tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-848454798416807142024-03-12T20:55:06.518-07:00Kjetil in HoustonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84845479841680714.post-75853084760780476822011-09-19T18:59:00.000-07:002011-09-20T07:20:16.057-07:00Austin<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Was across to Austin for a couple of day, just great city to visit, have seen the local Capitol Hill on the local news but not in real and it was impressive.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJv37d5tJH5I3SdHHowAGtpopn6so1P0je3hVKsYiXsfhcx-uijd0EasHf4u1pNeb9S2ITCO_ox0xuVVo6tyFzZTJE48xtxrtfOgmMr6-sk4h0SHAOikNaobPHF4R3x7mJjUP_4gblsgI/s1600/2011-09-18_15-13-44_769.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJv37d5tJH5I3SdHHowAGtpopn6so1P0je3hVKsYiXsfhcx-uijd0EasHf4u1pNeb9S2ITCO_ox0xuVVo6tyFzZTJE48xtxrtfOgmMr6-sk4h0SHAOikNaobPHF4R3x7mJjUP_4gblsgI/s400/2011-09-18_15-13-44_769.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also the visit to some of the restaurants, we had brunch at a place with a great back yard, the name of the place I am not sure if I remember correct, but something like Old Pecan Street Cafe. Tried to look up at Google Earth but for a change I could not find what I was looking for and…I did not take a picture as I did at Chez Nous.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZpw0WZQC7QapyHv7lbVxYAhR5k-H4r_jvNnFTYuz10aiVcozE20cBLbdu-HaCLyS7yMgHZRWywO-he1EChfG3TcUln7FMVXZ_fCz_triMO7nuCRoBS-Aoh82EJwNTuOuZgeWIp1ipC4/s1600/2011-09-18_20-40-45_424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZpw0WZQC7QapyHv7lbVxYAhR5k-H4r_jvNnFTYuz10aiVcozE20cBLbdu-HaCLyS7yMgHZRWywO-he1EChfG3TcUln7FMVXZ_fCz_triMO7nuCRoBS-Aoh82EJwNTuOuZgeWIp1ipC4/s400/2011-09-18_20-40-45_424.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am sure, when we get back to Austin that we will be back to both places to eat, if it is Sunday we will have brunch and I get my Bloody Mary and Egg Benedict.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IM85RQ9mBUyteYoeHD5vglLPx0Iqj8Dj3EBRSlvJbnI-yIK9xuZks1ZzrUvoUnw31vH8kOaCCOh7K8hBIuEjD1q376mXWcHi_rYXQHNtCMwgmeiShjNs2bBhO4pu9XFBpMsWJ2DEvcg/s1600/2011-09-18_20-40-56_85.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IM85RQ9mBUyteYoeHD5vglLPx0Iqj8Dj3EBRSlvJbnI-yIK9xuZks1ZzrUvoUnw31vH8kOaCCOh7K8hBIuEjD1q376mXWcHi_rYXQHNtCMwgmeiShjNs2bBhO4pu9XFBpMsWJ2DEvcg/s400/2011-09-18_20-40-56_85.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At Chez Nous we had some fantastic cooked trout. The pate we had as starter just melted on out tongue in addition to the desert as well as the rose wine we had. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDxwaVohWVshmPBskRvhd7xaG3c-65J1oZtGKiApwaBwJljB6EgY0N8X4ObykqhkK853H_LBuMEkS4sTD93cM0mRAT6dld4I0GvP7TPyZvo3sH7Y73KY4Zs-QEU3eXz_rECsgook62VE/s1600/2011-09-18_20-25-01_324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDxwaVohWVshmPBskRvhd7xaG3c-65J1oZtGKiApwaBwJljB6EgY0N8X4ObykqhkK853H_LBuMEkS4sTD93cM0mRAT6dld4I0GvP7TPyZvo3sH7Y73KY4Zs-QEU3eXz_rECsgook62VE/s400/2011-09-18_20-25-01_324.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCZrio-Qho2zNWU4CU7-0KZq75KujieHrXsjmF6ov2COhBM35H-x7UqFJO7AB0Om6_PRKwLh0G5hXsFhmH6YXfB00k28-cv_eXlwTo9pU9dKD4aITMK_ExFqFHnnKHrHYwKn7seg1k-8/s1600/2011-09-18_20-25-11_156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCZrio-Qho2zNWU4CU7-0KZq75KujieHrXsjmF6ov2COhBM35H-x7UqFJO7AB0Om6_PRKwLh0G5hXsFhmH6YXfB00k28-cv_eXlwTo9pU9dKD4aITMK_ExFqFHnnKHrHYwKn7seg1k-8/s400/2011-09-18_20-25-11_156.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhye-o-AI8L0FbwZQqP-7FdqMbqsZGoNn5Gjc0jeMA-lv_4UDm8S-cRLrqz7ay0ZSg66P04b6Pw7ya2GtZA1tg5h947XpRaky9s4FsQToFX6oJWjfh5ukyOAItbGeGG5M27ibdF7Scutt4/s1600/2011-09-18_20-25-19_223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhye-o-AI8L0FbwZQqP-7FdqMbqsZGoNn5Gjc0jeMA-lv_4UDm8S-cRLrqz7ay0ZSg66P04b6Pw7ya2GtZA1tg5h947XpRaky9s4FsQToFX6oJWjfh5ukyOAItbGeGG5M27ibdF7Scutt4/s400/2011-09-18_20-25-19_223.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was too late for coffee so a glass of Pineau Francois to round off a good dinner. It was new for us and something between cognac and amaretto. Not the same alcohol content, but not far off, loved it.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCXggs7g6Oc-jZBlwmNIBzzJ3pdVlV3UtoomuVRJMGu-GBuI6ljEknF34RfC9uZ_OYVLcjCMX-A2nBnJ4VHdlLU8rOPMgayu-eoYFPiEVG-VRn-7VRZiPdjvwxsUmxIsVT6LLmyTRmoE/s1600/2011-09-18_20-24-27_422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCXggs7g6Oc-jZBlwmNIBzzJ3pdVlV3UtoomuVRJMGu-GBuI6ljEknF34RfC9uZ_OYVLcjCMX-A2nBnJ4VHdlLU8rOPMgayu-eoYFPiEVG-VRn-7VRZiPdjvwxsUmxIsVT6LLmyTRmoE/s400/2011-09-18_20-24-27_422.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Laila was in meeting today I could enjoy some great local pancake recommended but the waitress, and it hold, with blueberry it was the best pancakes in US for until now, not firm just could as I enjoy them, melt on my tongue.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYkKMMX4V6XccTsLT5ZDupo4Y7289p4GCnbCgCoBR4C8VW63qAce5UD5G2Rir2RxeRrX4cpMSJnjmYTE_wYQdn0iHUFAVvXO6jAy9yxbmWv0KrtC76MQvuEiVkRnKkYJwkrxpCBPFuCQ/s1600/2011-09-19_13-41-37_749.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYkKMMX4V6XccTsLT5ZDupo4Y7289p4GCnbCgCoBR4C8VW63qAce5UD5G2Rir2RxeRrX4cpMSJnjmYTE_wYQdn0iHUFAVvXO6jAy9yxbmWv0KrtC76MQvuEiVkRnKkYJwkrxpCBPFuCQ/s400/2011-09-19_13-41-37_749.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Will be back to Red River Café and have more of them, good luck to the waitress just has few months until she finish her studies. She had been to Uppsala in Sweden and wanted to see the famous Pulpit Rock wish her a great stay in Norway when she manages to get there.</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84845479841680714.post-72361525859375964912011-09-11T13:16:00.000-07:002011-09-11T13:16:27.188-07:00Time to remember<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Time to remember</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone is asking what did you do, and what place was you at when it happen. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is easy to remember what happen, when happen and where I was. Just moved to Sandefjord on a project for BP. In an office together with a Dutch engineer it was devastating to follow the news. Also at that time I had a friend at Long Island working for Cosco and I had first hand news directly across during the afternoon.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lue7y5T7_hu56Q8UCr8-Oc6iZRvEO6GNAtmekEnB9QI7ZOpU3DQ_wb22H_DAzUs367CA_LzVTA4OsAK0JuzUAhO12kD99fFeCITzbAQ4SYUBN5qHSmSj-6-4GBuK7G3J_2bOF3qnhNE/s1600/P1010262.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lue7y5T7_hu56Q8UCr8-Oc6iZRvEO6GNAtmekEnB9QI7ZOpU3DQ_wb22H_DAzUs367CA_LzVTA4OsAK0JuzUAhO12kD99fFeCITzbAQ4SYUBN5qHSmSj-6-4GBuK7G3J_2bOF3qnhNE/s400/P1010262.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone was in shock and it was strange to talk with friends that work at the site in the months after cleaning up. In November I was across for Thanksgiving and passed the site as well, the impressions is burned into my mind.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple of years later I passed the site again and took this picture that for me make me remember the strong thoughts and the strong impressions from that day.</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84845479841680714.post-57793749016858571452011-08-31T06:32:00.000-07:002011-08-31T08:24:55.545-07:00Houston Astros<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iKWsPEw3zTor20n0Q_6ER32FGAoIZTRoCE4utyPFrcOYoyMVOfP6bkGsnV5f1G-jrczq7Z4Yu3mb9RU3-92BP2aADrLWBgRawanFgXCWFVdQpSE3t5e1OHfFQT7lUcDvKNQioQZEDXQ/s1600/DSC_0012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iKWsPEw3zTor20n0Q_6ER32FGAoIZTRoCE4utyPFrcOYoyMVOfP6bkGsnV5f1G-jrczq7Z4Yu3mb9RU3-92BP2aADrLWBgRawanFgXCWFVdQpSE3t5e1OHfFQT7lUcDvKNQioQZEDXQ/s400/DSC_0012.JPG" width="400" xaa="true" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Been there done that unless we will have visitors that would like to og to a game. Yes I am talking about Baseball.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhPSnbhWPibp0xLCPUBmqjTEjJfqVuFgUWB-D584koM0ceOZM3r1RKoCqGJzdhMeZv2pGoGIdQ_Q-sgcJx6eMN5fyiNGMfQ0kyyq0YZi1XtWpepdTpoHX9sZ-19vc5zP2qyKVE6V1UNHA/s1600/DSC_0035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhPSnbhWPibp0xLCPUBmqjTEjJfqVuFgUWB-D584koM0ceOZM3r1RKoCqGJzdhMeZv2pGoGIdQ_Q-sgcJx6eMN5fyiNGMfQ0kyyq0YZi1XtWpepdTpoHX9sZ-19vc5zP2qyKVE6V1UNHA/s400/DSC_0035.JPG" width="400" xaa="true" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Along with friends from Statoil in Houston and their Calgary office we headed for the Houston Astros – Pittburg Pirats.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUWoD7gIPi3HeZd5EoYXWEK7wK_h6TtGnavPmUaVPlde1TYDeyS5i-cUS0DxvklHsIxG7el3dhwmFzjbVW0XMOl8yq3qIVkL1cmLZ68fu5u5wvw2F5npAkRac-D4JupKWfHfkkG0oYDqA/s1600/DSC_0013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUWoD7gIPi3HeZd5EoYXWEK7wK_h6TtGnavPmUaVPlde1TYDeyS5i-cUS0DxvklHsIxG7el3dhwmFzjbVW0XMOl8yq3qIVkL1cmLZ68fu5u5wvw2F5npAkRac-D4JupKWfHfkkG0oYDqA/s400/DSC_0013.JPG" width="400" xaa="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It was fun, but disappointing with the lack of people going to the game. I thought there was more supporters to these games, maybe in the weekends or it was due to the lack of performance from Houston Astros. With double of losses compared to wind they are on the bottom on the series.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But yesterday it was a need team on the field. They secured a great 8 – 2 win and we could go home pleased to see that they can perform as well, or was it due to us?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNTzBqGiVXHNdBJ2meL4_QUHFFHH7xOEKR9PL-efheNGsM7jGAKUDl_VFtGJCEkuK0J3b5Z_w7v31nkVXAYYOurw5hkrnzcOwNZs99A2ABHpJDqzI0zCoc3Yt9SA7qMPdBpqP1waShMY/s1600/DSC_0036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNTzBqGiVXHNdBJ2meL4_QUHFFHH7xOEKR9PL-efheNGsM7jGAKUDl_VFtGJCEkuK0J3b5Z_w7v31nkVXAYYOurw5hkrnzcOwNZs99A2ABHpJDqzI0zCoc3Yt9SA7qMPdBpqP1waShMY/s400/DSC_0036.JPG" width="400" xaa="true" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The great enjoyment of the evening was that we needed to show ID to get bear, ok I am 29 in my heart, but I have to admit that I and my wife have passed the half way to 100 years and the rest with us ok is a “bit” younger, but not in the range close to 21.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If it was a compliment or not, no I do not think so, talking about a different culture, rules and regulation and they follow it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbv1maCxBRjE8_n1pWDGGOjI2sYB5UmmmrzeHvgCV6iuincjQR7yneMGezxoQXoq2CRgpdp2Do6pq_0oQSwIETSLMA4hJXPejvHsDnUupzznfq17LAm3rEtWEMbbiQZSn4MZGWG9ZMboU/s400/Astro+5.jpg" width="400" xaa="true" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://houston.astros.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=hou">Houston Astros</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It was a great to meet the guys and watch the game together, but sure we will do something different next time, football season starts soon and I look forward to that.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_UM3YvJBf0GkgfpqWGhJSb2N3bXZhh7mW2jNJ1JsoiIJRQ-CXkQxqb1x1cg9ZLjECK2sbtO2GFNSjdPvzbPqtwU2HjfCNwGhMtnOnF4i7QbOyWGtDX7q68f8u23aX9Odt3wfFgVdyFk/s1600/DSC_0016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_UM3YvJBf0GkgfpqWGhJSb2N3bXZhh7mW2jNJ1JsoiIJRQ-CXkQxqb1x1cg9ZLjECK2sbtO2GFNSjdPvzbPqtwU2HjfCNwGhMtnOnF4i7QbOyWGtDX7q68f8u23aX9Odt3wfFgVdyFk/s400/DSC_0016.JPG" width="400" xaa="true" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">"<span id="0446548162_A3p8J5jMiA_commentText">I am not the person who focuses on directors of the movie, so I was more than surprised about the book I bought.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span> A book store or 400 is going out of business and sales are up. My wife needed book to enjoy along the pool, so why shouldn’t I have one as well. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span>Our taste is different and for me ending up with the life of Jerry Weintraub. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span>A biography I enjoyed, or rather more than enjoyed. I had never heard about the guy, but this guy knows business, who to do business and his position with people make the business. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span>Not only that, but along with small stories of all the people who he got to know in a life time from Elvis, Frank Sinatra and John Denver to Arnold Hammer. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span>It is funny, easy to read and can be used or even more, it would be great to have him as a mentor in any business carried out. Buy it, read it and enjoy it.</span>"</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: NO-BOK;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLYvT3E8zjB0u9ZOdAdrbI3qd2_YKZQZe-1LZ5eAn7ss330dDfrnrxdDh48eKfxZeBiuuCZLQpVSQKnkd_EV4a14zgN0mLIbu2xNqR2s9e1EgVjO4a3589_oiaarRqkaInFDTyGEngOA/s1600/Jerry+back+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLYvT3E8zjB0u9ZOdAdrbI3qd2_YKZQZe-1LZ5eAn7ss330dDfrnrxdDh48eKfxZeBiuuCZLQpVSQKnkd_EV4a14zgN0mLIbu2xNqR2s9e1EgVjO4a3589_oiaarRqkaInFDTyGEngOA/s400/Jerry+back+cover.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Now it is time to look back, and we during the weeks bring to the table some of the wine we brought back and taste again, drink and enjoy or find out that we preferred some other than the latest.