Recommended vegetarian restaurant in San Francisco and Berkeley, CA- Cha-Ya

I highly recommend Cha - Ya Restaurant for yummy vegetarian fare! I have gone to the San Francisco location on Valencia Street in the Mission district and it was delicious!  They do not have a kids menu, but my son loved the miso soup, noodles, and other fare!

Resources:

Cha-Ya
Vegan Cuisine Inspired by Zen Cooking
762 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA  94110
San Francisco, CA
(415) 252-7825

This restaurant is on Valencia Street, near the Dandelion Chocolate shop, which is perfect for dessert!

Junior Engineer Day in San Francisco, CA through the Golden Gate Model Railroad Club - at the Randall Museum

Today, November 15, 2014 is Junior Engineer Day!  Children get to actually run a line!  The event is held at the Randall Museum in San Francisco.

Resources:

Golden Gate Model Railroad Club
Engineer Day

Randall Museum
199 Museum Way
San Francisco, CA  94114
(415) 554-9600

Ifshin's violin store in El Sobrante,CA - great place to rent violins

USS Hornet open today, with services at 11:00AM- great way to spend Veteran's Day

Cool Patch Pumpkins, 2014

Cool Patch Pumpkins, along Highway 80 near Davis, is very dog friendly. He was even welcome on the hayride!  The place is Mo heaven with tons of yummy snacks and other smells to sniff, hay to roll around in, humans to give him attention, and plenty of places to play chase with his humans!  We humans love this place too, it is the best pumpkin patch we've ever been to.

Why?

-The people who work here are really friendly and accommodating. 

-Tractor rides

-Pumpkins really grow here, and can be seen on the vine -- great selection.

-Vats of corn for playing in.

-4-wheeled car-like bikes to ride on a dirt track through a cornfield 

-All kinds of forts for children and dogs to run in and out of.
-With 5 or more children, you can have a school discount!

Melissa & Doug role play sets make great costumes! Fun even after Halloween!

I love the Melissa & Doug role play sets.  My son has been playing with them for at least a few years!  They are a wonderful for Halloween since the kit includes everything you need, then you can add your own accents for fun!

My son is loves dressing up as a cowboy right now, we started with a Melissa and Doug kit, then added our own touches from a Western wear store!

Resources:

Melissa & Doug
1-800-284-3948
www.MelissaAndDoug.com
P.O. Box 590, Westport, CT  06881

Bishop Pumpkin Patch, Wheatland,CA- tractor rides, pig show, railroad, apple cider-

My favorite pumpkin patch I've been to in California is the Cool Patch Pumpkins in Dixon, CA near the Milk Farm sign off I-80.  Yet, I've been told by some that the Bishop pumpkin patch in Wheatland is awesome!   Supposedly, it has more trees than Cool Patch.

Resources:

Bishop Pumpkin Patch
www.bishopspumpkinfarm.com
1415 Pumpkin Lane
Wheatland, CA
95692
(530) 633-2568