
| Hog Island Oyster Co. | I love raw bars, especially for the oysters. If you've never had raw oysters, I would encourage you to try them at least once, and at a place like this where the staff will be happy to answer your questions about texture and salinity. Otherwise, their grilled oysters are also delicious and tend to pack together great combinations of flavors into the little shells. Sit at the bar so you can watch the pros shuck. If all else fails, their grilled cheese sandwich is one of the best to be had in the Bay Area; it makes my stomach rumble every time I smell them making one.
| Three Twins Ice Cream | A local ice cream company specializing in great organic ice cream. Get the Cookie Jar flavor if they have it—it takes "cookies and cream" to a whole other level by using three different types of cookies in their smooth vanilla ice cream. If you love chai, get Dad's Cardamom.
| Kara's Cupcakes | Our favorite cupcake maker has a shop at the Oxbow Public Market, too. If you've never partaken before, get the Fleur de Sel—a chocolate cupcake filled with caramel and topped with chocolate ganache frosting and a sprinkle of fleur de sel. Then, keep going back to try every flavor at least once. Over the weekend, Kara herself happened to be there and she was sweet enough to take time to pose for a photo with us and listen as Nick and I gushed about how we served her cupcakes at our wedding and are her biggest fans. She rocks.

| Photo Credit: top section. Me; bottom. A nice stranger. |
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Wow, THE Kara! We were very grateful for the tip--Chris got a pizza from one of the Italian places and I got duck tacos from the Mexican grill, and we shared cardamom ice cream and a chocolate-peanut butter cupcake for dessert. :)
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