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We [HEART] Cowgirl Creamery

We never get close to the Ferry Building without going in and spending an obscene amount of money on tasty salted pig parts and cheese!  It's probably a good thing that  Cowgirl Creamery  isn't closer to us; I'd just have to sign my paycheck over to them each month. This trip the boys even turned down lunch at a restaurant. They just wanted to go to the Ferry Building and get some cheese and meats. I'm down with that. Jake went to find somewhere to sit and I took the mini-caseophiles into Cowgirl. The boys grabbed a number and waited, impatiently, for their turn with the cheese specialist. "Number eighteen?" one of them called. "Right here," declared R, waving his number. "I'd like some Red Hawk, please." Click to read more about the Red Hawk:  here . It's a family favorite. And this time around, he didn't mess around with half of a wheel. We got the whole thing! "I'd like to try a bleu chees...

Our Cowgirl Creamery Stop {Cheese Tasting}

We never get close to the Ferry Building without going in and spending an obscene amount of money on tasty salted pig parts and cheese! Caseophiles all. It's probably a good thing that Cowgirl Creamery isn't closer to me; I'd just have to sign my paycheck over to them each month. The boys grabbed a number and waited, impatiently, for their turn with the cheese specialist. "Number five?" one of them called. "Right here," declared Dylan, waving his number. "I'd like to try a bleu cheese, please," said the Wombat. She looked at him skeptically, then glanced over his head at me. I nodded. She shrugged and began to point out a few bleus. He asked, first, for the Colston Bassett Shropshire Blue. Though he did try the other bleus she offered, we took home a wedge of the Shropshire. Shropshire Blue is a cow's milk blue cheese from the United Kingdom and is, technically, a cross between Stilton and Cheshire. The dist...