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Tasting the fun wines at Brays for the Big Crush in Amador County. I enjoyed the Tempernaillo and the smoked sausage

MONTEREY - It’s the last day of our vacation. I woke up at 5 AM and I felt relaxed. Typically, my body senses I slept in and sounds a panic alarm for being late for work. I suppose it will take a day or two before I sync up with my graveyard schedule.
On this [...]

Diverse works of art in Carmel Valley. Just as enjoyable as tasting the regional wine

A Wine Detour in Lodi, originally uploaded by queenkv.

Stopping in Lodi for tasty wine from Michael David’s. The sunflowers look so cheerful.

Viva my weekend.
I’m taking it easy for these last days of being 29-years-old.

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Last month, we ended up in Lodi after the Stockton Asparagus Festival. An air-conditioned wine tasting at the Lodi Visitor’s Center helped revive us. The festival was fun but we were wiped out from walking through 100-degree weather and [...]

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Wine and food by Lodi Lake spells out good times for Zinfest. We enjoyed tasting the local vintages.

Today, I went for a short run before my skating session. The last few weeks, I’ve been treating these sessions like a workout: rolling out of the house without warming up or stretching. Running about 1.25 miles helped me get more into athlete mode when I stepped on the ice this morning.
And yesterday, I ran [...]

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Enjoying a red wine flight at the Bounty Hunter in Napa.

On St. Patrick’s Day, we searched

I’m spending my weekend catching up on my blogs. So, I’m going through this month and trying to expand on some memorable meals.
This year, we spread out our Valentine’s Celebration over three days. We started in Lodi with a decadent tour of the wineries. The next day, we celebrated the romantic holiday at Ella [...]