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Our passion for art, learning and culture all began after finishing graduate school when we moved to…
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- A Passion for Food and Wine
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We love food. We love wine. But while we certainly enjoy the aromas, tastes and textures of both, we…
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- A Passion for the San Francisco Bay Area
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Tom and Joyce love exploring, finding interesting restaurants, touring wine regions, hiking and goin…
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- A Passion for Travel
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Tom and Joyce seem to have been born to travel. Although neither of us experienced much of it as chi…
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By Joyce on November 19, 2019 Vienna Austria is the long-time political (home of the Habsburg Dynasty and Austro-Hungarian Empire), cultural (temporary homes to Mozart, Beethoven, and Strauss), academic (Vienna University, Freud, etc.) and fashion capitals of Europe.
Although the city suffered severe comeuppances in both world wars, it has recouped significant portions of its glamour and its prestige (if not [Read more …]
Category: Austria, Destinations, Europe, Featured-City, Travel, Vienna By Joyce on November 16, 2019 Chernobyl Background
One of the reasons we wanted to visit the Ukraine was to visit Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident until Fukashima. We took a full day 100 km tour of the area. After looking at the various options, we choose a smaller tour of 18 people maximum and booked through [Read more …]
Category: Chernobyl, Destinations, Europe, Featured-City, Travel, Ukraine By Joyce on November 13, 2019 Kiev Ukraine is one of the oldest cities in Eastern Europe. It has been a major commercial center since at least the 5th century when it was on the trade route between Scandinavia and Constantinople. Like Lviv Ukraine, it has had a tortuous history. The Vikings first conquered in the 9th century. The Mongols completely [Read more …]
Category: Activities, Destinations, Dining, Europe, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Hotels, Hotels, Kiev, Restaurants, Travel, Ukraine
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By Joyce on November 18, 2019 Farallon Restaurant has a long tradition of hosting an annual pinot noir tasting that draws pinot producers from around the U.S. and, less regularly, from other countries.
It continued this tradition with its November 2019 PinotFest tasting. We attended the trade tasting on the day before the consumer tasting. We tasted more than 100 wines [Read more …]
Category: Featured-Trips, Food & Wine, SF-Passion, SF-Wine/Wineries, Wine Events, Wine/Wineries By Joyce on October 17, 2019 OK, we admit it. We’re suckers for Pinot Noir and Pinot Noir wine events. Even better when an event takes place in San Francisco, our home town.
PinotFest, The Great Big Bacchanalia, is one of those local SF events that we try to make every year. The 21st annual event will take place on November [Read more …]
Category: California, Destinations, Featured-Trips, Food & Wine, North America, San Francisco, Travel, United States, Wine Events By Joyce on October 10, 2019 Although we travel about 6 months a year, we rarely post reviews of individual airlines. We have been on some good ones and some not so good ones. Probably the best has been Emirates. Their coach is more like business class in the US. And the flight attendants are very good.
Many people detest [Read more …]
Category: Featured-Trips
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