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Yesterday was a day off from the gym, it is Wednesday and Sunday we are off, so I can prepare dinner on forehand and have ready either a white or rosé cooled down or a red from the shelf.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Laila wanted as many days before a Rosé, I guess we both got hooked on to it on our trip in July so the next from our collection from California was a bottle of RUSACK rosé. The grapes come from a number of different vineyards throughout Santa Barbara County. RUSACK Rosé is created from selected Syrah, Sangiovese and Grenache grapes, which are harvested at a peak maturity and earmarked for the Reserve program.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Prior to fermentation, a small percentage of “blush” </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">colored </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">juice is set aside, while the resulting concentrated juice continues on the path to a Reserve release. This unique process leaves them with a delightfully intense Rosé wine perfect for those lighter moments in life. Only 442 cases were produced of the 2010, and it has an aging </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">potential,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"> but we will enjoy its youth.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Driving to RUSACK (<a href="http://www.rusackvineyards.com/about.html"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">http://www.rusackvineyards.com/about.html</span></a>) with Brigitte Guehr from Mirabelle Inn in Solvang where we stayed and she was arranging a wine visit to four wineries, this was maybe the one to remember. The view on the road to get there, the view as we had our lunch pack there, so enclosed some pictures to show what we enjoyed.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Yes it was the standard lunch as we have on Saturdays, Caesar Salad and the Prosciutto Pizza and a bottle of Prosecco.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Getting home we first went to Red Mango </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXuYwyk_JfmwKhB7CcTr1ouVn80Ag1uHBzD7_tNlWsz4nggDkYqoxWDX9QxIg9QbNexpvBys0ZBqMvgl1S0gOUo92STlRdbnJKChyphenhyphenFFlJJygXTngWKW2b-n6C5-ArPknXOIADmAPMX08/s1600/2011-08-20_15-30-19_343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXuYwyk_JfmwKhB7CcTr1ouVn80Ag1uHBzD7_tNlWsz4nggDkYqoxWDX9QxIg9QbNexpvBys0ZBqMvgl1S0gOUo92STlRdbnJKChyphenhyphenFFlJJygXTngWKW2b-n6C5-ArPknXOIADmAPMX08/s400/2011-08-20_15-30-19_343.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">for desert, ice-cream watching some young ladies at a birthday party </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi345UaHS0sYYMyB5ITcA5PoievKVgLSdIktLkHcFp5HAaJKXpXJKT0k7zZa09ktEY-FgjwBUw_Yc65RicK2bidUzfRKP84juPfwIWMGy5ZbRhTUaN2PZXlYhJV9Te93YTeNe5SMh9CFvk/s1600/2011-08-20_15-14-09_737.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi345UaHS0sYYMyB5ITcA5PoievKVgLSdIktLkHcFp5HAaJKXpXJKT0k7zZa09ktEY-FgjwBUw_Yc65RicK2bidUzfRKP84juPfwIWMGy5ZbRhTUaN2PZXlYhJV9Te93YTeNe5SMh9CFvk/s400/2011-08-20_15-14-09_737.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">before we got home and could pick up the 3 movies I had ordered on Amazon. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86ABUtww_eZpcVHYS4mCj4OGuclEzUTkrHIYg0TkqVciRJtndpGfXN5quHEhPtoQn8Q4vEqQDn7QFHf06-CfnbWsNQLqNdPhAqLfuXb22SvJbbV8TRIGH39yorRjviDTzBZks5lGJwZw/s1600/bottle+shock+poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86ABUtww_eZpcVHYS4mCj4OGuclEzUTkrHIYg0TkqVciRJtndpGfXN5quHEhPtoQn8Q4vEqQDn7QFHf06-CfnbWsNQLqNdPhAqLfuXb22SvJbbV8TRIGH39yorRjviDTzBZks5lGJwZw/s1600/bottle+shock+poster.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;"><span style="color: white;">One of them for a good reason, Bottle Shock,</span> (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYs0kblXToA"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYs0kblXToA</span></a>) <span style="color: white;">was shot at one of the wineries we visited on our Californian road trip. Chateau Montelena</span> (<a href="http://www.montelena.com/"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">http://www.montelena.com</span></a>) <span style="color: white;">was a fantastic place even we did not get to see it all in the movie.</span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6IqPAqhYtCZYU51RVoppuZq4xkENFoAvv7aCqolXiMt8GsTKhSTCu42ou80_vdyJwxXWpqbwP7g_8CN22iuhlIs73TvfBsc9yeLCpAdVG0YIEBQmWi63ze-qg2AAmSlyVd53zJDXwFA/s1600/DSC_0033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6IqPAqhYtCZYU51RVoppuZq4xkENFoAvv7aCqolXiMt8GsTKhSTCu42ou80_vdyJwxXWpqbwP7g_8CN22iuhlIs73TvfBsc9yeLCpAdVG0YIEBQmWi63ze-qg2AAmSlyVd53zJDXwFA/s400/DSC_0033.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">However the story is about when Napa wine hit France and in a blind tasting got recognized by Europe. It was a sweet story and it was even more interesting now when we had been there and had learned so much about the hard work the guys at the wineries put into the process. It was not an Oscar, but it was fun to watch, and Saturday there was no movie at our regular movie theater so good timing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;"><span style="color: white;">When we visited TTR</span> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/(http://www.tastingroomwines.com/our_locations/city_centre/index.php) "><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">(http://www.tastingroomwines.com/our_locations/city_centre/index.php)</span><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> </span></a> <span style="color: white;">on Saturday we had a peak on the Brunch menu, and got so tempted we headed back on Sunday to try it out.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOmSr8ZCRFjPLnbDpTkZNRHcPKczlkjAFe6BV5a8uwzbeeRtSrHHoAEcIG5CqIZby0ch0ajsPsi2Py7qoh3Ml78d6QK-EA6xKHlg5tVU7En9X3F8UsKcho02IW2ahrWTD3yhdiTfVmB0/s1600/DSC02104.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOmSr8ZCRFjPLnbDpTkZNRHcPKczlkjAFe6BV5a8uwzbeeRtSrHHoAEcIG5CqIZby0ch0ajsPsi2Py7qoh3Ml78d6QK-EA6xKHlg5tVU7En9X3F8UsKcho02IW2ahrWTD3yhdiTfVmB0/s400/DSC02104.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Sunday is Mimosa day and Bloody Mary, but this Sunday it was just Mimosa and they tasted great. Both the lunch time for us and the Brunch time is in the afternoon so it covers our dinner, and just some Wasa flat bread in the evening. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Laila picked the Fried Egg Sandwich with Bacon, tomato, garlic aioli, Swiss cheese, grille Tuscan bread and fries. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT_lsFDZ0eFOLCD2Q1lLyVp1gPV3XVR8_ZwvRuzELXeE0juXE44f8xo5pHEwQf8uoZs39D-B9cq-_W8ngCf1u4HlIF7H7-n0cGn1s0FEpIqUKqImMnV6OdiK2e5_ECn9-I5gzbHNdYStM/s1600/DSC02109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT_lsFDZ0eFOLCD2Q1lLyVp1gPV3XVR8_ZwvRuzELXeE0juXE44f8xo5pHEwQf8uoZs39D-B9cq-_W8ngCf1u4HlIF7H7-n0cGn1s0FEpIqUKqImMnV6OdiK2e5_ECn9-I5gzbHNdYStM/s400/DSC02109.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">I picked The Ultimate Steak and Eggs with Poached Egg, grilled Flank steak & bread, truffle Hollandaise. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had added a lot of salad, a bit too much. The poached egg was not floating when I cut into them, too much cooked and where was the Hollandaise, almost nothing that could ease the dry bread and medium cooked steak that was more than medium cooked. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1B_MCMGBM5x8PdfjY_kkLhgeFxZvbDzRYnF6Dup-pESQjYdZRZiHX2R-ZAAYh6lQ2pPwZqbkji1rmGb2II1U5LsCqIxf3xvc_iXokyInrF4dFqHIAzcRrsz82V4efbnLVPviJr1R-aSA/s1600/DSC02107.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1B_MCMGBM5x8PdfjY_kkLhgeFxZvbDzRYnF6Dup-pESQjYdZRZiHX2R-ZAAYh6lQ2pPwZqbkji1rmGb2II1U5LsCqIxf3xvc_iXokyInrF4dFqHIAzcRrsz82V4efbnLVPviJr1R-aSA/s400/DSC02107.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">As many, I do not complain, but this time I had to advise the waiter that it was not to the expected finish from the kitchen and as I have learned to know the manager it will be easier to go back and tell him as he was not there yesterday. We will be back for lunch on Saturday, and if it will be brunch I will go for the Fried Egg Sandwich, I had a taste and that was real good.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84845479841680714.post-31460537193088259272011-08-16T05:32:00.000-07:002011-08-16T05:35:43.289-07:00Football back<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSuN_KbpjXHY-AkzILRIg9wCK8BXDufuL95TUeZPkk5-P7AqdIBC-xfmFAXdMzZ81OTvfBDBtzo_SG96fb6Sdblfnr9Mq9wsUqrqYs-pTF-LBffj_0AcCe6oCuBalL6TFC_ZIW4Wb7ywo/s1600/texansfansnew%252B%25288%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSuN_KbpjXHY-AkzILRIg9wCK8BXDufuL95TUeZPkk5-P7AqdIBC-xfmFAXdMzZ81OTvfBDBtzo_SG96fb6Sdblfnr9Mq9wsUqrqYs-pTF-LBffj_0AcCe6oCuBalL6TFC_ZIW4Wb7ywo/s320/texansfansnew%252B%25288%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I mean real football and not soccer. Yesterday was first pre-season game with Houston Texans’ and New York Jets playing at Reliant Stadium in Houston, also covered on TV. I lost 1’st quarter, Laila working late and when she was home dinner needed to be served, part of my duty. But then I could sit down and enjoy a well deserve d victory by the Texans’</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAnWd3YD80yqMFA4Dci8W60dPeRDXZdlRxk7oLy0A3uo2ySpD_PT_Ex0LX1ZRvhOOdJ8BBEvt9EinXJVPVNlP1wNntUbOJeAG3JCJl2RA1_CWI79wNHLJ7Vl2K1vgpbG-6NUJ1616mDIY/s1600/Ogbonnaya.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAnWd3YD80yqMFA4Dci8W60dPeRDXZdlRxk7oLy0A3uo2ySpD_PT_Ex0LX1ZRvhOOdJ8BBEvt9EinXJVPVNlP1wNntUbOJeAG3JCJl2RA1_CWI79wNHLJ7Vl2K1vgpbG-6NUJ1616mDIY/s320/Ogbonnaya.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chris Ogbonnaya caught a touchdown pass from Matt Leinart and ran for the winning score in the fourth quarter of the Texans’ 20-16 win. The regular starters only played the first quarter, saving them for more important games when season starts, but many of the new comers did well like the seventh-round draft pick Greg McElroy, the former Alabama star.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuiGGtn6la2bR1kOjTksZQExOteYFh9xmQ1H9eymNOiCzqC2WpR05_Y61WnfBY03OZZWCYrtPKpxiVnQXVWDLEIN-unlvq7ZeMPQWK1WalIfpg7T3a3cgPElG3URkgeSA49h0AOhBRtOQ/s1600/texansfansnew%252B%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuiGGtn6la2bR1kOjTksZQExOteYFh9xmQ1H9eymNOiCzqC2WpR05_Y61WnfBY03OZZWCYrtPKpxiVnQXVWDLEIN-unlvq7ZeMPQWK1WalIfpg7T3a3cgPElG3URkgeSA49h0AOhBRtOQ/s320/texansfansnew%252B%25283%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a warm evening so they had to put the roof on at Reliant Stadium. It was day 15 with above 100F and another 8 to come according forecast. Houston has to go back to 1980 to have more so this time the record will be smashed. Another record up to be beaten is how many days during the year will be above 100F, it was 1980 that had 32 and we are at 26, someone who had a bad summer?</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9Rg1VpdbVSRgCJ4L3KE-15NyrJ3tHteapSEtAByRul92pzy07AWWzgE6R6YmoePf_F5lx2Wy0Zg5i5OT6Jyfy04pIb9t-mwLTk7SKkQDdjNRHM1qSqzR43qhb08pWk_mbH10MFs7bnU/s1600/forecast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9Rg1VpdbVSRgCJ4L3KE-15NyrJ3tHteapSEtAByRul92pzy07AWWzgE6R6YmoePf_F5lx2Wy0Zg5i5OT6Jyfy04pIb9t-mwLTk7SKkQDdjNRHM1qSqzR43qhb08pWk_mbH10MFs7bnU/s320/forecast.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now we have water restriction in Houston. Resident in Houston face fines after the city issued mandatory water conservation measures. City Council approved moving to stage 2 of the city’s conservation plan Monday because of the severe drought and continuously decreasing water levels in Lake Houston.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQFtIp9LQNdvDMo9_zBrhPoAqzt6S3IhVV4PT4qFpupwium902cP9uJyE8aYEDldqNR6QTT8Coaio2-FsI0xCD4GR_WFMtu6Lt6lKpp0XB7Of-pjZ2_dATXesCjefHF0wnZ81Vl3JMfU/s1600/water-restrictions-sprinkle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQFtIp9LQNdvDMo9_zBrhPoAqzt6S3IhVV4PT4qFpupwium902cP9uJyE8aYEDldqNR6QTT8Coaio2-FsI0xCD4GR_WFMtu6Lt6lKpp0XB7Of-pjZ2_dATXesCjefHF0wnZ81Vl3JMfU/s320/water-restrictions-sprinkle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Under stage 2, residents are only allowed to water between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. However with even-numbered addresses are allowed to water on Sunday and Thursdays, while odd-numbered addresses are allowed to water on Saturdays and Wednesdays.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watering during times other than those specified may result in fines of hundreds of dollars.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToeqm0JJ68WiDvewiT617RLXuhyphenhyphenuRXpfwAIuuOi9y22IlOiVj8lmzyElMoIK89_f84XmeyK43EocOKJVmhVScVPAcCGRKmnZJEGnNOu-Z3ovwfKw6F2V1LNGud379a0-5q_A31ujtb-8/s1600/288-gator1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToeqm0JJ68WiDvewiT617RLXuhyphenhyphenuRXpfwAIuuOi9y22IlOiVj8lmzyElMoIK89_f84XmeyK43EocOKJVmhVScVPAcCGRKmnZJEGnNOu-Z3ovwfKw6F2V1LNGud379a0-5q_A31ujtb-8/s320/288-gator1.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last challenge for the day is when you are out driving, I am not sure if it is due to lack of water or other reasons, but be aware of crossing Alligators. A wayward alligator was struck and killed on SH 288 early Sunday morning. A family had their car disabled during the encounter with the 10-foot alligator. The alligator died and good to have animal control around who could remove the “sweet” animal.