A vegetarian take on Shepherd’s Pie with some awesome Jamaican spices.

For the full recipe and more thoughts on sustainable eating, visit

www.realmeneatgreen.com

Host: Tony Ho
Editing, sound and camera: Geoff Peters
Produced in collaboration with Birds in the House Productions.

www.birdsinthehouse.com

Honey Honey
599 Post St
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 351-2423

a great place for breakfast and lunch (and even dinner too!) in San Francisco CA. They serve a wide selection of sweet and savory crepes as well as sandwiches, soups, bagels, salads, pasta, burgers, drinks, and more!

www.honeyhoneycafeandcrepery.com/

They have a machine that makes freshly squeezed orange juice. This machine reminds me of the orange juice machines that Safeway used to have when I was a kid. Pile in the fresh whole oranges (peel and all) at the top of the machine and it will automatically squeeze out all the juice and collect it at the bottom. All the staff needs to do is turn the spout and the freshly squeezed wonderful juice comes out into your glass!

We had the Breakfast crepe and the Pesto Crepe, and we opted to get the side fruit salad (which had a generous amount of strawberries, banana, and kiwi).

I’d definitely like to go back to Honey Honey when I’m visiting San Francisco again. Thanks to the restaurant for a great breakfast, which powered us for a day of walking around the city!!

Chef Nei Chia Ji of San Francisco restaurant Jai Yun
and Chef Martin Yan of Yan Can Cook

Chef Martin Yan talks about the diversity and history of Shanghai Cuisine (Chinese).

Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin Street (between Fulton and McAllister Streets)
San Francisco, CA 94102

www.asianart.org

Recorded August 19th 2010 at the Matcha 2010 Drunken Dish Event. This cooking discussion was presented by the museum and the Asian Culinary Forum. www.asianculinaryforum.org/

Recording by Geoff Peters www.geoffmobile.com

Ocean Beach is the name of the wonderful sandy beach on the west side of San Francisco, near Golden Gate Park. It faces the Pacific Ocean, and has big cresting waves that roll in.

We went for a walk on a sunny day on the beach and enjoyed the beautiful warm sand, the cool ocean breeze, the birds playing in the surf, and people walking their dogs and running along the beach.

I’d love to go back to Ocean Beach. Visiting San Francisco was a really great vacation, and I could definitely spend more time there. I figure it will become an almost yearly trip for me for a change of scene (even though my home city of Vancouver Canada is a great place too).

Ocean Beach is accessible by transit from downtown San Francisco (just check Google Maps for transit directions!).

Recorded by Geoff Peters

www.geoffmobile.com

Here is a video of my birthday cake being decorated with sparklers and candles, which are then lit and the cake is brought to the table. I’ve edited out most of the singing of the happy birthday song but you can catch the end of it. The cake is a Tuxedo cake from Save on Foods in Delta, BC, Canada.

My birthday wish before I blew out the candles (which I will now make public!) is that everyone around me will find happiness in their lives.

Thanks to Mom, Dad, Byron and Tony for a wonderful 29th birthday!
All the best, Love and happiness.
Geoff

(btw the camera used in this video is a Canon EOS T2i, recording video in 30 frames per second full HD 1080p). I highly recommend this camera.

we visited Saigon Sandwiches, Banh Mi Saigon, 560 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA 94102. phone: 415.474.5698

in the “Little Saigon” area of San Francisco.

Shown are the Tofu sandwich, the Special Combination sandwich, the Vietnamese Bean Pudding, and the rice wrapped in banana leaves.

We were sitting near the San Francisco City Hall across from the Asian Art Museum downtown and lots of birds started surrounding us once they saw we were eating. There was also a cute corgi dog that started licking up the crumbs.

For more videos from our trip to San Fran, please visit www.geoffmobile.com

Special thanks to the restaurant, Saigon Sandwich, great food, and very reasonable prices! Total meal of both sandwiches as well as the two other items came to just over $10 USD.

Saigon Sandwich was voted best sandwich in 2010 for San Francisco Bay Area according to CitySearch.

Some photos from our trip to San Fran can be found here:

www.flickr.com/photos/gpeters/sets/72157624770673192/

Have a great day!
All the best,
Geoff

Bye Bye Blackbird, a jazz standard composed by Ray Henderson with lyrics by Mort Dixon. Geoff Peters performs an original arrangement (improvised) on acoustic solo piano.

Check out the Miles Davis recording of this tune from the album Miles Davis at Newport 1958 (sorry, not Kind of Blue) or the version by Keith Jarrett on his album Bye Bye Blackbird (1993).

Check out my band’s web site for Vancouver live jazz band in BC Canada, the Geoff Peters Trio www.gpeters.com

A Birds in the House Production

www.birdsinthehouse.com

Filmed on a Canon EOS T2i in full HD 1080P.

Piano is a European Petrof upright, imported by Yonatan Torn pianos in Vancouver BC Canada www.tornpiano.com Specializing in Eurpoean pianos and Steinway.

Cottage Bistro
4470 Main Street
Vancouver, BC V5V 3R3
(604) 876-6138

www.cottage-bistro.com

Recorded August 9th 2010.

The song is All the Things You Are by Jerome Kern.

Alexander K. drums, www.myspace.com/alexanderklassen
Ian C. trumpet
Joshua C. tenor sax joshuacapri.com/
Geoff Peters on piano. www.gpeters.com

other band members please message me and I’ll add your links here too! geoff@gpeters.com

A Birds in the House Production

www.birdsinthehouse.com

Lotus Chinese Restaurant (not Lotus Garden as said in the video)
8939 – 120th Street, Delta, BC, Canada V4C 6R8
Phone: 778-593-7366

www.dineouthere.com

Great Chinese food near 120th Street and 90th Ave. in North Delta BC Canada across the street from Surrey BC Canada.

Shown in video:
-family driving along 120th Street past the temple, Krispy Kreme donut place, arriving in parking lot
-exterior and interior of restaurant
-lunch menu

Dishes pictured:
-Assorted seafood and tofu soup
-Pork Lettuce Wrap with Hoi-Sin sauce
-Mixed vegetables with cashew nuts (nice clean flavor, fresh ingredients)
-House Special Chow Mein
-Eggplant, Scallops, and Egg Tofu with Szechuan Sauce in Hot Pot
-Steamed rice
-Fortune cookies
-Receipt

Thanks to Mom and Dad for the great meal, and for the Lotus Chinese restaurant in Delta BC Canada for serving such great food with good service.

www.geoffmobile.com

See you next time!
-Geoff

Some Day My Prince Will Come by Larry Morey (lyrics) & Frank Churchill (music) performed by PDAMCA Adult Week combo. www.pdamca.com

Thanks to Phil, Ian, Don, and everyone who took part in the camp for a great week!

Thanks to my wonderful dad Neil Peters for recording this concert. (Recorded using a Panasonic DMC-ZR3).

www.geoffmobile.com

Jerry writes:
Thanks Neil for recording this, thanks to Geoff for posting, and special thanks to Ian McDougall for creating this arrangement for us and to Don Thompson and Ian for their direction. Great camping with you. BTW, that’s Tim K. on soprano, Ian C. on trumpet, Paul on trombone, Alexander K. on drums, Rick R. on bass, Geoff P. on piano, and Jerry S. on guitar.