesy of Lake Tahoe Media Center: (Olympic Valley, Calif.) Squaw Valley USA commemorated the start of its 60th season today with a gala celebration that included a spectacular B.A.S.E. jump from the Squaw Valley Cable Car by pro-skier JT Holmes.

FOOTAGE INCLUDES: B-roll of B.A.S.E. jump, plus soundbites.

SUPPORTING COPY: (Olympic Valley, Calif.) In a celebration marking the opening day of its 60th Anniversary season, Squaw Valley USA offered skiers fresh snow and great early season conditions, and a unique spectacle in a B.A.S.E. jump off the Cable Car.

The jump was performed by Squaw Valley pro-skier/BASE jumper JT Holmes. Following a raucous countdown by the crowd below, Holmes jumped from a precarious perch on the carriage that holds the Cable Car to the cables. The height was approximately 300 feet above the ground.

8-10" of fresh snow fell in a strong, fast-moving storm Friday afternoon, allowing the resort to open more terrain than originally planned. Conditions for the early season were fresh and packed powder.

"The fresh snow was perfectly timed and the jump was so exciting," commented Savannah Cowley, Squaw Valley's spokesperson.This is a great start to the big anniversary season at Squaw Valley USA.

Squaw Valley USA is celebrating two major anniversaries this season - the 60th anniversary of its founding and first season, in 1949-50, as well as the 50th anniversary of the Eighth Olympic Winter Games, which were held at Squaw Valley in February, 1960.

Picture of pro extreme skier & ski base jumper American J.T. Holmes.

Opening Day At Squaw Valley 2009 - 2010!

Approaching Squaw Valley USA (near lake Tahoe, California) on opening day Saturday, November 21, 2009. 

Squaw Valley turns 60 years old with an epic opening day celebration.

 

Tribute to former Squaw Valley resident Shane McConkey, world's greatest big mountain/extreme skier and ski base jumper in history.  Shane lost his life earlier this year in the Italian Alps filming a ski-base jumping commercial.

R.I.P. Shane.....:-(

Picture taken during the Saturday night festivities on November 21, 2009.

Seco De Cordero!

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A view of the super delicious dish Seco de Cordero Peruano (Peruvian lamb stew) from Mo Chica in Los Angeles, California.

Creature Features Theme!

The theme music and opening scenes of the old KTVU Channel 2 in San Francisco, California 1970's Saturday night monster TV show - "Creature Features"!   The show featured television personality Bob Wilkins. 

Cool!!!!!

 

San Francisco's 2009 Halloween Party Guide!

via www.sfstation.com

Here are all the major Halloween parties this weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area! There are lots to choose from in this extensive guide.

Here are a few good ones:

Freak Beat Live 

The Haunted Ball

Halloween International Ball @ The W Hotel 

Skyparty's Halloween 2009

Once again, here are all the major parties: San Francisco's Halloween 2009 Party Guide

 

Picture of former San Francisco fashion model turned porn star Tera Patrick at a Halloween party in SF in 2008.

Actor Patrick Swayze Dies Of Cancer (1952 - 2009)

Legendary American Actor Patrick Swayze died this evening in Los Angeles, California of pancreatic cancer.

Actor Patrick Swayze - Biography

Retouched a little from a vlogger in Eastern Europe (Russia?), here is that unforgettable final scene of the 1990 classic "Ghost" between Patrick Swayze and actress Demi Moore.  Ghost is one of the most memorable movies of the last 20 years.

A few pictures of Patrick Swayze in "Ghost" (1990) opposite Demi Moore and co-staring Whoopi Goldberg.  A couple shots of Swayze in 2008:

In the 90s, in his mid-40s

2008 in London, England with Demi Moore.

Swayze in 2008.

Preview - 1st Annual Festival Of Peruvian Cuisine In San Francisco!

As you international cuisine lovers know, Peruvian Cuisine is currently the "IT" food all over the world.

Here is a preview of the 1st Annual Festival Of Peruvian Cuisine in San Francisco today Sunday, July 26, 2009, at Roccapulco Supper Club.

(Castellano/Espanol: Preview - Primer Festival Annual De Comida Peruana En San Francisco Hoy)

This is an event sponsored by over 10 of the top Peruvian restaurants in San Francisco and national Spanish language television network Telemundo.

It is a local glimpse and preview of the huge "Peru Mucho Gusto - Feria Internacional Gastronomica De La Cocina Peruana" in Lima, Peru in Sept, 2009.  "Peru Mucho Gusto" is the largest international cuisine/food festival in Latin America and one of top 3 in the world today.   

Here is San Francisco's Peruvian Spanish language radio personality Carlos Demarty, El Show de Pepe, and South American TV beauty Carolina describing (in Spanish) today's Peruvian Cuisine Festival & Party at Roccapulco Supper Club:        

El Primer Festival de la Comida Peruana,  Entrada Gratis!!

10 - Restaurantes bajo un techo, Comida, Diversion en un ambiente familiar.

Domingo Julio 26 de 12pm - 6pm,

>>  Roccapulco Supper Club 3140 Mission Street San Francisco, Ca. USA 94110