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78rgJTbxqNQ-MKGIRbMgQnCpUjPwEENFJUkbzzbgURhorGKfFyPfEZPvndDHdvCDAFg9PivJiyAxv7at71ZQb6FbnuDngGVOKZMxLcGV364VbslXoWok2yeVrVQESiK3eS1eYwnHCJqo/s1600/pearland-alligator-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78rgJTbxqNQ-MKGIRbMgQnCpUjPwEENFJUkbzzbgURhorGKfFyPfEZPvndDHdvCDAFg9PivJiyAxv7at71ZQb6FbnuDngGVOKZMxLcGV364VbslXoWok2yeVrVQESiK3eS1eYwnHCJqo/s320/pearland-alligator-15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84845479841680714.post-37331101770107583392011-08-15T08:10:00.000-07:002011-08-15T08:10:44.800-07:00Another special day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIDfmDS8lgV5nwcZGgXQSOubevJt3gjAcEN_YKu756O6mtSp2VqUVt7ZN4PidjBWrsh6uz3nqxcB7B4K4zSVSLT0-NPz6W2U4EUxbABTzfpcklqp6OAMXtp3hdX3Ql0BCvbor6WZJRxk/s1600/B2C-Atrix_TALL_US.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIDfmDS8lgV5nwcZGgXQSOubevJt3gjAcEN_YKu756O6mtSp2VqUVt7ZN4PidjBWrsh6uz3nqxcB7B4K4zSVSLT0-NPz6W2U4EUxbABTzfpcklqp6OAMXtp3hdX3Ql0BCvbor6WZJRxk/s1600/B2C-Atrix_TALL_US.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Special in many ways, first of all who calls me in the middle of the night and cannot understand when they call an American number 2am in the morning there will be no responds just a guy not please waking up.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">so now I am in bed with Google then? Must be something good coming out of this when two UD giants put their clever brains together, I have avoided I-Phone and Apple. I may change, but this is the day I will see what will happen.</span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Money in the market so what will happen next, Microsoft to buy Nokia?</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Saturday we was at the Movie again as most Saturdays. This Saturday it was “The Help” we wanted to watch. Laila had read the book, and looked forward to see the movie. I did not know too much about it, but a lot of advertising gave me an understanding what I could expect.</span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">What I did not expect was my thoughts after the movie. The Help is about <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>African American Maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi during the early 1960’s.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The novel is told from the point of view of three narrators: Aibileen Clark, a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children, and who has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson, an African-American maid whose back-talk towards her employers results in her having to frequently change jobs, exacerbating her desperate need for work as well as her family's struggle with money; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, a young white woman and recent college graduate who, after moving back home, discovers that a maid that helped raise her since childhood has abruptly disappeared and her attempts to find her have come to naught. The stories of the three women intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help", with complex relations of power, money, emotion, and intimacy tying together the white and black families of Jackson.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">So what was my thoughts after the movie, sitting there as the movie was finished I was thinking about I was now in the near area (southern part of the US) where this happened. How the African American women were treated and it is just 50 years and less since it happened. Is it still happening? I don’t think so, but still this region is ultra conservative and it is shown with the local Texan Governor Rick Perry now going to be in the race to be the next Republicans Presidential candidate. I will stay away to comment more on the local politic as my cultural differences crash a bit with what I see and hear around here.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I better focus on Bloomberg news and listen to the comments on Google buying Motorola and looking for any company that will invest in Innowind so we can prove our innovation to the world.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84845479841680714.post-83100058084376572172011-08-09T05:59:00.000-07:002011-08-09T05:59:13.086-07:00Back in the HEAT, 20 days with 100F or above<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">After 3 weeks on a road trip with temperature in California max at 85F we are now back in Houston with 100F+ and the forecast looks like it will be like this the next 7 days or so. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The “normal” is 5 days a year with temperature above 100, and max amount of days was back in 1980 with 32 days, so I am sure we now looking to take that record, counting each day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcY-ATxUiHQ98tfC8VOhtaXtol6cTHl8lDjuw-5NWkee0aZCojT3U6CLtZm8s70hhEWuUyVvnsXUCKymSy5FfVKHEgSHvLiugl8OltPpHiwuNQxW-nSZvtEMjMxy9b4Oku1SSTXRv5FnE/s1600/7daytest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcY-ATxUiHQ98tfC8VOhtaXtol6cTHl8lDjuw-5NWkee0aZCojT3U6CLtZm8s70hhEWuUyVvnsXUCKymSy5FfVKHEgSHvLiugl8OltPpHiwuNQxW-nSZvtEMjMxy9b4Oku1SSTXRv5FnE/s400/7daytest.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For those who still have vacation left, it is possible to get across to this area and a lot to see.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I had some plans to visit Stavanger soon, but must say other than the birthdays to my grandchildren, weather and temperature across there is not tempting at all. In addition I have my driving test for the local Texas driving license to come up at the 24<sup>th</sup>. Must improve on my stop with stop signs and have a look at the parking spot where they do the parking “test”. But after 5000 miles road trip without ticket I should manage.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Kg-hL_YeLT1vDGqbnAJodY7XVHvV5yRVzisj9dA1A2cPTvosHyy_PoMSgxP8pTDqAcZb17Qkhv8HK6r0diiWJmIlpSwqYkFjSD-hsCAcANIdUasb7tYeRH7gyDp0r7mDew73dl_gOgE/s1600/Texasn_TC_0808_1_Lead_Redo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Kg-hL_YeLT1vDGqbnAJodY7XVHvV5yRVzisj9dA1A2cPTvosHyy_PoMSgxP8pTDqAcZb17Qkhv8HK6r0diiWJmIlpSwqYkFjSD-hsCAcANIdUasb7tYeRH7gyDp0r7mDew73dl_gOgE/s320/Texasn_TC_0808_1_Lead_Redo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It is also time for football soon, American football. Training camps and training games are lined up. How the Texans will do this season remain to see, I am a bit confused looking at a picture from their training camp at KHOU.com.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3rn56nkvvVxIjMXQIg0r4zn_cd33QHOcV8P2Ongmxy4GVKTAYApFd_OVZ7OcHAItMmWTZGYdnTS6YjavwJ6ePESsHSTaY1jiU4-KDX4l6nunDSlg3IQFHidCxWqYKy_TRxaAy65rvws/s1600/astros-logo-star-25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" naa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3rn56nkvvVxIjMXQIg0r4zn_cd33QHOcV8P2Ongmxy4GVKTAYApFd_OVZ7OcHAItMmWTZGYdnTS6YjavwJ6ePESsHSTaY1jiU4-KDX4l6nunDSlg3IQFHidCxWqYKy_TRxaAy65rvws/s400/astros-logo-star-25.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">End of the month I have been invited to a Baseball game. Not my game, but it would be fun to learn more about it. It is Houston Astros v.s. Pittburgh Pirats that is up. I have noticed that the results from the Astros games have not been the best, hope they do better on this game.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84845479841680714.post-20054780388672163812011-08-02T10:31:00.000-07:002011-08-02T10:31:42.073-07:00Inn’s visited in California this summer<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypPlS37sPITWFydRcZNlzrSNDYz0EybwbWzunv53ku2sXe6-kWx6GUVykqeKpUlFabCY3OVmhBQ8lApxB5dLOBAidki-K_H55xUOgXWTQn7ahliBSSgQ5uwBqco4K03lLfrWmxLHBfvY/s1600/2011-07-10_13-04-19_578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypPlS37sPITWFydRcZNlzrSNDYz0EybwbWzunv53ku2sXe6-kWx6GUVykqeKpUlFabCY3OVmhBQ8lApxB5dLOBAidki-K_H55xUOgXWTQn7ahliBSSgQ5uwBqco4K03lLfrWmxLHBfvY/s400/2011-07-10_13-04-19_578.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Good and bad with our s</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">tays at Inn’s in the 5 different wine areas should be an easy task, but before I start on this one I have to state that this is a personal evaluation and view to our experience and other could have a complete different view and other experiences.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">An important start for our tour was the book California WINE Country by Peter Fish and Sara Schneider. It covers more areas than we visited and maybe at another time we will visit them as well, but based on the limited time we had we chose 5 areas and 3 days at each area.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHHh5uCGdv0oCtYepqA-AgytaAKpY2HzdH4kq0K_fldZFNk2hu4QVWK8_1nkNoytwaU2U0dNnMr8j0Q2S534eMJR22xRax_ndo0V78VdV4PBC9Toz2nTApEPBo-Y-i23W1sidAYfFgOc/s1600/DSC01369.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHHh5uCGdv0oCtYepqA-AgytaAKpY2HzdH4kq0K_fldZFNk2hu4QVWK8_1nkNoytwaU2U0dNnMr8j0Q2S534eMJR22xRax_ndo0V78VdV4PBC9Toz2nTApEPBo-Y-i23W1sidAYfFgOc/s400/DSC01369.JPG" t$="true" width="300" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">We laid out our trip from south to north. I had noted before that there is an up and coming wine area south of LA and it would be a good first stop.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5cAnbMapYdH3kzXR-oYF7HW9yb9Z4DseL214j8ueNVb47uZh2EEk-AFQ1WMDh5-brpW8blhyphenhyphentsUTq0LBJMqMk9NyuBRuCHKfO6kFrf_vNiTXbQdAqVZ9wBqn-ICkv-8gYGlgJIseJ5M/s1600/DSC01319.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5cAnbMapYdH3kzXR-oYF7HW9yb9Z4DseL214j8ueNVb47uZh2EEk-AFQ1WMDh5-brpW8blhyphenhyphentsUTq0LBJMqMk9NyuBRuCHKfO6kFrf_vNiTXbQdAqVZ9wBqn-ICkv-8gYGlgJIseJ5M/s400/DSC01319.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">I will be back with what we remember of wine tasting and visit to the wineries, so for now it will be the Inn’s and only the Inn’s that will be commented.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJa5hAU-iiGlh9LfP9UCuNIbr3Zjofs6W4OqovqxiWODRzhC29qWuIO9V_SXDseyGmKQA5et9-JhgI9HuQolKx1UjZCPIdjDvQBSegOOiIZUDxYnUtUyod8pbzykkoLQwdiwbXskvmwDI/s1600/DSC01361.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJa5hAU-iiGlh9LfP9UCuNIbr3Zjofs6W4OqovqxiWODRzhC29qWuIO9V_SXDseyGmKQA5et9-JhgI9HuQolKx1UjZCPIdjDvQBSegOOiIZUDxYnUtUyod8pbzykkoLQwdiwbXskvmwDI/s400/DSC01361.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Our first stop in Temecula was guided by our wish to stay at smaller cozy B&B’s that hopefully had a special atmosphere. Not always easy to say based recommendations in books or based on web sites, but the first choice was done on what we did find in the book.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AOxSKZ4MUfNUQ6NKJRwtc4OEAJoqNeWK8t-BOK43V1-c5UWPCLZAO4lI8cWNYR8VvxQTLnwinpP6SA4VklduPr78TGmER8lX0-J0IcU2j0Fz1gyGK5-YcWuNrWRUxXxyjGA_wO8_IBw/s1600/DSC01339.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AOxSKZ4MUfNUQ6NKJRwtc4OEAJoqNeWK8t-BOK43V1-c5UWPCLZAO4lI8cWNYR8VvxQTLnwinpP6SA4VklduPr78TGmER8lX0-J0IcU2j0Fz1gyGK5-YcWuNrWRUxXxyjGA_wO8_IBw/s400/DSC01339.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Loma Vista a 10 room or less place run by a couple and to us war far more tempting than the 120 rooms + indicated on the South Coast Winery and all the pampering that place could give.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8fTJt3fuPYs_h4HkhEnB9KEjCaLTlZ0-c7ktxD5-43QM2jpG4ufoMpo7rfsoYnloLjD99CQBEMIiu3cPRrqnwcmi2j5w7AHphC4pCpbrFVawEKIFGIQ7E2aVrAZGlmOoMKoy9CbIgN3M/s1600/DSC_0008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8fTJt3fuPYs_h4HkhEnB9KEjCaLTlZ0-c7ktxD5-43QM2jpG4ufoMpo7rfsoYnloLjD99CQBEMIiu3cPRrqnwcmi2j5w7AHphC4pCpbrFVawEKIFGIQ7E2aVrAZGlmOoMKoy9CbIgN3M/s400/DSC_0008.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">From we booked to we arrived the place had changed owners. I was a bit concerned when I noticed it, but at the arrival and after our stay the concern was all gone and just look forward to our next stay.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Looking back and compare what we was looking for to the places we wanted to stay on this tour, this was the place that gave us the home atmosphere. In addition the way that Nicole and Dean treated us was more than what you could expect. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3uN7UOEj2yJGKXGaaO0DxejHT1UiS7G7c1IsNBfNru_6rcIfVUPrc03NSpwtxr3fUTYVSoW1JsAA8AvDCt6P-6iqxR1fA8DtdF4_Lt2Bslj_GkOcDTNDb1hACiRG_ijD5zYGI5Z4FRA/s1600/DSC01507.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3uN7UOEj2yJGKXGaaO0DxejHT1UiS7G7c1IsNBfNru_6rcIfVUPrc03NSpwtxr3fUTYVSoW1JsAA8AvDCt6P-6iqxR1fA8DtdF4_Lt2Bslj_GkOcDTNDb1hACiRG_ijD5zYGI5Z4FRA/s400/DSC01507.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">After handing over a B&B to new owners there are always issues and rooms for improvement on the facility, but at this place it was more in the outdoor area that needed a touch up and had been left in limbo by the previous owners. Smaller issues that Nicole and Dean as well the owner Europe Village knew about and are in process of doing something with prior the autumn is over.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7PoLHxiWTqwlvEkNY7KzRdR_bE8zHKPtYm2OWsU3LJX6Xa36lh1bmadUUo1XJeqIA_-HCOWknKoWxBe1LvtiKBFikEvgzH2OJCvSBDbLstxdu0Yz5IIb22QqB0YdQozVCHrrQJWfHdg/s1600/DSC01320.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7PoLHxiWTqwlvEkNY7KzRdR_bE8zHKPtYm2OWsU3LJX6Xa36lh1bmadUUo1XJeqIA_-HCOWknKoWxBe1LvtiKBFikEvgzH2OJCvSBDbLstxdu0Yz5IIb22QqB0YdQozVCHrrQJWfHdg/s400/DSC01320.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Location is great with walking distance to at least 4 wineries. I guess max what is recommended for one day tasting.