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Hi Friends!
We hope the Holidays treated you and your loved ones well! All is well and moving along, with new things to figure out for this newsletter and the coming podcast.
The podcast will kick off next Monday. It will run Monday through Friday each week and feature one or two updated stories. Of course, you’re automatically subscribed since you are a subscriber to the newsletter, but you have the option of listening when and if you want.
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Be Well! Stay Safe!
Some new laws are kicking off the new year, and if you visit or live in California, you should get to know them and see how they may affect your life.
The laws cover a broad spectrum of issues, including education and workplace issues.
This audio report from KQED, the local NPR/PBS station, covers the details of all the new laws.
Speaking of new laws, there is one that kicked off on the first that makes it easier for you to eat, eat, and eat more when the law allowing Marijuana Cafés takes effect.
“Overall, the legislation will allow on-site marijuana consumption at licensed businesses to also offer non-cannabis food and non-alcoholic drinks and host live events such as concerts if they get permission from their local government.”
You can read all about the new law here.
The weather in California has been causing some hair-raising issues, with the end of the Santa Cruz Wharf breaking off and surrendering to huge waves and now a warning of life-threatening waves again rolling into the coastal areas.
For some, like the surfing crew or others who see a little adventure in their lives, the weather coming to shore is a joy, while for some homeowners directly in the path of this weather, they are not looking forward to it.
Years ago, in my 20s, When I would do anything on a dare, my friends and I got together to do the New Year’s Day plunge at Narragansett Beach in Narragansett, Rhode Island.
To say it was the highlight of that year and for many years to come is an understatement. I will never forget the feeling of the water hitting my body like a bunch of broken glass, tearing the skin away from my bones. I never felt a bunch of glass tearing at my skin, and I could only imagine this was what it would be like.
After the event, blue and chilled, we enjoyed hot chocolate and blankets, many warmed blankets, to recover. It was my first and last time.
So when I read this story about taking a Strip and dip Plunge at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach to ring in the new year, I just knew I had to post it.
That’s what Kasia Pawlowska of the SF Gate did and lived after the cold dip to write about this week. Enjoy this read I did.
One of the things Patti and I enjoy is traveling to local coastal places and exploring the area, including homes, shops, and, of course, restaurants.
We’ve visited many, and I’ve written reviews about most of them in the DelPaggio’s Cucina newsletter, which you can find in the menu above.
The one I haven’t written about yet is a sandwich shop in San Luis Obispo. I have to admit I’ve tried both listed in the posted story, but to be truthful, my favorite is Gus’s Grocery.
Not only because everyone I asked bragged about it, but the sandwiches were out of this world.
I hate it when a sandwich shop like Gus’s is threatened, and maybe he’s to close their doors.
You should probably check them out on your next trip to the area.
You may not like Oakland, California. You may not visit , California, but one thing for sure is you can’t take this salute to Oakland away from it.
The compliment I am talking about is from none other than the New York Times, and it’s about food.
Oakland, California, is predicted to become the new “it” food city by 2025.
It was more of a question than anything else, but it seems the question may be real.
So, let’s hear it from all the food writers and lovers of the Oakland food scene. Is it the new “it” place to dine?