Our Wine Review Council met to try wines from two unique wine regions in Australia. The region of Wrattonbully (what a great name) was a newer region to our group… [Continue Reading]
Category: Food
Warm, rustic, inviting, chic. Those would be great words to describe The Smoking Goat in the North Park area of San Diego. French food can be overly rich or it… [Continue Reading]
You can’t grow lemons without water. That’s the lesson James Hartley learned when he tried to start a lemon orchard in the North Park area of San Diego. His original… [Continue Reading]
A Fairy Godmother waved her magic wand, and Oceanside became a Cinderella of a beach town in Southern California. During the late 1990’s, I lived in Carlsbad. I was… [Continue Reading]
Albuquerque sits right under the beautiful Sandia mountain range and has an elevation of 5,312 feet in a high desert. This is one of the oldest cities in the country… [Continue Reading]
What makes a perfect getaway for a few days? For me, it’s water, a beautiful hotel, shopping, some art, and good restaurants. I spent a couple of days in beautiful… [Continue Reading]
A quick trip to Costa Mesa was a welcome shopping change for me from the usual. While it might be beneficial to travel to one of the large… [Continue Reading]
Temecula, California, has a split personality. This is a good thing. Let me give you a little background about the city and what I see as a resident through… [Continue Reading]
Summer’s coming, the weather is heating up, and it’s time for “Rosé All Day.” Our Wine Review Council took the opportunity to explore a variety of colorful rosés to enjoy… [Continue Reading]
Several nights ago a fellow writer, Susan Montgomery, and I attended a media event at Boozehounds, a new dog-friendly restaurant in Palm Springs. We were wowed by the ambiance. We… [Continue Reading]
