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- A Passion for Art, Learning and Culture
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Our passion for art, learning and culture all began after we finished graduate school and moved to C…
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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, w…
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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,…
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- A Passion for Travel
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Tom and Joyce love to travel. Neither of us traveled much as children. But from the moment we finish…
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By Joyce on May 7, 2021 Santa Barbara is a lovely, historic city on California’s Central Coast region. It has a growing number of interesting boutique wineries/tasting rooms in the “Funk District” and tasting rooms of some of our favorites Santa Rita Hills and Santa Maria Valley wineries. That is more than enough incentive to return to one of our favorite [Read more …]
Category: California, Destination Type, Destinations, Featured-City, North America, Santa Barbara, Travel, United States, Wine Region, Wine Tastings, Wine/Wineries By Joyce on April 29, 2021 Paso Robles is located in California’s Central Coast Wine Region in the San Luis Obispo county.
The Paso Robles AVA is mostly known for Zinfandel grapes. However, it also produces Cabernet Sauvignon and Rhone blends such as Syrah, Viognier, and Roussanne.
Since last year’s plans were so unceremoniously disrupted by Covid, this is our [Read more …]
Category: Featured-City, Paso Robles, Wine Region, Wine Tastings, Wine/Wineries By Joyce on April 22, 2021 Calder and Picasso
The deYoung Museum in San Francisco currently has an interesting special exhibit that traces the parallels between Calder and Picasso.
Calder and Picasso were among the most innovative and influential artists of the first three decades of the 21st century. Pablo Picasso was 18 years older than his contemporary, Alexander Calder. The [Read more …]
Category: Featured-City, Museums, San Francisco
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By Joyce on March 10, 2020 Premier Napa Valley (PNV) is Napa valley’s primary showcase for futures auction of barrels of its most recent vintage wines. The event attracts wine professionals, and those from the wine trade and media from around the world. It also attracts us. It gives us a chance to taste and report on vintages that we will [Read more …]
Category: California, Destinations, Dining, Featured-Trips, Napa, North America, Restaurants, Travel, United States, Wine Events, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries By Joyce on February 17, 2020 We can never stay away from New York City, even if we only pass through it for a few days. We recently stopped by for 2 plays and some food.
New York City Theater Ain’t Too Proud to Beg: The Temptations. We enjoyed hearing the group’s incredible songs, listening to the harmonies and watching the [Read more …]
Category: Destinations, Dining, Featured-Trips, New York, New York City, North America, Restaurants, Theater, Travel, United States By Joyce on December 22, 2019 Burning Man is an annual event, or should we say happening, that takes place in Black Rock Desert in northwestern Nevada. Burning Man is a gathering of a community in a temporary city, not to be confused as a festival. Each attendee is a participant in the event and is encourage to provide something to [Read more …]
Category: Activities, California, Destinations, Featured-Trips, Museums, North America, San Francisco, Travel, United States
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