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">It is also a short drive from Old Temecula; worth visit as it have a great picturesque layout and houses with antique shops and other shops that gives you a great stay for the time being there.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkBEeu8zSOXV-vtItYXU6ugFEPr9-6YCg7r-Kenbx7JuK67kte8E6Mt5tz1QRG17MSEezYEHqulcDIlyJG49bdum7fBqohO25974GhmjZtPMYl3xZM_60U0LcRPke4bZ92sT82f48p2Y/s1600/DSC01399.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkBEeu8zSOXV-vtItYXU6ugFEPr9-6YCg7r-Kenbx7JuK67kte8E6Mt5tz1QRG17MSEezYEHqulcDIlyJG49bdum7fBqohO25974GhmjZtPMYl3xZM_60U0LcRPke4bZ92sT82f48p2Y/s400/DSC01399.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Location between LA and San Diego is also to consider for those who would like to visit a larger area of southern California.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">I think there were so many positive things with Loma Vista that it was difficult for us to see any negative once. Only can say we loved it there and again, I am sure we will be back for a longer stay.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfSyp_GiHeP2OZvN6bc7Br405UXkFeiVCjO3TSSxugW_UIF3YBbGjcz7m1o5ao7fO92iEC9v1F0sJBBJI1o6iVFngQ5nUxlRW99tlMUN7E3dQjwhgFqubHOL4K4OUlJglbzKmB632x4X8/s1600/DSC01410.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfSyp_GiHeP2OZvN6bc7Br405UXkFeiVCjO3TSSxugW_UIF3YBbGjcz7m1o5ao7fO92iEC9v1F0sJBBJI1o6iVFngQ5nUxlRW99tlMUN7E3dQjwhgFqubHOL4K4OUlJglbzKmB632x4X8/s400/DSC01410.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Santa Barbara</span></strong></span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhI2tmPv7pOfcNj_eY8pOqKYsurMtDavvGbbJQ_m6EYd21XwhCnpoxB926X4EOm8noVdCCv9ZbYWmE7J-k_8PG2Sr13bBUl5vKtpIMpJlVR28UlpIpbMklTHXit4PXGUrFeANBZMKYZdI/s1600/DSC01518.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhI2tmPv7pOfcNj_eY8pOqKYsurMtDavvGbbJQ_m6EYd21XwhCnpoxB926X4EOm8noVdCCv9ZbYWmE7J-k_8PG2Sr13bBUl5vKtpIMpJlVR28UlpIpbMklTHXit4PXGUrFeANBZMKYZdI/s400/DSC01518.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">We chose to stay in Solvang when we headed to Santa Barbara wine area. Most of all due to it have this Danish look and for us to feel home and in addition it was a great place to visit some of the local wineries in the area. Wine tasting was the reason for our trip so we needed to find good location.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">I had first found Meadowlark Inn, but wanted to stay in the “city” of Solvang and as Meadowlark Inn also had a sister Inn in Solvang we booked there. Noted was also a recommended restaurant at this Inn so we were excited prior to visiting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEireClO2Kj93VdB-igZ8TZ55YGjhFyH_mmKx0aplxXaBoE_xFCB1jg_k8-5oXuMmUxM7mTDncWL_ssTMFdRnDEGFRVe4GRsXvwhjI-W084OfyduakVuna33XY9NUq9t8wP4ha14YOBA7sI/s1600/DSC01604.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEireClO2Kj93VdB-igZ8TZ55YGjhFyH_mmKx0aplxXaBoE_xFCB1jg_k8-5oXuMmUxM7mTDncWL_ssTMFdRnDEGFRVe4GRsXvwhjI-W084OfyduakVuna33XY9NUq9t8wP4ha14YOBA7sI/s400/DSC01604.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Personality is important to us at these Inn’s / B&B’s, and Mirabelle Inn did have the personality we was looking for. Mirabelle have few rooms to handle for the owners, a great breakfast and dining room that express the personality of the place in addition to close location to the central parts of Solvang.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv41-lxFNoB1nhWXd-p6_Sp-XyYCK1dumnpA50psCArVnbL7ler-P0NuisTpy9GN8nLP_O20oKVQLz5E1A0R5UPq1_1JetZC15q18PSIUvP-EpfZVdaeLoW9_MD9EAvw6O-Ik-lWXRonE/s1600/DSC01668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv41-lxFNoB1nhWXd-p6_Sp-XyYCK1dumnpA50psCArVnbL7ler-P0NuisTpy9GN8nLP_O20oKVQLz5E1A0R5UPq1_1JetZC15q18PSIUvP-EpfZVdaeLoW9_MD9EAvw6O-Ik-lWXRonE/s400/DSC01668.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Mirabelle had a typical American B&B breakfast, dinner we had was very tasty, and in addition the Inn gave us as we requested was a wine tour to four wineries so I could avoid the driving.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dXKzgWQn5Cz_ck9aFIlJDh-RMIZRtlSPrlm61IxX9L-R9RPdZp9KyPRmA_yKfl9Lgi8pYaixexcKK5cBr76-ebDmGeftCW8CiuGVSo9kBierA7-kxb4yuu7mp1wzjNrcQ8RQEgh8TAg/s1600/DSC01623.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dXKzgWQn5Cz_ck9aFIlJDh-RMIZRtlSPrlm61IxX9L-R9RPdZp9KyPRmA_yKfl9Lgi8pYaixexcKK5cBr76-ebDmGeftCW8CiuGVSo9kBierA7-kxb4yuu7mp1wzjNrcQ8RQEgh8TAg/s400/DSC01623.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">We had a great stay and must say based on that we had listen to the outdoor theater for two nights we got to see Hairspray so there are alternatives to do in the evening too in Solvang.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Visiting for the wine, we are finished with Santa Barbara, but if we need to stop in the area, we would choose Mirabelle Inn again.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">San Luis Obispo/Pablo Robles</span></strong></span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOiicBwb9Oo2kjJOvFpgC7sQ-6pxYXmuQhrV6KrEHM_QK-SHZ1dTcogBukU0KyId0z76QpGh3PrwqXN3DUQl5IVWVbZffVriRstEFyMxjOWTRFxb1x0UPOIJvtQ0YAeJ95SdsFMUYdl8U/s1600/DSC_0016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOiicBwb9Oo2kjJOvFpgC7sQ-6pxYXmuQhrV6KrEHM_QK-SHZ1dTcogBukU0KyId0z76QpGh3PrwqXN3DUQl5IVWVbZffVriRstEFyMxjOWTRFxb1x0UPOIJvtQ0YAeJ95SdsFMUYdl8U/s400/DSC_0016.JPG" t$="true" width="267" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">To stop at San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles was recommended to us and I must say we did no mistake on that. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">San Luis Obispo was the best choice to stay and we were again lucky to find a cozy Inn with personality. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5KMPtmULhqwSS1R9hG7CxtphBzNOJGGCFBA_eEj2JnfjncvLn9iXtksxyWKJjr6WjagDTtMZi-b6Rx_C321V8oHb_eDyayj-lm5IJHWt2ElSrJw-N6VQoCqK59nHcmwXNzTGAmf3EZo/s1600/DSC01671.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5KMPtmULhqwSS1R9hG7CxtphBzNOJGGCFBA_eEj2JnfjncvLn9iXtksxyWKJjr6WjagDTtMZi-b6Rx_C321V8oHb_eDyayj-lm5IJHWt2ElSrJw-N6VQoCqK59nHcmwXNzTGAmf3EZo/s400/DSC01671.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Not only the Garden Street Inn, but also the whole city had its personality with a lot of young people due to education possibilities. It is a place in between the wine areas with Edna Valley and the beach. Bikes are possible to be rented and you will reach both areas with a bike.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpKbsDKedau26GiRVREh5rdKdQu-BFbzc9VN1TLh_SyqKPxsN4fjXKiPrlAwadrmESEaVLStqXUKVEj_XeKA6BHwqcnEFN9RtHzcpWo4i1dT7cdoxtuvEXe-afUvFcKIf5aVMfs8Ohbw/s1600/DSC_0003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpKbsDKedau26GiRVREh5rdKdQu-BFbzc9VN1TLh_SyqKPxsN4fjXKiPrlAwadrmESEaVLStqXUKVEj_XeKA6BHwqcnEFN9RtHzcpWo4i1dT7cdoxtuvEXe-afUvFcKIf5aVMfs8Ohbw/s400/DSC_0003.JPG" t$="true" width="267" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Again the breakfast was served as an all American breakfast. Nice easy served, nothing fancy, but what you expect. The room as they have been both at Loma Vista and Mirabelle had its personality; we had Edelweiss, and enjoyed it as we would have with any other of the rooms.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Reasonable prices with $159 USD in the week and $189 in the weekend and with is location very central it was a place to be back to. I feel we will be back as this area had the best wineries we had on this trip and would love to visit some of the wineries again and another bike ride hopefully with no flat tires.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeSEHN5RmTuPuZcFYzqoouq-PfqVD2Q7VcsXnU4QG-CfrE8ZNaGcQEMEryWvh1it7-cI_irF6lCuaDAz0-IcMJlik-3BY_smwSQp0tB-TXVjSRsk0ytY5eG1z55TLDvWvC2hTQRUvNKJ0/s1600/2011-07-18_11-52-26_531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeSEHN5RmTuPuZcFYzqoouq-PfqVD2Q7VcsXnU4QG-CfrE8ZNaGcQEMEryWvh1it7-cI_irF6lCuaDAz0-IcMJlik-3BY_smwSQp0tB-TXVjSRsk0ytY5eG1z55TLDvWvC2hTQRUvNKJ0/s400/2011-07-18_11-52-26_531.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Please note that parking is located at the closest parking house. We had no problems with it, but others may have.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Sonoma</span></strong></span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrKy9rWMo40hX1R_r_YmB904zk2jj4Ic-xG7u2EEZ5dxb61mWXIXjCFAj9w18SYR2l-w8vrAtLP_A6sYX2irTO9tI3BX3ZASy9nggoCB4W0VpoXUcxvaxveFdT14NHaxlQGC-Q7CI6qw/s1600/2011-07-19_14-29-45_878.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrKy9rWMo40hX1R_r_YmB904zk2jj4Ic-xG7u2EEZ5dxb61mWXIXjCFAj9w18SYR2l-w8vrAtLP_A6sYX2irTO9tI3BX3ZASy9nggoCB4W0VpoXUcxvaxveFdT14NHaxlQGC-Q7CI6qw/s400/2011-07-19_14-29-45_878.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Time was up for the great wine area of Sonoma and Napa. We regretted that we had not booked all nights at one place thinking about how close the two valleys are, in another way we was not, we managed to get the best and the worst of both.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Once again we had been lucky with our pick using Google Earth. Looking up on Google Earth you are heading, looking for the bed on the map and evaluate their web pages and locations it is up to you to pick and chose.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdd1bnP1bsp4j9Ap2m26M4_GQJRn3tVE5QoLdsVvu7BjBypHUc4dO7jmLc1_nWSgXmO6-LP4zhEh5fE1TWN0P0RNw_VsAZGJSuijgVHfTRbR4BiFTssmm17KRSnjGKpKuXZbKSKYEebY/s1600/DSC01904.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdd1bnP1bsp4j9Ap2m26M4_GQJRn3tVE5QoLdsVvu7BjBypHUc4dO7jmLc1_nWSgXmO6-LP4zhEh5fE1TWN0P0RNw_VsAZGJSuijgVHfTRbR4BiFTssmm17KRSnjGKpKuXZbKSKYEebY/s400/DSC01904.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">This was the way I did it with Cinnamon Bear Creakside Inn. I have seen on this trip that many of the Inn’s has personality, but I am sure it is depending on the Innkeeper. Cinnamon have two lovely ladies running the place and give so much of them self for this place. Only place we visited however that gave us a set time for breakfast. 9am not earlier, not later. This is understandable wanting to give the guests the best breakfast and waste no unnecessarily time in the kitchen, but spend time treat the gusts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigu2tU0xuo-dS3iSR983zsIuTY0OlKeLIQ7t8jTQWr6tbv-s_CcDqgfAO5HLRSog1e3qN-eGw8RepTb7X1np3KQVQfAEcqGzZs26k389jLS_3CnIePbu3_CnaUM-WCNCW_2fL1vOjtr8g/s1600/DSC01909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigu2tU0xuo-dS3iSR983zsIuTY0OlKeLIQ7t8jTQWr6tbv-s_CcDqgfAO5HLRSog1e3qN-eGw8RepTb7X1np3KQVQfAEcqGzZs26k389jLS_3CnIePbu3_CnaUM-WCNCW_2fL1vOjtr8g/s400/DSC01909.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">I am sure the girls have the challenge with the owner and the owner should have a look at the possibility to upgrade some of the area around the Inn. Room for improvement in the garden, not cozy at all, but have great potential.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Cinnamon is close to the road and it is Hwy 12 passing indicating a bit traffic, but other than that it is not a long walk into the nice city of Sonoma. We enjoyed the city and would love to be back to it with another surprise it have some good restaurants, something to look for when you stay at a local Inn.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGjarz69ewee-KCPqlsppA7w8aXhrdMPgJU_P8ijbS83f80ZNFB3S-fzWKKuL9jE0kdCL_JbM1fCAsL9Jt9aCTq-PLUNtzfofxqdN0eTM1xG4dlCJR-9ck58c3E5CaLIv72SkBHbGjVGI/s1600/DSC_0003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGjarz69ewee-KCPqlsppA7w8aXhrdMPgJU_P8ijbS83f80ZNFB3S-fzWKKuL9jE0kdCL_JbM1fCAsL9Jt9aCTq-PLUNtzfofxqdN0eTM1xG4dlCJR-9ck58c3E5CaLIv72SkBHbGjVGI/s400/DSC_0003.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">The bathroom was just fantastic at Cinnamon, yes large and had a big (could cover 4 people I am sure) bath tub with Jacuzzi. Just a shame we did not have time to use that properly.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQyI2cPJKPuZ-sWB118pm0w1WAp5wuln7a0yZFdt4nzHsqgYgF3ahbvE0SKv47QGy_bi4MU4ANaKywtzQqcC-gUYx78DaqNq0g_aFyVLwdLurQDpZy7Rx4fNbwpe6lMKCIAR2X9aNeIfs/s1600/DSC01740.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQyI2cPJKPuZ-sWB118pm0w1WAp5wuln7a0yZFdt4nzHsqgYgF3ahbvE0SKv47QGy_bi4MU4ANaKywtzQqcC-gUYx78DaqNq0g_aFyVLwdLurQDpZy7Rx4fNbwpe6lMKCIAR2X9aNeIfs/s400/DSC01740.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">The layout for the breakfast room also was great, it gives you the possibility to join with other guests and get to meet new people. At this place we met Jean and Tom Kesey, living just a couple of hours away and had their own smaller wine yard. We were lucky, they had a bottle to spare in the car, and we look forward to a special event to enjoy that. If we are even luckier we can make them a visit and learn more about wine making by smaller co-operations. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">So result is that if we are to stay in Sonoma on our next visit we hope that it is the same innkeeper and we would join them for breakfast at 9am.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;"><u><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Napa</span></strong></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qqsOqwK-6rzY0xzCXe-u0K9JyEgAhyphenhyphene_MRV9kj7EWxHl-FnanfTt8nvJLJ6vGvy_KERANyUEY12qNidu3KXL5ohdvY_UJthXI_rPKT87f67Bn1BezIFiLEVuF7iaWRU93rXBiU2MT6Y/s1600/DSC01978.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qqsOqwK-6rzY0xzCXe-u0K9JyEgAhyphenhyphene_MRV9kj7EWxHl-FnanfTt8nvJLJ6vGvy_KERANyUEY12qNidu3KXL5ohdvY_UJthXI_rPKT87f67Bn1BezIFiLEVuF7iaWRU93rXBiU2MT6Y/s400/DSC01978.