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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 September 19, 2021 Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz is a town located at the northern edge of Monterey Bay, about an hour south of San Jose. It is known primarily for its beach, its surfing, and its university. It has plenty of places to stroll, relax and people watch.
The Beach Boardwalk is home to an amusement area with [Read more …]
Category: Activities, Dining, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Hiking, Hotels, Hotels, Restaurants, Santa Cruz, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries By Joyce on September 17, 2021 The SFMOMA retrospective, Joan Mitchell
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) currently has an exhibit on Joan Mitchell (September 2021 – January 2022) called Joan Mitchell: A Life Lived through Color. It traces the evolution of her art over 50 years from 1940 through her death in the 1990s.
Abstract Expressionism
Joan Mitchell was [Read more …]
Category: Activities, California, Featured-City, Museums, San Francisco By Joyce on September 14, 2021 We love good food with fresh local ingredients. If you are looking for a place to eat in the Mendocino California area, you might want to check out some of our favorite places. And you can tell, we return to our favorites time and time again.
Wild Fish
Wild Fish is a short car ride [Read more …]
Category: Activities, California, Destinations, Dining, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Mendocino, North America, Restaurants, Travel, United States
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By Joyce on September 2, 2021 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance has been said to be the world’s premier celebration of the automobile. Whether it is or not, is an opportunity for car enthusiasts to see (and buy if they have big bank accounts) antique cars as well as to see new car debuts at this multi-day event at Pebble Beach. It [Read more …]
Category: California, Carmel, Destinations, Featured-Trips, North America, Pebble Beach, Travel, United States By Joyce on August 25, 2021 Cruising Alaska
We normally are not big fans of taking cruises. But sometimes it is the best way to see an area. We did our last trip in 2011 to Alaska through a combination of flights and boat day tours. This time we wanted to spend more time on the water and not in the [Read more …]
Category: Alaska, Destinations, Featured-Trips, Juneau, North America, Sitka, Travel, United States 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
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