Challah french bread toast with fresh strawberries and cinnamon made coming home that much sweeter

After Beijing, we stopped over in Hong Kong again for a night before heading onwards to San Francisco, where we spent less than 24 hours on a whirlwind visit with friends.  The details are sketchy mainly because I was beyond tired, but we did manage to squeeze in a brunch at Olea, a little neighborhood restaurant loaded with what I imagine to be typical San Francisco charm.

Olea serves Blue Bottle Coffee, which we’d experienced on our trip through San Francisco last August.  It’s some of the best coffee I’ve ever had, and having a beautifully prepared latte right after a 12-hour flight was a great way to start our visit home.  (Of course, the great company was a big part of that happy welcome home, too!)