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Wines of Mendoza, malbecs and more
It’s two weeks before harvest starts in Mendoza. Wine makers are a bit nervous about this year’s vintage because the area has had twice the normal amount of rain this season. Many of the vineyards have netting over the vines because … Continue reading
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Tagged Argentina, Catena Zapata, Dominio del Plata, food, Francis Mallmann, Maria Antonieta, Melipal, Mendoza, Salentein, wine, Zuccardi
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Our Argentinean Food Experience
Beef. It’s what’s for dinner in Argentina. Much more, of course. We went to a top-rated restaurant early in our stay in Buenos Aires. It’s called The Argentine Experience and sounds like a touristy activity, but it was actually very … Continue reading
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Tagged al disco, alfajores, Argentina, beef, cappaccino, empanada, food, mate, wine
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Our Northern California Getaway
After traveling the world for more than a year, it was great to stop and nest in northern California, Truckee to be specific. We found a home away from home in Stephen and Kathy’s Tahoe Donner house (thank you!), in a … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Donner Party, Eagle Lake, hiking, Lake Tahoe, skiing, Truckee
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Have You Heard of Hearst Castle?
On our drive up the Pacific Coast Highway California Route 1, we stopped for several hours in San Simeon at Hearst Castle. San Simeon is the town, but it’s best known for Hearst Castle. William Randolph Hearst once had an estate … Continue reading
Driving up the California Coast
Hordes of people have asked for the blog to restart, so here it is… First we’ll catch up on September, yes September! Remember the blue moon? We saw ours in Palm Springs. This was part of a second annual trip … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Hearst Castle, moon, Palm Springs, San Simeon, seals, Sunnylands, surfing
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Utah’s Red Rocks and Missing Mountains
The rocks of Utah are as red as the Golden Gate Bridge and hundreds of millions of years old (or 6,000 depending on your point of view). The large concentration of iron oxide colors the rocks red and the lack of … Continue reading
The mighty Colorado River, complete with dogs on paddleboards
The Colorado River starts as a small stream in northern Colorado, grows wider and grander through several states and ends up small once more, with not enough water for all its users’ demands when it reaches California and Mexico. We’ve followed the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Aspen, Colorado, Colorado River, Glen Canyon Dam, Glenwood Springs, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, Lake Powell, Utah
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Tour de France
The elite Tour de France is over for the year, 21 stages and more than 2,000 miles only a memory. We have memories of our own of our shorter, smaller Tour de France. Some of the same hills, but tackled by … Continue reading
It takes a village…to host a Keuka Lake wedding
A year ago we didn’t think about what would happen when our quest for lavender fields brought us back to the very lavender field we started from, less than a half-mile from our home on Keuka Lake. But a lot of things change in one year. … Continue reading
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Tagged Abandon Brewing Company, Around the Corner Catering, Bedient Farms, Bride's Head Revisited, Bully Hill Vineyards, Crescent Moon Restrooms, Dejan Studio Jewelry, Dr. Konstantin Frank, Erich Camping, Finger Lakes, Finger Lakes Beer Company, Garrett Memorial Chapel, Hoover Farms, Italy Hill Farms, Jim Bedient's Blueberry Patch, Keuka Lake, Keuka Lake Coffee Roasters, Keuka Lake wedding, lavender, Lavender French 75, Lovely Bride, Manor House, Marvin Anani, New York Times, Ravines, Revolution Music Shop, Sandy Pietropaoli, SBBS, St. James' Episcopal Church, Stonehouse, Tailored Events, Tropic Salon, Waterfront, wedding, wedding planning, Wegmans
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Like snowflakes, no two mistral bells are alike
The mistral is a strong, cold, northwesterly wind that blows around the south of France through Provence and the Rhone Valley. Winds can reach 60 miles an hour or more and last for days at a time. To protect their beloved … Continue reading
Finger Lakes to Lavender Fields 