I love Monterey. The whole peninsula feels magical to me, being the Steinbeck fanatic that I am, and each time I drive down through the thumbprint of the Salinas Valley and hear words like the Gabilan Range, I feel transported. I’m truly not fanatical about personalities these days—I think I fizzled out on Duran Duran—but Steinbeck just […]
Normally, I’m a very clear delineator of tasks when it comes to fish and fishing. I cast about with the line, hopefully hitting the water now and then, and I use every ounce of feminine guile to get someone else . . . most often male . . . most often Dan F . . […]
Hey all, I just wanted to say thank you for supporting us in our efforts with ToastToMom. We’ve doubled our contribution in just two days and are heading quickly towards the $10,000 mark. Yea!
Yet there are only a few days left to reach our goal of doniating $25,000 to WomenHeart.
If you haven’t already and are hankering […]
If you want the official guide to judging a wine from a sensory viewpoint, check out Part I: See, Swirl, Sniff, Sip. Here, I’m going to step out of critical thinking mode to help you connect with wine on a more sensual, experiential level. Wines have an inherent soul about them, and, I believe, any […]
One of the things I love about the way people like Gary Vaynerchuk and Alice Feiring approach wine is that it puts the onus of evaluation back on the one who’s sipping. But that means that one has to feel confidant in their ability to evaluate a wine if one is going to forge their own […]
