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Christmas in Napa with Michel Foch and Silver Oak

Posted on: December 28, 2025January 1, 2026

We headed up to Napa on Christmas Day afternoon. The ride was uneventful and we grabbed a snack at the Hotel Villagio bar at the Estate Yountville. The […]

NaBloPoMo 2024: Day 1

Posted on: November 1, 2024November 2, 2024

Ok, ok. Full disclosure, I’m back-dating this entry to 1 Nov but it’s my blog and I’ll do what I want! NaBloPoMo stands for National Blog Posting Month […]

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Free Wine

Posted on: June 22, 2020

After the Medlock Ames virtual wine tasting, I was on the lookout for similar events. My father-in-law had mentioned Venge several times when discussing Napa/Sonoma trips so I […]

California / Family / Napa / Sonoma

72 Hours in Sonoma and Napa

Posted on: November 16, 2018

A long-standing weekend trip finally arrived last week! SMS and I had made plans with his parents to go to Sonoma/Napa for Veteran’s Day weekend. Linda and I […]

California / Family / Mt. Tam / Napa / NorCal Road Trip / Redwoods / Sweet Sunshine

Birthday Weekend, Part 3: Napa, Mt Tam, Muir Woods

Posted on: April 9, 2016May 28, 2021

Cloudy start to our estate tour! The dog is Jasper, annihilator of sticks. Sunday started off with another round of Bouchon pastries (for the win!), coffee and juice. […]

California / Family / Napa / NorCal Road Trip / Parents

Birthday weekend, Part 2: Napa!

Posted on: April 8, 2016May 28, 2021

After sleeping soundly in the guesthouse’s comfortable beds, we woke up to celebrate my birthday! SMS and I were up first so we headed to Bouchon Bakery for […]

Napa / NorCal Road Trip / San Francisco

Napa Marathon Weekend

Posted on: March 10, 2016May 28, 2021

Although Napa is fairly close by, J and I decided to make a short getaway out of our trip. On Saturday, we met up at the Runner’s Expo […]

Marathon / Napa / Sweet Sunshine / Tokyo Day Trip / Work it out

Napa Valley Marathon 2016 Recap

Posted on: March 9, 2016May 28, 2021

This past Sunday, I ran my first marathon in 11 years! It was the culmination of a pretty awesome training program. I was really happy that I stuck […]