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Our big disappointment was Napa and Old World Inn. Most of it because of it lack of personality. The Inn lost the personality based on two major issues; it had a main house with breakfast in a dark cellar that was ok for wine tasting , but not for a cozy breakfast, and it had 2-4 smaller houses around with 2-4 rooms in each house. Covering a total of 21 rooms was too much for being the “small” cozy Inn we hoped it to be. Maybe I should have been reading better on the web page and looked more around and learned more about Napa and what it had to offer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMD96KoUTcrP300yZ7Nrbjkk_B5pfgIgqmgiPWJ0rHA2ISnyaYQP1Gab3_ztA56IQUgbb_PcAPBD0gKSBD8oKxAhh0zcc2Jm_ek0amUwMxlDgdkLj25LQJNEHNxbEpBuNAcyUlsvcGj_A/s1600/DSC02059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMD96KoUTcrP300yZ7Nrbjkk_B5pfgIgqmgiPWJ0rHA2ISnyaYQP1Gab3_ztA56IQUgbb_PcAPBD0gKSBD8oKxAhh0zcc2Jm_ek0amUwMxlDgdkLj25LQJNEHNxbEpBuNAcyUlsvcGj_A/s400/DSC02059.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJaJ9Ltw6uJ6R_x_B9o00ACYDn10w9MjZQ74FYz0_oGO3GqnPA2sC0v_QivGMlwjeHxx3mS1cypVOhUjIb_NJi3jwwrn0RbODoQo_isZJzbQ23el4biZlUEm_tXYe7yy5LOM5u6awNPdc/s1600/DSC02062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJaJ9Ltw6uJ6R_x_B9o00ACYDn10w9MjZQ74FYz0_oGO3GqnPA2sC0v_QivGMlwjeHxx3mS1cypVOhUjIb_NJi3jwwrn0RbODoQo_isZJzbQ23el4biZlUEm_tXYe7yy5LOM5u6awNPdc/s400/DSC02062.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Napa Valley have so much more to offer so make sure to look around and look more into the other places in the Valley and not necessarily in Napa itself. The “town” did not have anything to offer as we could see at least compared to the smaller places along the Valley. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">The room was ok or it was more than ok, it was good no complaint to them. We stayed in one of the additional houses and they have potential. No good outdoor area to sit down in the afternoon or evening, even they have sitting areas they should be better looked after so it would be possible to sit there.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6z3X1_MHLQW9Fc36MPe_waop4Yl4mJb9o84bROEYXx4rpRzubWhee37fTeQQfvRbrS4_bGie-3oylk0sYqs9zvNH-CafSCN5GUrchnkFA3Oprd6Wgl1fuk300gXeChRUEeyXapkKSOTQ/s1600/DSC_0044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6z3X1_MHLQW9Fc36MPe_waop4Yl4mJb9o84bROEYXx4rpRzubWhee37fTeQQfvRbrS4_bGie-3oylk0sYqs9zvNH-CafSCN5GUrchnkFA3Oprd6Wgl1fuk300gXeChRUEeyXapkKSOTQ/s400/DSC_0044.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">What they had was good space for parking and with 21 rooms they need it. It was the most expensive stay on our trip; $229 USD during the week and $269 USD in the weekend. Napa or not value for money was not there and I am sure we was paying for future upgrades, at least I hope they do and will spend the money wise on the upgrades “if they comes”.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">So no it will not be a choice for us next time we visit the area to learn more about the enormous amount of wine made in the valley.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84845479841680714.post-62873123564282313432011-08-02T07:18:00.000-07:002011-08-02T07:18:43.291-07:00Motels and Inn’s on the road<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Based on our 3 weeks road trip and visit to different Motels and Inn’s some recommendations have been given, but I would like to put them all together in on presentation and take some other views and implement some other comments along the way.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1laHwr8kUWnTwKjz6QjFfX1S4TmaLRUFCwvCUNvaAywLCS_nksdTwBwG9GTR42_H0BA84_UnRtL0o6NoGl1woeLztpd5fxTVTD-qgEIDzoGtlE-amEd7le4VFGCCWDdeqs-A4c6_qgU/s1600/Comfort+Suits+July+8th.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1laHwr8kUWnTwKjz6QjFfX1S4TmaLRUFCwvCUNvaAywLCS_nksdTwBwG9GTR42_H0BA84_UnRtL0o6NoGl1woeLztpd5fxTVTD-qgEIDzoGtlE-amEd7le4VFGCCWDdeqs-A4c6_qgU/s320/Comfort+Suits+July+8th.jpg" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Due to our lack of experience we had pre-booked the first two stays on the road to Temecula in addition to the 5 stays in California in the 5 different wine district we where to visit.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Being on the road and on transportation stages we was not looking to the individual place could offer other than a bed and a shower in the morning, if there was breakfast, fine, but no necessity. There was a “breakfast” at Comfort Suits in Fort Stockton where we had our first stay. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Nice clean place that had easy access to I-10 we followed most of the way west.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">With a price of above $120 USD it was the most expensive on our travels to and from California not including the 5 in Wine areas.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">I am sure we could have cut down the travel time to two days and one stop instead of our two stops, but that as well is part of the learning curve.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">So Comfort Suits is to recommend, but do not expect too much for breakfast, we enjoyed both the fitness room and Jacuzzi after a long day on the road, and it was good before we tried to find something to eat in the neighborhood and there was, nothing fancy, but to solve two hungry people desire of food.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Next stop was Casa Grande. A Best Western with room to a price of $85 USD and no breakfast. But with Denny’s next to the entrance both breakfast and “dinner” was available within reach. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMRqJU6RrWfve-yLQzwT28psVr3gVjKIzo5Phn0Wv1pwjRgpp1XFZ5ajdtorL-lCKJHBJWmCB6R8MlhxSaIm5zO0Usb8w7Ssq1C8BRUe5LEJQWQliaO_Vtka1GQlLNIpRBbVZCVyapEA/s1600/2011-07-09_18-41-39_101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMRqJU6RrWfve-yLQzwT28psVr3gVjKIzo5Phn0Wv1pwjRgpp1XFZ5ajdtorL-lCKJHBJWmCB6R8MlhxSaIm5zO0Usb8w7Ssq1C8BRUe5LEJQWQliaO_Vtka1GQlLNIpRBbVZCVyapEA/s400/2011-07-09_18-41-39_101.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">With my wish to find places to stay that was close to I-10, this was almost just next to it as well. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_7Vqg7ZNV2-GIn8YtXiWJAwjPkao-nBLzqjXU0LK6kr6MODGOvbYROkRDoI9N1PrMaGrr8xvJ04VUwd3UhWvH9frBqHJg3WAmIaC0RnsIbaUl_5PsatwbT4t1Iy6gBpLaemQmmbzPzs/s1600/2011-07-09_18-42-13_952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_7Vqg7ZNV2-GIn8YtXiWJAwjPkao-nBLzqjXU0LK6kr6MODGOvbYROkRDoI9N1PrMaGrr8xvJ04VUwd3UhWvH9frBqHJg3WAmIaC0RnsIbaUl_5PsatwbT4t1Iy6gBpLaemQmmbzPzs/s400/2011-07-09_18-42-13_952.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">So for us wanted to hit the road early Sunday morning July 10<sup>th</sup> we rather stopped at the first gas station on the road for our morning coffee and a bagel than Danny’s. Picky maybe, but could also get some extras like water that was needed.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Best Western in Casa Grande also had the gym and a Jacuzzi we could enjoy, other than that it was a good night sleep we enjoyed, but that what you can expect on a place for $85 USD or less.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRKcGKqKf7-8w147hKJgUuLlHfrggVrma5k23z-PaeMGRGR_CpLpDFT0d_3XLWaONRD_IqzPBCAKkHDd16FrTblZokJP5j7Xdr9U-PHmjff0K78895vjIBzMrUSGz-iNOVEYS5bjhceI/s1600/2011-07-09_19-21-00_131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRKcGKqKf7-8w147hKJgUuLlHfrggVrma5k23z-PaeMGRGR_CpLpDFT0d_3XLWaONRD_IqzPBCAKkHDd16FrTblZokJP5j7Xdr9U-PHmjff0K78895vjIBzMrUSGz-iNOVEYS5bjhceI/s400/2011-07-09_19-21-00_131.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">I will not put our stays at the Inn’s, but compare the Motels on the road so I jump on this to our on the road back home.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Ahead of us leaving Napa was a 2200 miles trip and 3 nights sleep.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">To make sure to have an end destination for the AT&T Navigator I had put in the address for Day Inn Wendover. They may call it Inn, but for me it was a Motel. Getting to Wendover and our experience driving first to Temecula and also along the coast of California we knew we would find something just to jump into.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Arriving in Wendover early evening we took an quick changed and headed for a Choice Hotel, Quality Inn Stateline, on the board line for Utah and Nevada on 1300 meter above sea level.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAkmSPTN4Ri7Nrs5GjkxylotFbFpPxaT9HKUesYEhL9-aCcLwCzmCWGJR2ui-SL7rdiZRWEPD6mlnBChuWBapk-Ekf-XPb3RdXfCH_AjrctvzEEpBDEma4SnJ4sqktguQkARAo1A-v_g/s1600/Quality+Inn+Stateline+Wendover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAkmSPTN4Ri7Nrs5GjkxylotFbFpPxaT9HKUesYEhL9-aCcLwCzmCWGJR2ui-SL7rdiZRWEPD6mlnBChuWBapk-Ekf-XPb3RdXfCH_AjrctvzEEpBDEma4SnJ4sqktguQkARAo1A-v_g/s400/Quality+Inn+Stateline+Wendover.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">It was close to something to eat, not fancy at the close casino on the other side in Nevada, but we had a good night sleep there as well, but Laila was quick out of the restroom in the reception area next morning. DIRTY, just one word, keep the place clean please. Good the room was ok, should have used the bath room before we handed in the keys in the morning, just another experience.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">We did not worry about the 705 miles that Google Earth told us it would be for our next stop in Colorado Spring. The Motel we had plotted in at the Navigator should have available room. However when we got there it was fully booked, so we needed to go for our open mind and hit a bit further south of the city and find something close to I-25.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Picked something new for a change, motel 6, give it a try, room available, with r</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">oom service for us hungry people.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGII5wjr7DPI3LUPaLehUi1DnfFiIwBNQ7pk0EYiQvj0tjk8cbNBQ8eiiBBzKB28gfCGBbn4epzzc13U5k5a8PqS8Kd3KFysr6g1whhz06B51XJjTHj-Dk5w-e41GkZKJaaiujEmaBVk/s1600/Motel+6+at+Colorado+Springs+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGII5wjr7DPI3LUPaLehUi1DnfFiIwBNQ7pk0EYiQvj0tjk8cbNBQ8eiiBBzKB28gfCGBbn4epzzc13U5k5a8PqS8Kd3KFysr6g1whhz06B51XJjTHj-Dk5w-e41GkZKJaaiujEmaBVk/s1600/Motel+6+at+Colorado+Springs+1.jpg" t$="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaQYNfttsK89ZAW5mxu2A_IYts-O9IfUBheVKOMrKKmrmI8UYd0ydEkkEQGkyjgK_1ZUumpjMfFy17_vosqvj07-DBzDq_-S37Q8FRZb2HrWAsv8AhER5OH88pNP4QvK3kj0Wdu-MWqY/s1600/Motel+6+at+Colorado+Springs+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaQYNfttsK89ZAW5mxu2A_IYts-O9IfUBheVKOMrKKmrmI8UYd0ydEkkEQGkyjgK_1ZUumpjMfFy17_vosqvj07-DBzDq_-S37Q8FRZb2HrWAsv8AhER5OH88pNP4QvK3kj0Wdu-MWqY/s320/Motel+6+at+Colorado+Springs+2.jpg" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Room ok and good bed for the $58 dollar we paid, good enough for us to pick an address south of Oklahoma City for our last stop with the same chain.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">The room service was a service in the room advising about a number to call and deliveries would be made to this “181” site as this motel had.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">That the operator in the other end had difficulties to understand my English-English and I had to use my patient was ok, the food when it was delivered 45 minutes later as promised, the salad was ok, the lasagna was more a pasta sauce than lasagna, but I am sure it was my bad pick and there could be something that would be better choice.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Getting to our last stop on the 3 week’s vacation the Motel6 in Norman just south of Oklahoma City had an inviting presentation inside as outside. That the rate was $ 73 USD was also inviting for a stay. We had stopped on the way so we did not need any food this evening, we even did not look for any in the area either. Looking forward to get back home to Houston, so what is our experience?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxyhjARHlzTMJ4e1idSL9wDM_CKkD1dbEQeyEugd3NIOTMFsBD7MCDgeI8C2t9nC-j4SYnMgayMuJAeEEKWWn0Kgk7vr0D-UqiywT-_OmXVvaLZ7inO1slQcA7iu5dpytiN1HjhgkwTY/s1600/M+6+Norman+Oklahoma+City+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxyhjARHlzTMJ4e1idSL9wDM_CKkD1dbEQeyEugd3NIOTMFsBD7MCDgeI8C2t9nC-j4SYnMgayMuJAeEEKWWn0Kgk7vr0D-UqiywT-_OmXVvaLZ7inO1slQcA7iu5dpytiN1HjhgkwTY/s400/M+6+Norman+Oklahoma+City+1.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYLaZRV6KX4a2CibDWhZ9R60pkSqbmYt2tBb1RhG7Z7VAUUZzpLF9I19tuzfGDL2kUjs50iSxzCDaIpdKnMaDnyTSfQ3Y7tQCgA0UPNhuBCuhWeXucze6TepEqjKb8WxQlu-42vYDbKI/s1600/M+6+Norman+Oklahoma+City+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYLaZRV6KX4a2CibDWhZ9R60pkSqbmYt2tBb1RhG7Z7VAUUZzpLF9I19tuzfGDL2kUjs50iSxzCDaIpdKnMaDnyTSfQ3Y7tQCgA0UPNhuBCuhWeXucze6TepEqjKb8WxQlu-42vYDbKI/s400/M+6+Norman+Oklahoma+City+2.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkR2qlVglnZOJ5V_cCPZ6Dub_8I9ROj9kwJBUW-2W79GdlOpPjpcubtNOYTbjMeeWt7W0ZtGd-jlWDHWfvnTsLdfaFoS7LBegZUZNQ3gQVF2NSxp4TKcM3u6XsBtWUX6NQahEy4ZcyoDE/s1600/M+6+Norman+Oklahoma+City+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkR2qlVglnZOJ5V_cCPZ6Dub_8I9ROj9kwJBUW-2W79GdlOpPjpcubtNOYTbjMeeWt7W0ZtGd-jlWDHWfvnTsLdfaFoS7LBegZUZNQ3gQVF2NSxp4TKcM3u6XsBtWUX6NQahEy4ZcyoDE/s400/M+6+Norman+Oklahoma+City+3.