A Food, Spirits & Wine Blog

For my third and final blog about our recent Sonoma wine country vacation, I’ll continue my list of our favorite things about Sonoma and what we experienced while we were there! Bodega Head on the Pacific Coast Favorite Resort/Inn We stayed at two different places during our 10-day Sonoma trip (well, actually three if you include our last night at the Grand Hyatt at SFO airport) – one was a small luxury inn located in Forestville, and the other a larger luxury resort in Heald

Our recent vacation to Sonoma was epic – there was so much to love about the Sonoma valley, coast, and mountains. Last week I wrote about the things that made Sonoma such a great travel destination. This week, I’ll share a few of my favorite things from our visit to this beautiful wine region in California! View from Copain Winery Picking our favorite memories from our Sonoma visit was much harder than I could have imagined, but after careful thought and many conversations wi

Laurie and I recently returned from a 10-day wine tasting vacation in Sonoma, and we agree – Sonoma is our new favorite wine destination! And that’s saying something, given our frequent forays into Napa Valley, our retirement celebration trip to the Willamette Valley in Oregon, and other favorite wine destinations like Monterey/Caramel Valley, and Virginia wine country! So, what makes Sonoma so great? Read on to find out! Wine tasting at Paul Hobbs Winery Sonoma County enco

Laurie and I have now been retired for half a decade – it’s hard to believe how fast the last five years have flown by! And we have loved every minute of it, which makes me wonder what all the so-called experts and pundits are actually talking about when they opine on how horrible retirement would be, or is for those who are already experiencing it. Let’s set the record straight on retirement, once and for all!! Enjoying retirement watching the evening sunset from our lanai -

In last week’s blog I talked about my qualifications for a modern-day American hero and introduced two of my heroes – Jose Andres and my dad. This week I’ll introduce my last three modern day American heroes and why they made my list! Bruce Springsteen Bbbbrrrrrrruuuuuuuccccccceeeeee! The Boss, AKA Bruce Springsteen, makes my list of modern-day American heroes. In addition to being one of my all-time favorite musical artists, I hold great admiration for his efforts and abi