Storms Bring High Surf to Bodega Bay

Photo credit: Patrick Carney Photography. Salmon Creek Beach, looking north up the coast.

The recent storms have brought some high surf to the Sonoma Coast this week. Even Doran Beach, which is usually calm, has giant, dramatic waves right now. When they break, you can feel the boom in your chest. At high tide this morning, the beach was almost completely covered with white, frothy water.

Although it's beautiful, sunny and mild right now, we're expecting more rain and wind this weekend. Oh boy! As you can imagine, stormy weather is a huge draw for tourists who come to witness the spectacular surf at the coast.

The Press Democrat ran a great story by Bob Norberg in today's paper headlined, "Surf is high and more storms on the way."

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Terrapin Creek Café in Bodega Bay One of Wine Country’s Best

PHOTO: Terrapin Creek Café chef/owners Liya Lin and Andrew Truong, by JEFF KAN LEE / Press Democrat

Today the Press Democrat proclaimed Terrapin Creek Café here in Bodega Bay to be one of the best restaurants in the entire Wine Country.

I'm thrilled for owners Liya Lin and Andrew Truong, but I’m not at all surprised. We’ve enjoyed extraordinary meals there and in fact I wrote about a winemakers dinner we attended in March with my brother-in-law and his girlfriend in this blog.

Here’s some of what the Press Democrat said in their review, “From the first dish of the evening through the last, there was a growing realization at our table that the inestimable quality of this food was no fluke. Against all odds, this little storefront restaurant, in the space that was once the Seaweed Café, perched on a hillside above the Bodega harbor marina, has pulled off a culinary coup. In a Wine Country stuffed with world-renowned restaurants, it is, in a quiet and unassuming way, among the best.

“Take a bow, chef-owners Liya Lin and Andrew Truong. This young couple learned their craft well at world-class restaurants in San Francisco like Hiro Sone’s Ame and Michael Mina’s eponymous temple of good taste in the Westin St. Francis Hotel. Although the Terrapin is not swank like Ame or Mina’s, it’s easy to see how Ame’s delicate touch with Asian ideas and Mina’s deft way with comforting foods like house-made fettucini have come together at the Terrapin.”

I have a wonderful group of girlfriends from our old neighborhood in Petaluma and we still get together for lunch every month or so. One of them saw the review today and immediately suggested that we all meet at Terrapin Creek next time. Sounds like a perfect idea to me!

Terrapin Creek Café is located in the Blue Whaleship Shopping Center, 1580 East Shore Rd. right off Hwy. 1, in Bodega Bay. Phone 707.875.2700.

Hours
Lunch: Thursday thru Sunday, 11am to 2:30pm
Dinner: Thursday thru Sunday, 4:30pm to 9pm


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