Valentine’s Day Date Ideas at the Palladio
I few months ago, I received an invitation to visit The Palladio as the “Guest Influencer.” It was bit challenging to make the sponsored visit, as I was busy with travel and other commitments;...
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Apple Hill Farm to Fork Dinner
Amidst the unrelenting scorch Of the blazing sun Unfolds spaces divided By gravel, red earth, and concrete slabs. Same spaces united and intertwined With charity, purpose, and revelry. We arrive to be cleansed by...
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Amador Four Fires Festival
Springtime seems so far left in the past, When our thoughts of fire connected more With thoughts of open flame and glorious food And not with fear, trepidation, and loss. The smoke that soaked...
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A Dreamer’s Brunch in El Dorado Wine Country
On Saturday, July 7, 2018, from 6:00-10:00 PM, Delfino Farms will host the Apple Hill Growers Association’s Farm to Fork Dinner. The dinner event will overlook Delfino Farms‘ beautiful vineyards, orchards, and canyon view,...
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Eat, Drink, Love: Matthias and Filipino Food Pairing
Hold me like you hold the bottle When you pour its juice – Firmly gripped, yet still with tenderness And the most adoring attention. Eli Med 161029 | 1759 Prelude: In celebration of Philippine...
West Side Story Review
. It is through art – still or in motion, that we find, revive, or restore the soul of a nation; and we look unto artists to take us there. Eli Med for the...
The Wine Road’s Esprit du Rhone Press Luncheon
Your fragrance brings back flowers That draped your hair. Your kiss revives the summer drips Of tangerine and pear. In wood and steel you lay; And when you’re poured I pray: Let her supple...
El Dorado Wine Passport Weekend Recap
Toss your gray curls into the wind And let them fall and turn to crimson On hills of red volcanic soil That feeds the vines And prompts blue birds To sing of songs of...
In Search of the Last Supper Wine
In a few days, Christians will commemorate Maundy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter Sunday, and the night when Jesus’ Last Supper with the disciples is thought to have happened. I have previously written on...
A Joyful Wedding
I have often heard that one of the consolation for single people who desperately want to be married is that most hot couples that get married usually get fat. Blame it on unconditional love,...
Remind Me of Romantic Love
Beyond the Opera Somewhere between The City and Sacramento I fell in love with you; And then began my endless nights of search For words and sight of you. I did not once imagine...
Revisiting Springtime Travel Adventures
It is the third day of February, and having just returned from Barcelona with lessons on the self, the importance of reflecting on last year’s travel adventures becomes even more important. This year started...
2017 Reflections: Tales of Winter
Prelude The year begins with a colorful celebration of life’s entrancing mosaic and shall continue to piece together a grand pathway to the stars tiled with pieces of moments that could define us. There...
Speed Dating a New City: Berlin
Sometimes, despite the shifts of the wind, We still end up at places we originally imagined to reach: Where days are defined differently from our own, Where language escapes familiar tones, And where a...
Sleeping with Girls of the Golden West: My Unexpected Return to the Operatic Scene.
Last night, Tom indulged me in my last minute crazy suggestion and took me to the opera after my years of absence from the scene. How fitting, too, that The Girls of the Golden...