Firestone Walker recently opened their second Taproom Restaurant, the original one is located in Buellton, CA and the newest one is located across the street from their brewery on Ramada Drive in Paso Pobles. Now, to be honest we had heard mixed reviews on food and service, some … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2012
500 Blog Posts, What’s the Big Deal, You Ask?
I’ll tell you what the big deal is… As we have recently talked about, this blog really has brought us closer together for so many reasons. It’s our project together as well as our life album, our creativity, our writing, our experiences, our thoughts, and our adventures!! That’s … [Read more...]
Adventure #10; Spontaneous Saturday – What Would You Do?
We didn't have many plans this weekend...which is actually how it happens for us sometimes. We love these kind of weekends because it means we can sort of wing it and let our day go as it pleases. This Saturday was no different. The weather was beautiful and Spring is definitely … [Read more...]
Fenomenal: The Newest Joint in Our Town!
One of the interesting things in Paso Robles right now is that many new places have been popping up downtown and in this post we will talk about a new spot called Fenomenal. They classify themselves as having “World Fusion Tapas” and they definitely have a pretty intense wine and … [Read more...]
Sea Glass Festival in Cayucos – Who Knew???
Friends of ours recently invited us to go along with them to Cayucos where a Sea Glass Festival was going on…Sea Glass Festival? We had no idea one existed but maybe everything should have a festival; just another reason to celebrate right? … [Read more...]
Cannery Row Brewing Company; Monterey's Coolest Joint
There's this very cool and beautiful Coastal community here in California...maybe you've heard of it; Monterey? It's the spot where John Steinbeck hung out to get inspired to write about Cannery Row, and the home of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It's also just one of those places … [Read more...]
Hospice du Rhone Flashback – Girl and the Fig!
As you very well may know...Hospice du Rhone 2012 is coming soon! Come the end of April, we'll be basking in the glory of the Rhone! In honor of that, we wanted to bring you a flashback for your Rhonely viewing pleasure. We got to talk to Sondra of Girl and the Fig about her love … [Read more...]
Springtime Pruning: The Hoot n’ Annie Team
After leaving so many empty bottles behind us we felt we owed it to the wine industry to continue learning about what it takes to put all that alcohol laced juice in those clever glass carrying cases. Pruning is the name of this game! … [Read more...]
Blogging; How it Has Brought Us Closer Together
Annie and I started blogging in January of 2010 and life hasn't been the same since! We have previously written about some of the behind the scenes stuff here on this blog but one thing, possibly the most important thing we have yet to discuss is how blogging (which is a dumb … [Read more...]
World of Pinot Noir 2012 Was Awesome!
Sooooo…a funny thing happened on the way to World of Pinot Noir…we picked up a couple of local radio DJs! No joke, we really did. Adam and Jeremy, the infamous “Cork Dorks” on 92.5 The Krush were headed to WOPN and knew we were too so they asked for a lift. We couldn’t think of … [Read more...]