Sorry Wives, No post tonight, I’m getting ready and packing for a mini holiday in San Francisco! I’m Leaving bright and early tomorrow morning and on my list of things to do in the city: The Balenciaga Exhibit at the De Young Museum, A16 Pizza, and of Course Dynamo Donuts! Enjoy your weekend – Taryn Cox for THE WIFE.

The Ramos House Café is situated in the heart of the Los Rios Historical District in San Juan Capistrano. It is the oldest remaining residential street in California, Los Rios dates back to 1794 when about 40 adobe structures were constructed to house soldiers and workers overseeing construction of the Mission.  The Ramos House, built in 1881, is representative of the board and batten homes built during this time. Originally built by the Aguilar Family, the house was the long time residence of the Ramos Family, one of San Juan Capistrano’s oldest families.

The idea of the Ramos House Café is simple. As in the old days, the owner lives and works at the house. The wines are kept in the cellar, the herbs are grown in the garden and the ice cream is turned out back. The menu is seasonal and can change daily.

The Ramos House specializes in Contemporary American Cuisine with an obvious tilt toward the South.  Current specialties include: Potato, Corn & Buttermilk Crab Cakes w/ Field Greens & Smoked Chili Remoulade; Mac ‘n Cheese w/ Smoked Chicken & Asparagus; Southern Fried Chicken Salad w/ Buttermilk Dressing; Scotch Quail Eggs; and Warm Rock Shrimp Bread Pudding. Dessert selections include Warm Banana Berry Shortcake, Buttermilk Pie and a variety of Home Turned Ice Creams.

On Saturday & Sunday, the Café offers a $35.00 per person brunch that is fantastic! The restaurant is open Tuesday through Sunday from 8:30AM to 3:00PM. Seating is ONLY outside on the patio, so it is suggested to go on a warm sunny day, If your feeling adventurous they do have plenty of heaters and offer individual blankets.

The Ramos House Cafe
31752 Los Rios Street,
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675

www.RamosHouse.Com

Monday Sophie and I took Lily and 3 of her friends on a Disneyland Adventure. Sophie was unofficially named best dressed women at the theme park, Lily and Erin rode Space Mountain their very first roller coaster (So Proud!) and with no melt downs or tantrums is was a wonderful day at the happiest place on earth!  – Taryn Cox for THE WIFE.

Tom Ford’s Five Commandments For Gentlemanly Gentlemen

The fashion designer offers five steps to being the ultimate modern gentleman.

To top it off, the man responsible for creating some of the most desirable fashion on the planet has also mastered the art of being the perfect gentleman, and has been kind enough to impart his five gentlemanly commandments toAnOther Magazine editor-in-chief Jefferson Hack. Men of the world, (especially scruffy, lazy, rude, bigots) take note:

1. You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you.

2. A gentleman today has to work. People who do not work are so boring and are usually bored. You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.

3. Manners are very important and actually knowing when things are appropriate. I always open doors for women, I carry their coat, I make sure that they’re walking on the inside of the street. Stand up when people arrive at and leave the dinner table.

4. Don’t be pretentious or racist or sexist or judge people by their background.

5. A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach.”

Image: Tommy Ton