Recently, while in the Portland, Oregon airport waiting to fly to San Jose, Annie and I got to experience two different types of people. One was the type that was taking care of dozens of other people, largely by herself, and doing it with an outstanding attitude and the other … [Read more...]
Travel: Our Trip To Portland, Oregon
We recently took a trip up to Portland, Oregon but this trip was a bit different. This was the first big trip, as in having to get on a plane, we didn’t take Sammy on. We’ve left him with really good friends overnight before but this was the first three night trip away and it … [Read more...]
Q&A with Maggie Tillman of Alta Colina – Part 2
Happy Friday folks and welcome to Part 2 of my Q&A with Maggie Tillman of Alta Colina Winery. If you missed Part 1 you can catch that here. Have a great Easter weekend. … [Read more...]
April 1st Isn’t Very Funny to Me
I was looking at my calendar to check dates of certain wine events coming up now through the end of April and of course my eyes stopped when I saw April 1. In doing a double take at that date I was unsure at first but quickly realized that is the anniversary of my grandfather’s … [Read more...]
Earth Day Food and Wine Festival
You have probably heard my talk about Earth Day Food and Wine Festival before and guess what, it’s that time of year again. This event, put on by The Vineyard Team, is without question a premier Central Coast event. If you have never attended you are missing out on one of the … [Read more...]
Q&A with Maggie Tillman of Alta Colina – Part 1
Anyone that knows of Alta Colina knows that they are making some of the best wines in the Paso Robles area. They are just one of those places that has it all: great wine, small production, talented winemaker, and a truly fun and down to earth group of people. … [Read more...]
Best Restaurants in Paso Robles?
Many months ago I had posed this question on three different Facebook pages that I run: “If someone came into Paso Robles from out of town, which restaurant would you refer them to for a great meal?” As usual, some of the answers didn’t make sense to me (you’ll see why when you … [Read more...]
Tasting Room Etiquette
We were recently driving in the car and had the radio on. It was tuned in to 92.5 The Krush here in San Luis Obispo County and it happened to be while David Wilson of Grape Encounters Radio was on. We were catching the last segment in which he was chatting with Sara Schneider … [Read more...]
Il Cortile Races to Fight Cancer
We received a press release this morning informing us about Il Cortile’s involvement in raising money and awareness for Cancer Support Community through the Tour of Paso cycling event on March 21. I do not share very many press releases because in my mind most of them aren’t … [Read more...]
Where To Eat: McPhee’s Grill in Templeton, CA.
Another favorite restaurant of mine is McPhee’s Grill in Templeton. Due to the fact that we live in Paso Robles and it’s easy to just drive downtown we don’t get to McPhee’s as much as we’d like BUT…we went there for our last date night. … [Read more...]
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