As a budding minimalist, I’ve gotten comfortable questioning new purchases, reflecting on what things I keep around me and decluttering. To date, my minimizing…
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Author: Patricia
It’s Probably Not the Grape You Hate
Everyone has a wine they try to avoid at all costs. Something they just don’t enjoy. For me that wine was Chardonnay. Chardonnay is…
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Visiting Cambria Beach Lodge on Moonstone Beach in Cambria, California
If you are looking for a hotel with thoughtful amenities, comfortable beds and a location across from Moonstone Beach in Cambria, California, book an ocean…
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Your Summer of Rosé
Nothing goes better with a sun-drenched summer day than a chilled glass of rosé. Long the drink of choice in Provence, rosé has become a…
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The Librarian’s Bookshelf
The first few wine books I bought when I started wanting to know more about wine were not much help. They had a lot of…
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Starter Wines
When someone starts getting serious about wine they tend to start drinking more expensive, usually drier wines; wines with more acid and tannin. They…
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Visiting Manzanar
Manzanar. You can’t visit it without being impacted in some way. It’s still a difficult place, even though many decades have passed. In fact, it…
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Quitting Your Job: Financial Plans
If you’ve read my piece on the best advice I didn’t take when I quit my job, you probably know that I believe your…
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An Introduction to The Librarian & The Vine
Hello and welcome to The Librarian & The Vine! Thank you for reading. I hope this column will have a little something for everyone–wine recommendations,…
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Defining Those Someday Goals
You would think that by calling a blog “Those Someday Goals,” I would already have a laminated list. It turns out that while I do…
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