Exploring the menu of life.
This is the next installment of my Life in California series, chronicling my transition to the California lifestyle after moving to northern California from Tampa, Florida.
Since we went back east in early November, Scott and I decided to stay in California for the holidays. It was only the ... Read More »
Part 8 in Taylor Eason’s blog series about transitioning to life in California from Tampa, Florida. In this episode: Buying a whole grass-fed lamb, attending parties at J and Jordan Wineries, judging collard greens at Vision Cellars.
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Part 6 in my series of posts about my recent transition from Tampa, Florida to a new life in California. In this episode: lemon cucumbers, farmer’s markets, Bourbon and Branch speakeasy and the wine blogger’s conference.
... Read More »It’s amazing how popular you become when you have a house in northern California. Even one with pink carpet and hideous rose-print wallpaper. I actually underestimated the power of a second bedroom in wine country. Out of the 60-something days in June and July, we have hosted (and will host) ... Read More »
The last time I came back from Tampa, I brought my orange tabby cat, Tang, to The Retreat. He bravely – and thankfully, quietly — endured the 15 hour flight plus shuttle plus car ride to Forestville. So now it’s Tang and the Tree People. I share 300 square feet with a large orange tabby. ... Read More »
I’ve been living in Sonoma County for 10 days now and it still feels surreal. I reside in a furnished, basement apartment in Forestville, in the midst of the tallest redwood trees in North America and amongst the tree huggers. Aka the “granola” set. People bathe but they really don’t care ... Read More »
So with such a prolific, daily wine tasting habit, distilling the thousands I evaluate every year down to nine is a tough challenge. (Thankfully, however, I keep track by placing these in the “Almost Perfect” section of my Wine Review pull down menu). But here are my top nine wines of ... Read More »
OK… so quite a few visitors have crossed the second bedroom threshold of our Sonoma County home in the past few months (read my series of Life in California posts). We’ve had such a mixed bag of house guests (the good, bad and the ugly) that it seemed necessary to publish the definitive ... Read More »
It’s been five months since I moved to Santa Rosa, California from Tampa, Florida, and besides the friendships, a few dishes still gnaw at my memory like a half-starved mongrel. I spent 17 years collecting these faves and so wish they could be Fed-Ex’d on a weekly basis just to keep the ... Read More »