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 […]
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Harvest season in Napa means an early call for those working on the production side of a winery. I took this photo this morning when dropping Dave off at work, way above the valley on Pritchard Hill…so high, it’s above the fog!
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I can’t believe it’s already June. We’ve arrived in Bordeaux for the month (more on that later) and when we first moved to France, this point all seemed so incredibly far away. Now May has come and gone and it was quite the month. Most of it was spent with post-Bordeaux plans up in the […]
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I have a serious Pinterest addiction. I love it. It makes me want to have my own house and DIY the hell out of it. On Saturday night and again on Sunday afternoon, I sat listening to the USF Dons baseball game online, while pinning. In fact, the two meals that Dave and I ate […]
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With all the wedding activity that immediately followed my mid-week birthday, I didn’t have a chance to recap the fact that I’m 29. Yes, I’m 29. Next year will be 30. Next year I’ll have a party or something. 29 just seems like a non-event in comparison. Since it was a Tuesday (read: a work […]
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KK kinda reminded me that I have a blog the other day and that it hadn’t been updated in ages. Point taken, KK. For that reason, let’s do a recap of the 4th of July, shall we? Because I gotta be honest, probably the best one I’ve ever had. Typically, the 4th is always fun, […]
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…I’ve been here for years.” — LL Cool J. Wise, yet oddly appropriate words. It’s no secret that upon finishing up school, I moved back to Napa from San Diego and started working in the wine business. And now, after a year hiatus, I’m back in it. This time on the sales side and working […]
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I (kinda) had my first Napa visitors this past weekend. I say kinda because a couple friends of my dad came last weekend so I guess that kinda counts because I took them to do tourist-y things but it was not planned until they actually arrived in the Boot. Anyway, back to the matter at […]
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