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Going on a road trip from Houston to California and back is no big deal. Finding a place to stay between $50-100 is no problem including it will be good places to stay. Some can disappoint you with special issues, but most of them will have good beds, good bath rooms and reasonable facilities. Please note this is my individual experience and expectations.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJVl37BDUvSb0-onDolkfgFJXvNCibge93jwpXwbSsOXVzkpyCdb19-z4HI9ThKabFQ914ZRvsZFzEZTW2q_cXF11ufieLSHCXZk1vtUVhWLG-CvOhDasZ_9xiEQ9SWIumiu-hlXQ_qE/s1600/M+6+Norman+Oklahoma+City+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJVl37BDUvSb0-onDolkfgFJXvNCibge93jwpXwbSsOXVzkpyCdb19-z4HI9ThKabFQ914ZRvsZFzEZTW2q_cXF11ufieLSHCXZk1vtUVhWLG-CvOhDasZ_9xiEQ9SWIumiu-hlXQ_qE/s400/M+6+Norman+Oklahoma+City+5.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">At one of the Motel6 I picked with me the directory listings and when we had east next summer I will bring it with me so I know there is one close to where I intend to stop. Good quality for the price paid.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVz9TE20gpHBAhOIjdGnGccBcT8ufXJjebr_5hHHiTQqwfo_BNoaD_3MmDZT1a9B5wXmcAalLx-FJ8ukHNU8qp5jcxZcH5kWG6NsIYlRScZYln8Cs69EB873BEI3vIQuTl-LuVL3hJfRg/s1600/M+6+Norman+Oklahoma+City+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVz9TE20gpHBAhOIjdGnGccBcT8ufXJjebr_5hHHiTQqwfo_BNoaD_3MmDZT1a9B5wXmcAalLx-FJ8ukHNU8qp5jcxZcH5kWG6NsIYlRScZYln8Cs69EB873BEI3vIQuTl-LuVL3hJfRg/s400/M+6+Norman+Oklahoma+City+4.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Please keep in mind to have a city in the area where you intend to stop as it will be there you will find most motels, not out in the dessert. And make sure you have gas on the tank as you drive when you look for a place to stay.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84845479841680714.post-52033989106067013102011-07-29T06:55:00.000-07:002011-07-29T06:55:36.760-07:00Long way home<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">At last we could have a sleep in our own bed in Houston. The more than 2200 miles from Napa to Houston took us the 4 days as expected.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECVcf26_UBqxPNJsfLDIRAe2gk69DyO50VLrdX8GQvBVFxRi8diptNe498S-dTPMfBpOnj2RHrT3EMF2d1O72sBpow3bO4n7PF0QkCIqMvbJvp9H0A24e9QKU_0jMm8Nv3wuvbls5kJ4/s1600/2011-07-25_20-28-39_831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECVcf26_UBqxPNJsfLDIRAe2gk69DyO50VLrdX8GQvBVFxRi8diptNe498S-dTPMfBpOnj2RHrT3EMF2d1O72sBpow3bO4n7PF0QkCIqMvbJvp9H0A24e9QKU_0jMm8Nv3wuvbls5kJ4/s400/2011-07-25_20-28-39_831.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">First lap was from Napa to Wendover, a city on the border line between Nevada and Utah. Strange in the evening walking from the Inn at the Utah side across to where we got our food on the Nevada side and some smaller gambling at the slot machines.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYTrcTKAV-csZkOpuiFIlluI3hLT-rQV4nEY5l5VJ2XgxH_PFi8xm7SxD1nooCJtlOyTQjrYtamDpR3ah8tnBQ_qAa2CWDixX5ydcCH1nqim9Es8N3d-VX7ImAB7OtedQIks5SXuXQfk/s1600/2011-07-26_08-53-32_780.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYTrcTKAV-csZkOpuiFIlluI3hLT-rQV4nEY5l5VJ2XgxH_PFi8xm7SxD1nooCJtlOyTQjrYtamDpR3ah8tnBQ_qAa2CWDixX5ydcCH1nqim9Es8N3d-VX7ImAB7OtedQIks5SXuXQfk/s400/2011-07-26_08-53-32_780.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Next morning early up for a 705 miles lap from Wendover to Colorado Springs, it was interesting to pass on the first lap both Nevada and Utah, and even more so when we crossed Salt Lake and Utah as well Wyoming and into Colorado.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXo6-V49EDRirI4vDgbvxxa2QfP2J1JXbLhARl5s4ld86S4kLwB9tIKIGJpXH1Q7I-pAfjvF91bJiiTEV7G1CCdUSgRuksHtZi5iCqrQxzNabV0__jLdA1AMD8gmjnR1BErhOpEG0UNJE/s1600/2011-07-26_13-13-02_490.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXo6-V49EDRirI4vDgbvxxa2QfP2J1JXbLhARl5s4ld86S4kLwB9tIKIGJpXH1Q7I-pAfjvF91bJiiTEV7G1CCdUSgRuksHtZi5iCqrQxzNabV0__jLdA1AMD8gmjnR1BErhOpEG0UNJE/s400/2011-07-26_13-13-02_490.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Many interesting stops at gas stations and “restaurants” some with acceptable hamburgers and some with not that acceptable “food”, was good with Pringles along the drive.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYNboEUc2_6JtCw-JXX8HqEu8uR6gwbqdDrn44j7huoBCTWMJHcfb0o0Gfve0J-JbWYoHFjXfaPYhBHm5xlmxf-p1LKTl59n1SJrzjpCe_CL9RQS8kF_jDNCTm88moxm9wPQtU9LSGag/s1600/2011-07-26_17-27-35_913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYNboEUc2_6JtCw-JXX8HqEu8uR6gwbqdDrn44j7huoBCTWMJHcfb0o0Gfve0J-JbWYoHFjXfaPYhBHm5xlmxf-p1LKTl59n1SJrzjpCe_CL9RQS8kF_jDNCTm88moxm9wPQtU9LSGag/s400/2011-07-26_17-27-35_913.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">From Colorado Springs we was driving to Oklahoma City, or just passed it so we did not have to do that first ting in the morning. One of the signs we passed on our drive this day we saw 114F (45,5 deg C) so it was a hot day and we noticed as we stopped to fill and eat at Taco Bell/KFC that evening.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX8m_HGxOHNh1BABI6kKrjggcw_sPWK-5TlW-AmZwqnjIfYjdevsam_cwgXcIxMs5TUGVBjJw-V11RZ9tGD18JJsg_gZHc8JwFSk4BOFCFFwErSaD00Y5098Yoqr0ObciZFdnecKsAyYA/s1600/2011-07-27_16-36-15_731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX8m_HGxOHNh1BABI6kKrjggcw_sPWK-5TlW-AmZwqnjIfYjdevsam_cwgXcIxMs5TUGVBjJw-V11RZ9tGD18JJsg_gZHc8JwFSk4BOFCFFwErSaD00Y5098Yoqr0ObciZFdnecKsAyYA/s400/2011-07-27_16-36-15_731.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">It was good to see the sign of Texas yesterday, so was the scenery and counting down the miles until we turned onto Town & Country Blvd.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Home Sweet Home, it was a fantastic journey, and I will do it again in addition to at least visit some of these places and stop at the places we stopped.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Look forward to be back both in Temecula and Sonoma in addition to Pablo Robles. More about rating of our stays will follow.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84845479841680714.post-18975363396214682812011-07-24T20:01:00.000-07:002011-07-24T20:07:29.642-07:00Last day in Napa<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Again it is surreal to have vacation and at the same time think about what happened in Norway on Friday. It will forever be in our thoughts and memories.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">But we are having a last tour around in California wine counties and it all ends in Napa.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijX14HUIz_YvVGFvLsPWrfxmV-UIq8D-5XTkXBsqPb7MPx94HP0K53SNvaHBSEsdwh7FY7t4txuCuP6_1M6Yag40iZJwb_8rSDV44iOV0wo9VFRAGUv4Xb2rg08efTAXF0P5Zu2Upk1es/s1600/DSC02065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijX14HUIz_YvVGFvLsPWrfxmV-UIq8D-5XTkXBsqPb7MPx94HP0K53SNvaHBSEsdwh7FY7t4txuCuP6_1M6Yag40iZJwb_8rSDV44iOV0wo9VFRAGUv4Xb2rg08efTAXF0P5Zu2Upk1es/s400/DSC02065.JPG" t$="true" width="300" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">For me it was to be back to my early days of “alcohol” 18 years or so and celebrating New Year with a bottle of champagne. Label I remember was MUMM and yesterday I noticed we passed MUMM NAPA, so today our first and only stop at a vinery was MUMM NAPA. (<a href="http://mummnapa.com/"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">http://mummnapa.com</span></a>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcAxK4gzhvP8Kk5sbDzWLTV28uPBKSyZqgPoVWAo05yPi0iotMDIshyphenhyphenVUMoy-pru2YlknkvDAcLsfMEhsd7yI-mLjcXNfrqk7aB8ZYZIk0-biidvjUUJQV7G0V0izlMIjxbVEuvJeMLx4/s1600/DSC_0001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcAxK4gzhvP8Kk5sbDzWLTV28uPBKSyZqgPoVWAo05yPi0iotMDIshyphenhyphenVUMoy-pru2YlknkvDAcLsfMEhsd7yI-mLjcXNfrqk7aB8ZYZIk0-biidvjUUJQV7G0V0izlMIjxbVEuvJeMLx4/s400/DSC_0001.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">We wanted to enjoy the outdoor Patio and wanted a taste of three of their DVX sparkling alternative. It was Sunday morning and what could be better than have a wonderful view out across wine yards and zip to a glass of sparkling wine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfGsrPxuHlEcSE6m6AjBMctSSst2Y15UJyZMBcti3YSrH1n21c8qOCZIRKBVgWRHAtTK33P6RpiD9_cvpFhjn0zV2EA-_fJ0LOh_zdIXYDalcsMwHWH4rWmcW215xQxzxNCEp1ccxsEo/s1600/DSC02068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfGsrPxuHlEcSE6m6AjBMctSSst2Y15UJyZMBcti3YSrH1n21c8qOCZIRKBVgWRHAtTK33P6RpiD9_cvpFhjn0zV2EA-_fJ0LOh_zdIXYDalcsMwHWH4rWmcW215xQxzxNCEp1ccxsEo/s400/DSC02068.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">After the tasting we enjoyed a tour around in the MUMM NAPA Fine Art Photography Gallery. With one exhibition of amazing art by Robert Bueltemann and also an exhibition from Matthew Adams privet collection with pictures taken by his grandfather Ansel Adams. (<a href="http://mummnapa.com/visitmummnapa/galleryExihibitInformation"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">http://mummnapa.com/visitmummnapa/galleryExihibitInformation</span></a>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAfjGniMJKnXE51GgOWuRLodOXThyphenhyphenYdvkV21cNd1zkkqMlpiGeM6JBYDaadermwh3rzAMY9DuCjletnegwTCnl7PEtFkeM6zOqAYdNhorQ4mdDEzbCPPR4QyXvVh1DsGUmGt1aa-JvnI/s1600/DSC_0024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAfjGniMJKnXE51GgOWuRLodOXThyphenhyphenYdvkV21cNd1zkkqMlpiGeM6JBYDaadermwh3rzAMY9DuCjletnegwTCnl7PEtFkeM6zOqAYdNhorQ4mdDEzbCPPR4QyXvVh1DsGUmGt1aa-JvnI/s400/DSC_0024.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">I must say I enjoyed it more than where we stay in Napa. It had an atmosphere we can’t find in Napa.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-eAy4-zHhyphenhyphenjDNBieBGwYzXt-OQx6bkt5FRex5WEW9n86uVQA0nWppQiEi1TfubTmmTonqPsQtij3-j-5xPSK8m4hylvKD5pr-kx3wCLRT6iQyzfPV1_lNbZzE07-c0EyhJTzCKoE7Rv0/s1600/DSC02075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-eAy4-zHhyphenhyphenjDNBieBGwYzXt-OQx6bkt5FRex5WEW9n86uVQA0nWppQiEi1TfubTmmTonqPsQtij3-j-5xPSK8m4hylvKD5pr-kx3wCLRT6iQyzfPV1_lNbZzE07-c0EyhJTzCKoE7Rv0/s320/DSC02075.JPG" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">This was the same with St. Helena, not a big place, but had an atmosphere and I will say to those who want to look around in Napa and need a place to stay, look first to the two mentioned places along with Yountville. In addition you are not so far away from Sonoma and that could also be an alternative and hit both areas at the same time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQdg_CIJKocsUh4gokxDDbvQUhBls7G7fp0l2Me0ORP_birQCI6RGEgyMTPqJk5tabR1nZGRLb0pIXNjOm3yJmKYDa56PR67kTazGm5iWn3_syBdSpbXZhqjSXq9Q0YR5LEsu6K6RTKDE/s1600/DSC_0037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQdg_CIJKocsUh4gokxDDbvQUhBls7G7fp0l2Me0ORP_birQCI6RGEgyMTPqJk5tabR1nZGRLb0pIXNjOm3yJmKYDa56PR67kTazGm5iWn3_syBdSpbXZhqjSXq9Q0YR5LEsu6K6RTKDE/s400/DSC_0037.JPG" t$="true" width="267" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">In our stroll up the main street in St. Helena we came across an art gallery. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jNvV1qBSMshChhqIg9s8eXj7Z-DOINFF4lmZjB3rl2xiIiDVEc_oxruw2Myy_RMmQndQ_urO_woyZr0ci6wcZRUEoIOMQ_utFEysu4M6s_cKizfWG683m8duP4MI6ZCsJHhUHMcN9l8/s1600/DSC_0041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jNvV1qBSMshChhqIg9s8eXj7Z-DOINFF4lmZjB3rl2xiIiDVEc_oxruw2Myy_RMmQndQ_urO_woyZr0ci6wcZRUEoIOMQ_utFEysu4M6s_cKizfWG683m8duP4MI6ZCsJHhUHMcN9l8/s400/DSC_0041.JPG" t$="true" width="267" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">The Christopher Hill Gallery (<a href="http://www.chgallery.com/"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">http://www.chgallery.com</span></a>) was very nice and they will also for those who are interested a gallery in a week’s time in Austin. Shorter for us to head to that one, I look forward to visit Austin with an additional thing in mind, visiting the art gallery.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dly7g6hZXiDEl_cVaH-ruIj2xQAPKKIX-IOTIa5_MRyvjqh35LcpW6GQjHQxEPIGYY_INz0hbQGgJVbBQCS78Oxsb6inGVesP_eFLyQ4c81mfGUCVxSBmwQyZMBOcQ5ztdmovyy7M6o/s1600/DSC_0042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dly7g6hZXiDEl_cVaH-ruIj2xQAPKKIX-IOTIa5_MRyvjqh35LcpW6GQjHQxEPIGYY_INz0hbQGgJVbBQCS78Oxsb6inGVesP_eFLyQ4c81mfGUCVxSBmwQyZMBOcQ5ztdmovyy7M6o/s400/DSC_0042.JPG" t$="true" width="266" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">The person behind is Austrian and run an art gallery in Austria too, and to what we saw it was very interesting and diversified art shown in the gallery. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">I special fall in love with the paintings by Mario Garcia Miro, the combination of the new and the old way of creating and way to use the colors made my fantasy and imaginations get out of itself.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVK9CPqV5kAgiSDLGUaqMMl2AOkjjtzFtkhWWyxOvzOtpGisuCsQqq9ZpYUkQN7xwlKEA54cpiYbtvubOwOcmwYVXQzYayCjE87xyLvq68z7yDAeSpL1vng_tZ_LOYu56BqOa_jsjpYnA/s1600/miro_110_tierra_viento_y_fuego_recortada_530x425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVK9CPqV5kAgiSDLGUaqMMl2AOkjjtzFtkhWWyxOvzOtpGisuCsQqq9ZpYUkQN7xwlKEA54cpiYbtvubOwOcmwYVXQzYayCjE87xyLvq68z7yDAeSpL1vng_tZ_LOYu56BqOa_jsjpYnA/s400/miro_110_tierra_viento_y_fuego_recortada_530x425.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Very much worth visit for those who want a visit to a gallery with unexpected tease for the imagination.