All I Want Pho Christmas

My kids are going to turn into noodles. Another find, courtesy of Uncle Hiten: Phở Wagon (ok, bad name) in Sunnyvale, where they seem to welcome children. They actually offer a children's menu including kids' phở and kids' vermicelli, and they serve Martinelli's apple juice. There's another branch in San Jose.

One thing pilgrim families relocating to the Bay Area need not worry about: food. We aren't really even trying to find kid-friendly eating establishments. They're just there -- and what's great is that it's all kinds of cuisine, from Vietnamese, Chinese and Korean to Italian, Indian and In-and-Out (yes!). Cultivating colorful palates -- not a bad thing. But after eating out at least once a day this week, dinner selections have been tending toward the bland: bagels, Rice Krispies, yogurt smoothies.

We're subconsciously veering away from one food group specifically: Mexican. All I hear is that for SoCal transplants, it's nothing but a letdown up here. If anyone has any tips on this one, soy todo oídos!