


Remember when I went to Seattle and spent copious amounts of time hanging around Pike Place Market, taking an obnoxious number of photos? Yea, I was pretty mesmerized by the environment. It stands to reason; we all know how much I love a good farmers market (one of my all-time favorites is in Arles) and…

Earlier in October, I flew up to Seattle for a Girls Weekend with my fellow baseball fan Kate, who made the trip from Ohio. Kate and I met in Colorado in 2011, at a Rockies game (naturally) and became fast friends. Since neither of us had been to Safeco Field in Seattle, a weekend focused…

It’s the time of year here when I wake up in the morning and the air smells like sweet, baked grapes. It’s also the time of year when I get a lot more “me time.” Yes, harvest is upon us, albeit earlier than usual, and this is my first year as an official “harvest widow.”…

August 2015 was a biggin’ for life moments, man. August was bookended by a wedding (ours, to be precise) and a new apartment lease (also ours), with a whole bunch of parties in between. My family celebrated births, graduations, more births, and I did tap dances when I launched a few more websites. It was…

Last weekend, the family headed to Santa Cruz for a quick beach getaway and it couldn’t have come at a better time. After a productive (read: busy) week of work, it was such a treat to head out of town with Dave and my mom on Friday afternoon and disconnect for a few days. My…

It’s definitely May in Napa Valley! It feels like summertime already and I was lucky enough to have meetings in the morning this week, getting me out in the sunshine, but before it was too roasting to enjoy it. Back when I commuted from Napa to Calistoga for work, I got pretty familiar with the…