May 13

Diane breakfasting at Mikayla in the Casa Madrona.

The Casa Madrona was our favorite weekend getaway for many years. When we went there (once or twice a year from '98 to '04) it was an odd but romantic collection of little rooms distributed up a steep hillside by the Sausalito yacht harbor, and had this wonderful restaurant at the top. The hotel was bought by an out of state chain, though, which expanded the facility into the huge shell of an old parking garage next door, installed a new bar on the ground floor... and closed this restaurant.

Date: May 13, 2000
Location: Sausalito, California
By: SH