We had a great dinner at the Purple Palm.  The place is great – beautiful room and views of the pool – not to mention terrifically wheelchair friendly.  We valet parked, and strolled past the pool and the great outdoor fireplace, that we were all surprised someone hadn’t snapped up the seating around the roaring flames.  We had Dates, Hummus and “Foraged” Mushrooms for starters, and Alex and I had Chicken – with gruyere brioche, Claire had the pasta – a sort of Alfredo made with butternut squash and David had the Lamb (which was delicious – well it all was delicious).  We left full and had a great evening.  No picture, sometimes it just ruins the moment to stop and try to capture it with a camera.  I know, you all think that’s crazy, but. . . anyway, it was a great evening, with terrific company, service and we look forward to many brunches by the pool in the future.  Then we headed home for some dessert leftovers.

Tomorrow we are getting up early, packing up the car and driving back up north to San Francisco.  We are staying at the Westin Market Street, which is near restaurants and museums within FLAT walking distance, which will be great for our last days for this trip.  We are heading up to Napa on Friday to take another look at a house we saw when we went up two weeks ago.  We will see, no rush, but the more time we spend here, the more I think that it would be nice to be nearer to the Fong/Shapiros!