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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 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 By Joyce on November 10, 2019 The current political controversy had put the Ukraine has been in the U.S. news recently (fall 2019). But we planned a visit to the Ukraine long before all of this.
The Ukraine’s current struggle has its roots in Mikel Gorbachev’s 1991 decision to grant Ukraine its independence. Today it is mired between Vladimir Putin’s para-military-based [Read more …]
Category: Chernobyl, Destinations, Europe, Featured-City, Kiev, Lviv, Travel, Ukraine By Joyce on November 6, 2019 It’s been years since we have been to Munich—decades since we have spent any time here.
While we were once here (decades ago) for the Christmas Market, the closest we came to Octoberfest was a breakfast beer at the Hofbrau the morning of the day Octoberfest was to open (before we had to leave for [Read more …]
Category: Activities, Destinations, Europe, Featured-City, Germany, Munich, Museums, Travel
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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 By Joyce on July 28, 2019 In case you haven’t figured it out yet, we are passionate about wine. On any trip,we always scout out local wine regions to educate ourselves and our readers about wines, wine events and wine regions. Living in San Francisco, some of the best wine regions and events are close to home. Just two hours north [Read more …]
Category: Destination Type, Featured-Trips, Food & Wine, SF-Passion, SF-Wine/Wineries, Travel, Wine Events, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries
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