Lately, it seems, there has been a strange trend. Rather than going to friends’ houses for dinner parties, going to the restaurant with another couple, or grabbing coffee with a good buddy, people are sitting behind their computers and socializing virtually. While social media has really opened up a lot of venues for keeping in …
Creekside Cellars’ Wine and Cheese Fest
Every year, Creekside Cellars hosts wine and cheese fest. During the event, many people come in to taste wine and cheese from around the region. Wining Husband and I were curious and decided that we would attend. Boy, were there a lot of people there! We were glad we showed up a few minutes later …
Creekside: A Little of This and a Little of That
This week’s Creekside Cellars tasting as a mish-mash of different wines. Of the 9 we tasted, we liked 9 of the wines. Here are our notes on the wines we tasted. 2011 Fillaboa Albarino, Rias Baixas, Spain ($17) – This wine was floral, crisp, and refreshing. It tasted of mandarins, sweet apples, and …
Costume Construction and a Haunted Corn Maze
Kids are a lot of fun, especially during this time of year. In the previous post, I talked about how I have a whole collection of Halloween-inspired things I want to do this year. It turns out my son needed a costume for a presentation in his history class. Since he’d already mentioned his admiration …
Pinterest Addiction: Too Many Halloween Crafts to Make
It’s official. I am addicted to Pinterest. I’ve pinned way more crafts than I can ever make in a lifetime to my board. In my defense, it’s a great source for people who want to come back to things later and actually make things. In reality, it becomes a virtual bookmarking tool where, …
Funny Wine Sayings
There has been an abundance of funny wine saying memes floating around Facebook and other social media. A lot of these have been posted on Someecards, where users can create their own memes. Here are a few examples: Whenever I find a fun wine saying or meme, I post it on the Wining Wife …
Running after a Break
When you start running again after a long break, it’s important to ease back into it. Otherwise, you could end up with muscle cramps – or worse – a knee or ankle injury. Instead, you’ve got to start out slow and build up slowly and steadily over a period of several weeks. As you may …
Commentary: Columbus Day
Columbus day is a very tricky holiday. Ever since I took my college history class, I’ve had mixed emotions about what those of us who lived in the Bay Area called indigenous people’s day. Christopher Columbus and his men did horrible things to the Native Americans he found in the West Indies. (Howard …
The Mozart Mile and Sierra Oro Farm Trail Day Two
Today, we ran the Mozart Mile – a 5K race where every quarter-mile you pass a performer. The purpose of the race is to raise money for programs at the North State Symphony. It’s a lot of fun, and I hadn’t run in a race all year (I know, bad me!). It was my getting …
Sierra-Oro Farm Trail – Day One
The Sierra-Oro Farm Trail, like the North Sierra Wine Trail, is quite the North State event. There are many wineries and farms on the trail – 22 stops altogether – so it makes it difficult to see everything in the two-day schedule. So, we had to prioritize. We covered most of the Chico area today. …