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Time for late lunch or early dinner today too and a new stop at Yountville and Bistro Jeanty, (<a href="http://www.bistrojeanty.com/"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">http://www.bistrojeanty.com</span></a>) it tasted so good yesterday that we just needed it reconfirmed. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0DKByIyelMTyShdkLTa41sLhnjjiiqhjmFizPm6q4BcgDJO8cjfmrC7tnoJ9-PsrPpQg8iLeQQAKVtfzDIamzX2IeP24DTuqDXbciPKP_MVjq4GcaYCMLoM0vr5voMsUZUkRVCzyBuI/s1600/Bistro+Jeanty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0DKByIyelMTyShdkLTa41sLhnjjiiqhjmFizPm6q4BcgDJO8cjfmrC7tnoJ9-PsrPpQg8iLeQQAKVtfzDIamzX2IeP24DTuqDXbciPKP_MVjq4GcaYCMLoM0vr5voMsUZUkRVCzyBuI/s400/Bistro+Jeanty.jpg" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Cassoulet. To accomplish the food we had the same Rosé wine as yesterday and for desert vanilla ice-cream, shared for a good reason.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">My Daube de Boeuf from yesterday won the competition, today it was too warm for me, but as it should be. Only thing than it is difficult to enjoy the taste that is in it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">But again they showed great French traditional food and it was good to have this and the Italian food in Sonoma without what has become both in California and Texas to much Chili. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">So when the checked was paid, shopping for our travel, snacks, that is needed in the car tomorrow along with water. Almost ready, just need to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>find the route home to Houston.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84845479841680714.post-54752955132300935482011-07-23T20:29:00.000-07:002011-07-23T20:32:38.452-07:00A Saturday in Napa Valley<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">It was a bit strange today to start another day of our vacation and knowing the tragically happening in Norway. We just needed to hit the road and try to forget for some hours and we did. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">We were thinking of do the Silverado Trial today and do the 29 on our way back home. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4q_FhY-15iXg5iazRiPPwTIP6lvrAXST28v_22nyVJshe2CPabqG6lNHpg33UXFwGIClIZEL5wkjvtsu_1JeiDec_GfVWE7a1RAqQM56U6AAe_WRFuGXmz-ftCyIKNi3MiMzBSgahTko/s1600/DSC01982.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4q_FhY-15iXg5iazRiPPwTIP6lvrAXST28v_22nyVJshe2CPabqG6lNHpg33UXFwGIClIZEL5wkjvtsu_1JeiDec_GfVWE7a1RAqQM56U6AAe_WRFuGXmz-ftCyIKNi3MiMzBSgahTko/s400/DSC01982.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">First winery we stopped at come suddenly, due to we had forgotten the recommendation from Chef Dean and his wife in Temecula. DARIOUSH (<a href="http://www.darioush.com/"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">http://www.darioush.com</span></a>), nothing like it in Napa I must say. Noted for its Bordaux style estate wines, implements old world labor-intensive, micro-vineyard management and new world state of the art technology to craft fine wines from its estates located in the appellations of Napa Valley. Under direction of Darioush Khaledi and wine maker Steve Devitt, precision and quality are of the utmost important at the winery.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHD1t9f_zGTPvrx5tz471ZPpUK6PorskJgGpEEvWpICv4dBKcbJVhaTZGVeJs6f9wPVP9w0tt0SzqzjiZMnLPn1id4mE2d18D6dtxXyZOet8sZ9RWHiUXK9sCUdFGXPd-kxCUebw6rI8/s1600/DSC_0016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHD1t9f_zGTPvrx5tz471ZPpUK6PorskJgGpEEvWpICv4dBKcbJVhaTZGVeJs6f9wPVP9w0tt0SzqzjiZMnLPn1id4mE2d18D6dtxXyZOet8sZ9RWHiUXK9sCUdFGXPd-kxCUebw6rI8/s400/DSC_0016.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Darioush Khaledi grew up in Shiraz, one of Iran’s prominent wine-growing regions. His father was a hobbyist winemaker and as a young boy, Khaledi used to sneak sips from the barrel; as a young adult he became a devoted collector of fine wine.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Darioush is the culmination of the worldwide search for the ultimate vineyard estate. The Darioush Estate’s ninety-five acres are planted to Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Merlot, Malbeck, Petit Verdot, Chardonnay and Viognier.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">At Darioush we tasted the 2007 Darioush Signature Chardonnay*Napa Valley. Fruit sourced from Darioush’s cool vineyards in Napa Valley, Oak Knoll and Carneros supports slow, even ripening which result in a wine that balance light acidity and gorgeously textured fruit. Cool climates with very little rainfall in 2008 resulted in their lowest Chardonnay yield this decade. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5n6N_cRdv3uRK8jZ5n6G7kREcE5711a873nwv1-BXJlIQG5h7bzDisHjGB1NkbV-c0eGnVQhS5cUHIV1MAlfpoSaclqj8Iktkte-E1O_tVjdaIS0ZsSLf4tT3oUYAeSjZWq_ULh_-_w/s1600/DSC_0011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5n6N_cRdv3uRK8jZ5n6G7kREcE5711a873nwv1-BXJlIQG5h7bzDisHjGB1NkbV-c0eGnVQhS5cUHIV1MAlfpoSaclqj8Iktkte-E1O_tVjdaIS0ZsSLf4tT3oUYAeSjZWq_ULh_-_w/s400/DSC_0011.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">There after we sipped to the 2007 Duel. Grown from two designated blocks on the Darioush estate in Napa Valley and Oak Knoll, Duel is the idyllic marriage of two distinguished varietals: 60% Cabernet and 40% Shiraz. The finished wine offers unique attributes of both varietals; a rich chocolate core and earthy minerality is lent by Cabernet Sauvignon, while Shiraz reveals its inherent exotic spice and ripe red fruit. Good reasons for us to bring home a bottle.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09ScQ76E1QLIivo1jXpLX8IXz1rtoLL_dQvzzobrOeP5vVgQPCwBEbZ2JY68GnxyaF16O_5CyYpqORjQu3eaPAoBPEISxLrEupQL3RSNLLejSNU8UD2pzk2LgC0S11sL4Sf2rTJ9WcBg/s1600/DSC_0017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09ScQ76E1QLIivo1jXpLX8IXz1rtoLL_dQvzzobrOeP5vVgQPCwBEbZ2JY68GnxyaF16O_5CyYpqORjQu3eaPAoBPEISxLrEupQL3RSNLLejSNU8UD2pzk2LgC0S11sL4Sf2rTJ9WcBg/s400/DSC_0017.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Next stop on the road was Chimney Rock, crossing the street with the same name is to me a good enough reason to check out the winery. Nice building, nice surrounding, but not a mach on the wine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIqlDiOyqDcRafyfB45rB-4NtH-2xquOn9oAWdAGV48cl3YX3MQMs5RVvC8OnoGVeWT9dxoN3WKZwsJFJwvLpQYBSNtw9gr20HBMbWGuR7NieIgzSe8t82RoGlSGxom31BxK3fS9bJeE/s1600/DSC01988.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIqlDiOyqDcRafyfB45rB-4NtH-2xquOn9oAWdAGV48cl3YX3MQMs5RVvC8OnoGVeWT9dxoN3WKZwsJFJwvLpQYBSNtw9gr20HBMbWGuR7NieIgzSe8t82RoGlSGxom31BxK3fS9bJeE/s400/DSC01988.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Chateau Montelena (<a href="http://www.montelena.com/"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">http://www.montelena.com</span></a>), and we got the complete fascinating story by Mannette Diederich who today assisted behind the bar in the tasting room as we tasted 5 wines on the “menu”. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEB6TGkZrAF5u996_yXdQFfXGPTYcM3Chr-n9t1r2pr4TuNQUlxrmiD-RTsgTBrc-LO7mQvwWbxdSjOj5xz0cIjxSqL2H704eq0VVcFq49rL-d1e876PUNu7KCTkQ4ZwKJSftP7Pg9h8/s1600/DSC02001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEB6TGkZrAF5u996_yXdQFfXGPTYcM3Chr-n9t1r2pr4TuNQUlxrmiD-RTsgTBrc-LO7mQvwWbxdSjOj5xz0cIjxSqL2H704eq0VVcFq49rL-d1e876PUNu7KCTkQ4ZwKJSftP7Pg9h8/s400/DSC02001.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">They have a great small lake in the garden bellow the tasting room and Chateau that original was build as storage for the wine back in 1882. We got the story about owners and not at least the Chinese couple who took over in the 50’s and created the Chinese garden where you today can enjoy your special event in some of the Teahouses at the islands on the lake. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TXNToE4xy7Qj9ptrX33lGKVmjrz2IbgRRgF17Dpo2dpO5MVNMFg8vLlFF6dlrhsYH3VzqzoyZFB_svPrQIsQmpujDV14QzpaNl4eFZ-628QXSfaLMQNHHsIjtnK3QDsrWtWu_Gnorfk/s1600/DSC01997.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TXNToE4xy7Qj9ptrX33lGKVmjrz2IbgRRgF17Dpo2dpO5MVNMFg8vLlFF6dlrhsYH3VzqzoyZFB_svPrQIsQmpujDV14QzpaNl4eFZ-628QXSfaLMQNHHsIjtnK3QDsrWtWu_Gnorfk/s400/DSC01997.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Being in China last year we felt we were back to vacation a year ago.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">I am not going into details of the 5 wines we tasted just the Zinfandel, Montelena Estate 2008. It is bright ruby-red in the glass with good clarity and intensity of color, the 2008 Zinfandel draws you in, delivering rich aromas of bright red berry, slightly earthy briar berry, alluring spice and rhubarb pie. All complemented by soft, well-integrated oak tone. Dried currants and ripe blackberry are accompanied by notes of fresh vanilla bean while the finish echoes the rhubarb pie from the nose.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">We brought a bottle to our Inn so we could enjoy the evening with it, we were tempted to have a bottle of each of the other once like the great Riesling Potter Valley 2010, Chardonnay Napa Valley 2009, Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2006 or the excellent Cabernet Sauvignon Montelena Estate 2007.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6AF7GnyGD6zFhMAnwXMK-eMPYQeK_zNoo0FWp_IgLUtwNCQ0RC3hS3VNxaIPBnJY1VB-201zHvI2Pze29pnslOtXtRzAjG7mMddBtYED8xZOzxsvncL37489MSo-SX0MhkvJnQNt5KCQ/s1600/DSC_0034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6AF7GnyGD6zFhMAnwXMK-eMPYQeK_zNoo0FWp_IgLUtwNCQ0RC3hS3VNxaIPBnJY1VB-201zHvI2Pze29pnslOtXtRzAjG7mMddBtYED8xZOzxsvncL37489MSo-SX0MhkvJnQNt5KCQ/s400/DSC_0034.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">29 was the road back to Napa, we had some thoughts where to have lunch so it would fit in with a stop at Beringer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-YqhDCuswnQ1NKstRXiyO6YL-jzyCwpJD7Y9WWyYIHphfPEYEcwRwrjTovJ6RQhT84cW5YG63QjvXI2VPB-PgmPgc3634ooo2AIiyGIQNxMUkBLOYUutZ7-LEd5nO1PSB96ZpNRVMAvg/s1600/DSC02019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-YqhDCuswnQ1NKstRXiyO6YL-jzyCwpJD7Y9WWyYIHphfPEYEcwRwrjTovJ6RQhT84cW5YG63QjvXI2VPB-PgmPgc3634ooo2AIiyGIQNxMUkBLOYUutZ7-LEd5nO1PSB96ZpNRVMAvg/s400/DSC02019.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">For those who read my blog back from Marsh 9<sup>th</sup> know we met chief winemaker Laurie Hook than. We learned a lot from her with regards to the Beringer wines but at this time we were curious to have a look around and have a deep breath of the atmosphere at the place.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgETNE87MBDZS7j19TUdUUYC5HVgnfsBLCsjfsBnjXr2R7vp2b7Bl6jvX68f9E-GbhyphenhyphenfQZXf2zfHSLH_emvYy8ZQvsuKRR9AprLEliL3FSh0nMf86S2-WgErEXaaG_E83x2YttCpwtHPak/s1600/DSC02024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgETNE87MBDZS7j19TUdUUYC5HVgnfsBLCsjfsBnjXr2R7vp2b7Bl6jvX68f9E-GbhyphenhyphenfQZXf2zfHSLH_emvYy8ZQvsuKRR9AprLEliL3FSh0nMf86S2-WgErEXaaG_E83x2YttCpwtHPak/s400/DSC02024.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">It was a great place for a Saturday or Sunday visit. They had many tasting rooms and to too packed even there was a lot of people around they had the space. I will do some more on the different vineyards later, so with this. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7WUnx0T1QWUUZr4bLhNdAzuujbx-JxgjNM867AIVtpNc805GMxFRqIvafyMm3YkJYb07Vg3OZ_ASQdKA7_rZpda7NUNYYoo0QmJdRCKKV4OCTJ47aR3qrOqEjPkahfTU0HZMBeAC0h4/s1600/DSC_0041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7WUnx0T1QWUUZr4bLhNdAzuujbx-JxgjNM867AIVtpNc805GMxFRqIvafyMm3YkJYb07Vg3OZ_ASQdKA7_rZpda7NUNYYoo0QmJdRCKKV4OCTJ47aR3qrOqEjPkahfTU0HZMBeAC0h4/s400/DSC_0041.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">When we saw the new wines we had not seen before or noticed in the grocery stores back in Houston we was even more tempted to taste the low cost wines.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">What about a White Merlot 2010 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheb4TNHfQcl3onGjfxryL7btVhehTSBdb4upbTL6pYSciClyBIP3G0sJgyhg1qp7fVIgSWCNGwa966nilfko8_bMqGWyerJyhZIMH-aHqjgrTUbzmfzRPjNLngt32jwkjJzJUA0XhMOA0/s1600/DSC_0049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheb4TNHfQcl3onGjfxryL7btVhehTSBdb4upbTL6pYSciClyBIP3G0sJgyhg1qp7fVIgSWCNGwa966nilfko8_bMqGWyerJyhZIMH-aHqjgrTUbzmfzRPjNLngt32jwkjJzJUA0XhMOA0/s400/DSC_0049.JPG" t$="true" width="267" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">or a Red Moscato 2010, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpiVeXUCjloqUgRYs6M8KxkW5ZCwTwKRteDp6wnO1FJN8PHXl56DzTLOIYUxkQh_Ocdqk9CWyEAZ7UEHldgyZU_TEsdEu5Xl9U1jhg7wl7uej4JvJgA-pFmhzU1rAnPNBv5Hkt21GfDI/s1600/DSC_0048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpiVeXUCjloqUgRYs6M8KxkW5ZCwTwKRteDp6wnO1FJN8PHXl56DzTLOIYUxkQh_Ocdqk9CWyEAZ7UEHldgyZU_TEsdEu5Xl9U1jhg7wl7uej4JvJgA-pFmhzU1rAnPNBv5Hkt21GfDI/s400/DSC_0048.JPG" t$="true" width="267" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">good starter wines for those who are not too used with wine also the blend Premier Vineyard Selection White Zinfandel/Chardonnay 2010 was for the, but I enjoyed them too. Price range $ 7 and 8 US dollars.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">The Red Moscato 2010 is a wine bursting with signature honeysuckle aromas of Moscato combined with delicious fruit flavors and a smooth and refreshing finish. Stated as a perfect for poolside sipping it is dangerous, we already talked about how to keep it cold when being there.