Well, the answer is NO, but recently I have been involved in several conversations about the wineries in Paso Robles and how some of these big guys that are moving in to the area with all this money are hurting the small wineries…I just don’t buy it. This area would not and … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2012
Silver Horse Winery Friday Night Sunset Party
This past Friday night we went out to Silver Horse Winery for their Friday night party, called Friday Fete, that goes from 5:30 to sunset…they do this little shindig roughly the third Friday of every month. The one we just went to was crazy awesome…for $10 you get a wine glass … [Read more...]
First Annual Central Coast Oyster Festival
We just got back from the First Annual Central Coast Oyster Festival...I’m not sure what is going on but I think the Central Coast not only has the most bad ass events but we have the most bad ass event coordinators and organizers….seriously, I’m not kidding. After recently going … [Read more...]
Attention “Hospitality” Industry
I shouldn’t just pick on the hospitality industry because the problem I'm going to bring up is in every industry across the world, but the hospitality industry is where I’m focused. The reason behind this post is that I love the industry; my wife and I partake in many aspects of … [Read more...]
The Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival
It’s been a couple of weeks since the Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival took place so I’ve had the chance to hear what others have been saying about the event. Most of what’s being said is positive…some of the complaints were the big herd of people waiting to rush in … [Read more...]
Chardonnay Symposium: ABC, Anything But Complainers
This whole ABC (anything but Chardonnay) movement has me at a loss, how do you dislike one entire varietal? I can totally understand disliking Bud Light or Coors Light because each can (or bottle) is the exact same as the one beside it, but Chardonnay runs the gamut…just like … [Read more...]
Il Cortile Food Adventure; Doesn't Get Better Than This!
There's this restaurant just down the street from our house; it's called Il Cortile Ristorante, which means "the patio" in Italian. Now, this place doesn't serve up just your regular old school Italian food (not that there's anything wrong with old school Italian) they specialize … [Read more...]
Porter's Food Truck: Paso Robles Wine Fest 2012 Video Edition
A few weeks back we went to the Paso Robles Wine Festival in the lovely downtown park and actually did some videos, which we have been neglecting a little bit recently. So in this video edition we have an interview we did with Duncan of Porter’s Gourmet On The Go food truck. … [Read more...]
Hunter Ranch; Another Spontaneous Day, Adventure #19
It gets boring going to the same places all the time so this past weekend when we were talking about where we could go to do some work on our laptops Hunter Ranch Golf Course & Restaurant came to mind. We figured we could go enjoy their famous Sunday brunch and then hang out … [Read more...]
California Festival of Beer; San Luis Obispo
This ended up being one of those last minute things but it was definitely worth it; it’s a three day beer event that started in 1984 benefiting Hospice SLO and was held at the Madonna Inn Expo Center in San Luis Obispo. … [Read more...]