As we suspected, the best Halloween decorations in Los Angeles have returned! They didn’t make an appearance in 2021, and we feared that the homeowners…
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Sampling Napa’s Farmstead Restaurant
Andy knew that he wanted to sample the culinary delights of Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch (aka Farmstead Restaurant) even before we went to Napa.…
View More Sampling Napa’s Farmstead RestaurantDiscovering Napa Valley Olive Oil
A visit to Napa Valley Olive Oil in St. Helena, California, was a long-held desire for Andy. And it makes sense. He does most of…
View More Discovering Napa Valley Olive OilTouring a Japanese Garden in Pasadena
You would be amazed at the many stunning Japanese gardens located in and around Los Angeles. We first started seeing them pop up on television…
View More Touring a Japanese Garden in PasadenaExperiencing the Immersive Van Gogh Art Exhibit
From the moment I first saw the ads online, I knew I wanted to get tickets to the Immersive Van Gogh art exhibit when it…
View More Experiencing the Immersive Van Gogh Art ExhibitTips For Your First Napa Valley Wine Tasting
A Napa Valley wine tasting tour had been my goal for several years. Andy and I almost went five years ago for his mother’s birthday,…
View More Tips For Your First Napa Valley Wine TastingVisiting Francis Ford Coppola’s Inglenook Museum
One surprising highlight of our Inglenook wine tasting was the chance to leisurely roam through a mini museum. It turns out that when the Coppolas…
View More Visiting Francis Ford Coppola’s Inglenook MuseumNapa Valley Wine Tasting #6: Inglenook Winery
Our last stop on our Napa Valley wine tasting tour was Inglenook Winery. We chose Inglenook for two reasons: 1) I had delighted in Rubicon…
View More Napa Valley Wine Tasting #6: Inglenook WineryNapa Valley Wine Tasting #5: Schweiger
Our Napa Valley wine tasting tour itinerary left some room for happy discoveries. Even in May, you had to make reservations for tastings, so spontaneity…
View More Napa Valley Wine Tasting #5: SchweigerNapa Valley Wine Tasting #4: Honig
We had some loosely defined goals when we first made plans to go on a Napa Valley wine tasting tour. We wanted a blend of…
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