--- title: 'A Warm Welcome and Peanut Butter Pretzels' date: '2024-07-21 15:55' template: entry published: true hero_image: 'photo-1.jpg' lat: '' lng: '' location_city: '' location_country: '' weather_temp_c: '' weather_desc: '' --- 18.7 - $5 in my pocket, a plane ticket and an exit stamp from the EU... SF here we come! Couldn't have wished for a warmer welcome by my friend. A personal chauffeur from the airport to home, a beer and charcuterie board and a trip to the store... Super lovely! Perverse food no.1: peanutbutter pretzels, as a peanutbutter aficionado my heart is again warming up for the US and its shared peanutbutter craze