As some of you may know, Annie and I heard about this local charity, must! charities, a while back and decided to get involved with them due to their focus on our local area and because of the amazing people that are involved. Our involvement thus far has been to donate a little … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2013
Paso Robles: Crush & Roll West 2013
We’re already about halfway through 2013 which means I can start getting excited about one of the local events I love so much…Crush and Roll West, an event celebrating the cigar and wine lifestyle. This event takes place at the Paso Robles Event Center September 6th and 7th … [Read more...]
Video: Rhone Rangers at Caliza Winery
Last week we headed over to Caliza Winery in Paso Robles for a Viognier tasting put on by the Rhone Rangers. Actually, thanks to our friend Steve B. for telling us about this little event…otherwise we would have missed it. Basically, there were 14 to 20 (I didn’t take … [Read more...]
Paso Robles: Sunday of Wine Festival Weekend
In my last blog post I talked about what we did on Saturday of Wine Festival weekend and now I want to talk about what we did Sunday. … [Read more...]
Paso Robles Wine Festival 2013: We Came, We Saw
This past weekend was the 31st Paso Robles Wine Festival and it was the first year in the last five or so that we chose not to go attend the main event in the downtown park. Instead, what we did was hang out at one of our absolutely favorite places…The Kilt (I know it’s … [Read more...]
I’m Leavin’ on a Jet Plane
Well, the truth is I am not but I would like to. Annie and I have always managed to be quite busy in our life together but add a baby on top of that and it’s mind numbing just how busy we are. Annie works a full time job and does all the back end stuff for our blogs and I have … [Read more...]
More Good Food, Please!!!
Recently I had some thoughts regarding the restaurant industry, and because most of the dining I do is in my local area I will have to speak from my experience here. There has been this huge push for local, fresh, farm to fork type dining and I am a huge fan of it. I’ve also … [Read more...]
A Hoot 'n Annie Wine Run
So, Happy Day After Mother’s Day! See, I think we can make everyday a Holiday of some sort and celebrate with alcohol and piñatas. Okay, maybe just the alcohol, no need to give a bunch of drunk adults baseball bats to swing blindly at a piñata…just seems like a bad idea. Now … [Read more...]
The Future of Hoot n Annie and Social Media
I posted this comment on my personal Facebook page (Matt Browne) yesterday: “I'm thinking about getting rid of our Hoot 'n Annie and Little Browne Facebook pages. Instead of spending the time updating 3 different FB handles I would just do this one. We've been downsizing in life … [Read more...]
Our Three Favorite Wines from April
Here we are…again. Another month gone that we’ll never get back and it’s a Monday…haha…just kidding. No negativity here. April flew by as all time does for us, nothing like having careers and a baby to soak it all up. … [Read more...]