In California, "U-Pick" farms are very popular.  Drive an hour and half, in any direction away from the city of San Francisco, and you will stumble onto a farm that boasts for you to pick your own fruit.  But what happens after you've had your fun picking fruit and you realize that you have pounds and pounds of fruit that no human can eat without the aid of pepto bismol.  You can always make jam and preserve the fruit, but you'll tire of that just as easily as eating the fresh fruit.  Here are some great ways to use the fruit that you have.

Cherry Tea Cake

Vanilla Bean and Cherry Cheesecake

Cherry and Lemon Spritzer