tamales bay + oyster obsession

its been quite awhile since i last posted on this food diary as i've been unusually busy with school, work, life, and "feeling settled" hasn't kicked in till recently.  i finally feel a bit of more stable and can call my new apartment, home so i'll be posting a lot more in the next few weeks.

this past weekend was great - carl and i took a drive up to tamales bay in point reyes where the oyster farms are all in full season and only an hour and a half from san francisco.  among the oyster farms that we debated on going to were tamales bay oyster company, hog island oysters, and pete's bbq oysters. of course by the time we got there - most oyster farms only offer the actual oysters, no utensils and a very BYOB(everything) style of service.  this is great if you have a group of friends and want to picnic on the farm, just make sure you pack wine, accouterments, and utensils. we ended up at pete's because they offered a full menu, beer/wine, bbq oysters, crab sandwiches, and even spare ribs.  we had a wonderful sampling of everything.

the view from where we had lunch - tamales bay

the drive up was great, eucalyptus trees and dill plants were growing everywhere and the smell of them filled the air.  check out nick's cove cottages - they had great cottages for rent on the water.