The week went so fast

Terry and I had planned to do so much more while in San Mateo last week, but the days got away from us so quickly.  Our mornings were spent at Vacation Bible School at our daughter’s church.  (I will have another post about that adventure.) Last year we went back to our sublet in San Fran in the afternoons, but this year we spent our afternoons with our daughter and/or granddaughter and then had dinner with the whole family.

One evening, though, we decided to make it an early evening (in other words, we were tired) and stopped at a restaurant in Belmont for dinner.  It is an interesting eatery, specializing in crepes, but also Mexican food, breakfast, and even a small bar.  I wanted to share a few pictures of the place with you, dear Reader.

Terry with Whispers' menu in the background.

Whispers Creperie & Cafe at Glen Davey Road and El Camino in Belmont, CA

End of a busy day, and I'm tired.

Eat locally

…but this time at your favorite restaurant.  In an earlier post I wrote about CSAs and buying local produce to eat at home.  Now I want to encourage people to eat at their favorite local restaurant, which hopefully is not a chain, but rather locally owned and operated.  Too many small eateries are suffering due to the economic times.  The price of gas and groceries are keeping many at home, and if they do eat out, it may be at a fast food outlet.  

Although not completely opposed to fast food, I try not to eat at those places unless I am with my high school students on a fieldtrip and we make our bus stop there.  As I tell my students, eating fast food occasionally will not kill you, eating it everyday will.   Nor am I advocating eating at the local diner everyday, either.  But an occasional meal out helps us to feel less deprived, and it can certainly help our local economies.

So think of your favorite local dining spot, and go out to eat.