{"id":7477,"date":"2012-06-11T16:58:31","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T00:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/?p=7477"},"modified":"2012-06-11T16:58:39","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T00:58:39","slug":"birthday-weekend-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/?p=7477","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Weekend – Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My entire weekend was packed full of birthday fun! Lunch with family, dinner out with friends and chocolate cake for dessert. Dan continued my birthday tradition by making the above cake – chocolate curls and all… it was delicious! He followed Pioneer Woman’s instructions<\/a> for creating the curls. He used a Ghirardelli\u00ae Semi-Sweet Chocolate Baking Bar<\/a>… It means so much to me that he takes the time each year to create my birthday cake masterpiece.<\/p>\n

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Deede and Josh sent me a link to my birthday present – it just happened to be a special birthday post<\/a> on Deede’s new blog – Pie on the Run!<\/a><\/strong> – it made me get all teary-eyed that they celebrated from afar and took the time to create a post about it – just for me. Awww… awesome friends rule! Miss them both so much.<\/p>\n

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The next adventure was a drive to Oakland to meet up with Dave<\/a> and Aaron\/Paul\/Jester \ud83d\ude42\u00a0for some pizza.\u00a0Jester suggested Zachary’s<\/a> and that decision turned out to be solid. Dan had been to the Zachary’s in Berkeley, but I had never tried their pizza and\u00a0Jester was a regular and deemed it one of his favorite pizza places.<\/p>\n

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Easy nearby street parking… the incredible smells were noticeable as we neared the place, OMG… so good!<\/p>\n

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The artwork was cool. Zachary’s walls are covered with customer created artwork depicting their love for Zachary’s pizza.<\/p>\n

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Dave and I shared the Sun-Dried Tomato pizza<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

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Asiago and Mozzarella makes any pizza a fabulous pizza… loved the combination of flavors and the crust was perfectly crisped.<\/p>\n

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Dan and\u00a0Jester opted to share the Carne<\/strong> – Stuffed Pizza with Italian sausage, pepperoni, salami, chopped bacon and mozzarella.<\/p>\n

I will definitely be adding “Zachary’s” to my favorite pizza list. Good suggestion Jester – two thumbs up!<\/p>\n

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We had some time to kill before heading on to our next adventure… so we walked down College Ave. and checked out some of the shops.<\/p>\n

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We stepped foot into Berkeley and were greeted by this amazing sweet shoppe. Powell’s rocked… it was just what I was hoping to find.<\/p>\n

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So much going on… my eyes darted back and forth to every display… kid in a candy shop… oh yes!<\/p>\n

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His and Hers dental floss…<\/p>\n

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Come on… who doesn’t want their lips tasting like corndogs? Ummm… me. Mmmkay, thanks.<\/p>\n

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I had tried the Vosges Mo’s Milk Bar<\/em> before (45% deep milk chocolate w\/hickory smoked uncured bacon and alderwood smoked salt) … so the Chuao bars caught my eye. Chuao Chocolatier<\/a> (pronounced chew-WOW) is the first Venezuelan Chocolatier based in the United States and Southern California\u2019s premier artisan chocolatier.<\/p>\n

I bought the Potato Chips in Chocolate bar – Wow! Premium milk chocolate with kettle cooked, lightly salted potato chips, yes please. Sweet and salty, my favorite kind of treat. Pretty sure I will be eating more of these bars in my future.<\/p>\n

Dan and I also got some licorice (for him), watermelon and tangerine sour balls (for me) and I found the perfect gift for another friend… gotta send that off soon.<\/p>\n

We had a great visit, said our goodbyes, and then headed off to our next destination… stay tuned…<\/p>\n

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My entire weekend was packed full of birthday fun! Lunch with family, dinner out with friends and chocolate cake for dessert. Dan continued my birthday tradition by making the above cake – chocolate curls and all… it was delicious! He followed Pioneer Woman’s instructions for creating the curls. He used a Ghirardelli\u00ae Semi-Sweet Chocolate Baking … <\/p>\n

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