New Years in Sausalito

We headed up to Schoonmakers Marina in Sausalito on Friday the 31st for New Years.  On the way up I made a Chipotle Remoulade sauce and got the flank steak marinated with rosemary and garlic.  When we got up there we headed toward our assigned slip.  It looked REALLY small and it was really tight as it was way down to the end of the fairway, a fairway that got narrower and narrower towards the end.  I was seriously afraid we were wider than the slip.  Let's just say we didn't have to worry about which side of the boat we wanted to get on and off the boat from!  Anyway, we headed up to the harbormaster to check in, then went to Le Garage for a late lunch.  Le Garage makes good food but the service is a little on the Slooooooow side.  Matt says it is just like really being in France. After lunch we walked the docks for awhile and checked out all the nice boats up there, then headed back to Pineapple Girl II relax for awhile before making dinner.  We had crab cakes with the remoulade sauce made earlier and then grilled up the flank steak.  We watched "PS I Love You" and were in bed before ten.  Happy New Year!

Saturday we slept in, then made bacon and eggs.  It was raining but we set off for West Marine and picked up a few items we needed for projects.  Then we tried to find somewhere for lunch but the two restaurants near West Marine were closed.  We picked up twice baked potatoes at Molly Stones then went back to the boat and ate them with left over flank steak and remoulade sauce on french rolls.  We didn't have enough pieces and parts to finish our many projects, though we were able to install a soap dispenser in the counter by the galley sink.  Later we headed over to the Sausalito Cruising Club to warm up and we had a few drinks.  They convinced us to stay for the buffet dinner and we watched a steady stream of ladies come in.  The bartender had told us that they were having a band that night that had a bit of an "alternative" following.  Being from the Bay Area, lesbians don't seem all that alternative but I guess he wanted to let us know in case that would make us uncomfortable.  We didn't last long enough for the band to come on.  We went back to the boat and watched two episodes of Saving the Bay.

Sunday we decided to walk down to the Sausalito Yacht Club for brunch.  It was really good, particularly Matt's Fried Egg BLT on croissant.  On the way back we stopped at Paradise Bay restaurant for a drink so we could use the bathroom and while we were there we noticed they had the 49ers game on and we ended up staying until the end of the game.  The niners finally won one!  We went back to the boat afterwards and grilled some chicken breasts we'd been marinating in a Tequila concoction (a Barefoot Contessa recipe).  We watched "The Changeling."

Monday dawned bright and cold.  We made bacon and eggs with biscuits and headed for home.  We had a great trip back after a lovely weekend.  When we got back to Coyote Point we got some diesel and pumped out the holding tank, then headed to our slip.  Gotta love this yachting stuff.