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">The perfect sparkling wine for a Sunday Mimosa is the Sparkling White Zinfandel. Created in celebration of the 20<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of the first release of Beringer White Zinfandel, this wine has wonderfully bright strawberries aromas and flavors backed by a sweetness balanced with vibrant bubbles. Also a perfect for parties and gifts! ($ 12 USD)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_a2vy1T9na1xWCXCmdaVhKjIcH2eiRRyi3yc4fgdc5RGAXm_gEYsT2euA3zFDvpilL6KdPSKbbAto_BzfNWo6uW3VxzZGqE5rTFUiiYzW_HRA4nw8TJM1yfnPghtdoI2oXFXz6zQjic/s1600/DSC02035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_a2vy1T9na1xWCXCmdaVhKjIcH2eiRRyi3yc4fgdc5RGAXm_gEYsT2euA3zFDvpilL6KdPSKbbAto_BzfNWo6uW3VxzZGqE5rTFUiiYzW_HRA4nw8TJM1yfnPghtdoI2oXFXz6zQjic/s400/DSC02035.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">My plan was to go to V. Sattui Winery & Italian Market for lunch, but it was so crowded with people that after having a look around I was thinking first of all to noisy for a tasting room have all these people around with the market next door.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTK9Fe13MobPPhXCTk2JwSQz9mKIdITdu7vNYPcfLsFyCcIKt1cf6UQCsxOqMyOS5SwJXOTpzHVXQHI0ElG0KPV3xwMGvlX6yjDbd8hlUcjAtslYHnuk7t4zWj3WPvgX0H_-PPWHZfYs/s1600/DSC_0080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTK9Fe13MobPPhXCTk2JwSQz9mKIdITdu7vNYPcfLsFyCcIKt1cf6UQCsxOqMyOS5SwJXOTpzHVXQHI0ElG0KPV3xwMGvlX6yjDbd8hlUcjAtslYHnuk7t4zWj3WPvgX0H_-PPWHZfYs/s400/DSC_0080.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;"> I am sure they have good business, but something important was missing for me to stay. Atmosphere was not as expected, but Ok their choice so jumped into the car to find the recommended Bistro by Chef Dean. Bistro Jeanty (<a href="http://www.bistrojeanty.com/"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">http://www.bistrojeanty.com</span></a>) was the name and lay central in Yountville. We found the larger parking and popped into the local market place with shops and a few restaurants, one too nice and it was just after 3pm so lunch was stopped and dinner not before 5pm. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjris1mmIJFUAvRkg7D1-L2noJmChagkIsUEa7zFfswhYO8AbdgaTqkvel6ZN37OF7qto68aFJ-DizYhZfm0SKFN2Bpzl4172vFt_rBwfogJfTus4dQGQjdosVFtECw5EqGDMj2-27urWw/s1600/DSC02043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjris1mmIJFUAvRkg7D1-L2noJmChagkIsUEa7zFfswhYO8AbdgaTqkvel6ZN37OF7qto68aFJ-DizYhZfm0SKFN2Bpzl4172vFt_rBwfogJfTus4dQGQjdosVFtECw5EqGDMj2-27urWw/s400/DSC02043.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Than we was sure to find the Bistro, walking along Washington Street we did see it, nice and ready with a table for two.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnR_Awua6tCVWkolRc3mA5o-OFJ8-BH74lWP2M0pmiu8jvVDarG94IPkXVmsnZEkcMQm-5TLP_felY-jTqdI7yeVLoGgit9jtG8Tnra71OdXDn252VRuRbtVRNfDL5czXmg87PoFQJURY/s1600/DSC02057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnR_Awua6tCVWkolRc3mA5o-OFJ8-BH74lWP2M0pmiu8jvVDarG94IPkXVmsnZEkcMQm-5TLP_felY-jTqdI7yeVLoGgit9jtG8Tnra71OdXDn252VRuRbtVRNfDL5czXmg87PoFQJURY/s400/DSC02057.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">It was a long time since I had Escargots </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMx3yvwM90cgDvZmbk7d2ri4hEBfDIPwVcBW9QXRfR-YnoOA90UVTCImjnULoyosFm8yjgubx-7HLtzzKThR0s7O6t9HNtfCPDXFlxqbCKUVyFoVDYgZnf7K5OjvTurqrcVWsSWRc0ig0/s1600/DSC02047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMx3yvwM90cgDvZmbk7d2ri4hEBfDIPwVcBW9QXRfR-YnoOA90UVTCImjnULoyosFm8yjgubx-7HLtzzKThR0s7O6t9HNtfCPDXFlxqbCKUVyFoVDYgZnf7K5OjvTurqrcVWsSWRc0ig0/s400/DSC02047.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">so at this recommended restaurants when I saw it on the menu it was tempting so both Laila and I went for that as an appetizer. With Quiche aux Poireaux for Laila </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">yes we got dessert to along with a little bottle of Chateau du Rouet “Cuvee Reservee Tradition”, Rosé, Cote de Provence 2010.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0WX_Ao1oCEP3TJECQQ47snR24NndqOrcNZh-8nPfqoP2GXSCw5EeUY0BRlUZbc2RNMm14NO34jL8FfUsBpQT0xzCU5PbASiTh4OHJMGXEu5ZTJHgN39SoUFWlXu_5PCeH-BkG7sS1_Y/s1600/DSC02044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0WX_Ao1oCEP3TJECQQ47snR24NndqOrcNZh-8nPfqoP2GXSCw5EeUY0BRlUZbc2RNMm14NO34jL8FfUsBpQT0xzCU5PbASiTh4OHJMGXEu5ZTJHgN39SoUFWlXu_5PCeH-BkG7sS1_Y/s400/DSC02044.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Make sure to visit this place if you ever is in the area of Napa or Sonoma it is worth it and not expensive either.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">After an espresso it was to find the car and head back to the Inn and update us on the latest news and do the blog.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84845479841680714.post-23411377172443053012011-07-22T20:11:00.000-07:002011-07-22T22:35:14.085-07:00Leaving Sonoma was strange<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">We woke up this morning to the news of the bombing in Oslo, with one dead heading from Sonoma to Napa visiting Rubicon, Robert Mondavi and Domain Chandon. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Having a late cheese and salami lunch at the last place sipping to a glass of sparkling wine I opened the browser on my cell and got a new shock. The killing of young politicians gathered together at a summer camp. First news was 10 and now the rumors are 80 or more. It is surrealistic for us in the middle of the wine country enjoying our vacation see what happened. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikpAtt-71I3CCmDGK_6Gg3udcjmKIoV6VhJxlGwX8Y-roYFLy5pxzwkLvG3QYIZ7-DNn2UN0_TJCnMzejhNq_652C4jpbeuNIES9wwPrZcDt1O-FPAwW8J-VFK5_0-Ll01nZGQ-echST8/s1600/DSC01909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikpAtt-71I3CCmDGK_6Gg3udcjmKIoV6VhJxlGwX8Y-roYFLy5pxzwkLvG3QYIZ7-DNn2UN0_TJCnMzejhNq_652C4jpbeuNIES9wwPrZcDt1O-FPAwW8J-VFK5_0-Ll01nZGQ-echST8/s400/DSC01909.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Our time at Cinnamon Bear Creekside Inn was great, great girls preparing their personality in the breakfast as a B&B we like do. Great breakfast room, and great room with a great bathroom and Jacuzzi, did not have time to use it as I wanted.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4eDyXwiAyqdZc2u-QrGhWxcOpZmDI0CKezdQPAcavZLMF_O0rvIhqSaPp7UiLEFhvxiL_eE-BV1seyUlAbWCb9UM8B4ovlP8XyJBDxc24u9h472g8WqioMhICfqJ2EPtw7WrLNTEsQY/s1600/DSC01873.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4eDyXwiAyqdZc2u-QrGhWxcOpZmDI0CKezdQPAcavZLMF_O0rvIhqSaPp7UiLEFhvxiL_eE-BV1seyUlAbWCb9UM8B4ovlP8XyJBDxc24u9h472g8WqioMhICfqJ2EPtw7WrLNTEsQY/s400/DSC01873.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Short distance to walk into the centre of Sonoma where we did find several great restaurants, like the one we mentioned and well “The Girl and the Fig”, will return to that.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73nyvjNTJic8ZMhPczTYSCoiITdsF3oB5voyn_aN_U324mZxfZmlTaaddRhyphenhyphenj0ZMQbNqQC64Spfz0H_0QK9bwuspLwmAEpJJnHoSv_xHWItERGt7IhVT6r9s8rHr2LlfBA0fQrLEWipU/s1600/DSC01900.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73nyvjNTJic8ZMhPczTYSCoiITdsF3oB5voyn_aN_U324mZxfZmlTaaddRhyphenhyphenj0ZMQbNqQC64Spfz0H_0QK9bwuspLwmAEpJJnHoSv_xHWItERGt7IhVT6r9s8rHr2LlfBA0fQrLEWipU/s400/DSC01900.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">We took the 12 turned on to Trinity road (not for trucks) and followed it to 29, turned left passed Robert Mondavi and stopped at Rubicon Estate Winery.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpgzA5-AACBA74acPpqEDH8OE0bvkslb5E0fEkkYSyLMZCPECTZ4DN4PwI9V89P3tv987-DRwTjvJw1qpjgeN8lwGWdX-IubKI2i0pfLSZztac4bzvejM_3pXsVBC3jeQ-0b-zhlrfjM/s1600/DSC_0004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnpgzA5-AACBA74acPpqEDH8OE0bvkslb5E0fEkkYSyLMZCPECTZ4DN4PwI9V89P3tv987-DRwTjvJw1qpjgeN8lwGWdX-IubKI2i0pfLSZztac4bzvejM_3pXsVBC3jeQ-0b-zhlrfjM/s400/DSC_0004.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Giving us a great background of it all from the Finnish captain until today trade for the winery, looking across to the house Francis Coppola do a lot of his work with regards to his movies, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1DACdsFdqzz00zAng3L6oYodq1K8XeV1ud2t9K6XTyUkJyMW2obyKoAlQLWDygdzhKMtk-cwpJ-VGuOBD5lc0ynaI6iLmQ230FlBLkAcQ7m8sm8WiCZqZI0UmPlajwwggl1z1CK8oZw/s1600/DSC01933.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1DACdsFdqzz00zAng3L6oYodq1K8XeV1ud2t9K6XTyUkJyMW2obyKoAlQLWDygdzhKMtk-cwpJ-VGuOBD5lc0ynaI6iLmQ230FlBLkAcQ7m8sm8WiCZqZI0UmPlajwwggl1z1CK8oZw/s400/DSC01933.JPG" t$="true" width="300" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">The three wineries we visited today are all in the category that we can find them in the shop in Texas. But some of them ware also special collection for Estate purchase or wine club members only. So after we have bought too much we needed to reduce the purchases, unfortunately the volume goes down as the price goes up. Just one for special occasion that could be stored for 20 years if we manage, we have agreed 6,5 year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopp0DESO7J9wxSDnr4I3IPTZHiFaTYhiq7AsJBbZEgs1P97rlhlGaQ1wy4UdJq5Kr7qvXmVs6hpsYkqlr9xR2oDqVltv8AVVmprE3iX8Fdb1pYnEtQWNlHLXxzD_3f8Y2xFLHYT7CktY/s1600/DSC01956.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopp0DESO7J9wxSDnr4I3IPTZHiFaTYhiq7AsJBbZEgs1P97rlhlGaQ1wy4UdJq5Kr7qvXmVs6hpsYkqlr9xR2oDqVltv8AVVmprE3iX8Fdb1pYnEtQWNlHLXxzD_3f8Y2xFLHYT7CktY/s400/DSC01956.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Next stop was Robert Mondavi, a wine we knew very well and have buying on several occasions. Only I can say is that we will continue buy it when we get back to Houston, special their Merlot and their Muscato Canelli.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">On the way into Napa we also wanted to stop at Domain Chandon </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2yLbLHsgSJZIpKM6CdUylKu1i5LdspejnY2jeOm7MZGmb8UBsH6lkI9halwOliNEjOHL4lKe13RXkQNjw0Z0RuAFAfmstVScsFP01L-4pd_qUqH2gRi_skMxHPeyHA4hqRKir9hTV2c/s1600/DSC_0076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2yLbLHsgSJZIpKM6CdUylKu1i5LdspejnY2jeOm7MZGmb8UBsH6lkI9halwOliNEjOHL4lKe13RXkQNjw0Z0RuAFAfmstVScsFP01L-4pd_qUqH2gRi_skMxHPeyHA4hqRKir9hTV2c/s400/DSC_0076.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">for some sparkling wine and when we noticed they had a restaurant, it was time for lunch too. A beautiful facility with a Michelin noted one star restaurant at the facility, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDw2vRaIrO7-hbPmI86jEQQwBiOhzGWsUedir2x-RSDm29-Lq03A81h4dx1F14z9o6xsoFdGAGtEz3bU6171-pZ9vUjcIAfzoPGCKN1gt2bN6ZkvScofO1QXaD3i1zem1Fxaq05maaOUw/s1600/DSC_0069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDw2vRaIrO7-hbPmI86jEQQwBiOhzGWsUedir2x-RSDm29-Lq03A81h4dx1F14z9o6xsoFdGAGtEz3bU6171-pZ9vUjcIAfzoPGCKN1gt2bN6ZkvScofO1QXaD3i1zem1Fxaq05maaOUw/s400/DSC_0069.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK;">Finishing the cheese and salami as well the glass of sparkling Brut and sparkling rosé I looked up the browser on my phone to see how the updated news on the explosion in Oslo. To my shock I noticed the attack at Utøya and that many was killed, now in the CA evening and early morning in Norway it is registered 7 dead in Oslo and 80 or more at Utøya. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkhR3D9ycajjwA2fGG4-_DkDLBi1CKUcv3EPlMh5QlqtN-tVOqRnQBH-xVr2gKZVDIDkevFhjSV_hD97sA_GbGb3hhkvOiOnUH0t1Qh4rDAlvgerk8V-29ORy4JbPKqAfE650528MmVEQ/s1600/DSC01971.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkhR3D9ycajjwA2fGG4-_DkDLBi1CKUcv3EPlMh5QlqtN-tVOqRnQBH-xVr2gKZVDIDkevFhjSV_hD97sA_GbGb3hhkvOiOnUH0t1Qh4rDAlvgerk8V-29ORy4JbPKqAfE650528MmVEQ/s400/DSC01971.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Back on track with yesterdays wine Tasting in Sonoma Valley. We had picked out 7 vineyards to visit, 4 before lunch and 3 after. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoakQjomKEyhV4OPeA88J7pB8gsLuPyBRL_Ur9vLhCHzw2iGEEreyvbgoIQs6NjjPM0ElRwi49hCX560WJ8YlKJEbwSZRp-7L-D6BGOukmQdJBGXuXGNdhFQLxsjHcs7nzJYOXmwDlx8/s1600/DSC01744.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoakQjomKEyhV4OPeA88J7pB8gsLuPyBRL_Ur9vLhCHzw2iGEEreyvbgoIQs6NjjPM0ElRwi49hCX560WJ8YlKJEbwSZRp-7L-D6BGOukmQdJBGXuXGNdhFQLxsjHcs7nzJYOXmwDlx8/s400/DSC01744.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We started with the recommendation from Chef Dean at Loma Vista in Temecula. Gloria Ferrer has the sparkling wine and after a nice breakfast it was good to start the morning with tree glasses of sparkling wine. Not only the wine but also the most spectacular view.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcq5KuUDXR7yb0_SKJMify_6VvqFabsbdx11VzhwRP4Qs_lzTCKq0_GFtHP13crBfYey-8IsdO9vI3fxkLWjHj-aB56usVbU7areHXaN0ZTpG8lXXpmSPQtdAuYp8SKDbSD-yn06Go-_E/s1600/DSC01748.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcq5KuUDXR7yb0_SKJMify_6VvqFabsbdx11VzhwRP4Qs_lzTCKq0_GFtHP13crBfYey-8IsdO9vI3fxkLWjHj-aB56usVbU7areHXaN0ZTpG8lXXpmSPQtdAuYp8SKDbSD-yn06Go-_E/s400/DSC01748.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Not so much for me, but Laila loves it and yes so do I. We tasted their 2007 Brut Rosé, a good sparkling wine that we enjoyed and bringing back with us a bottle, the 2002 Royal Cuvee was a bit to standard of a sparkling wine. The last we tasted was the New Va de Vi. A prior dinner wine, a gentle touch of pink color, not much but some due to its content of Pinot Noir.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9wgiBSz0WYRmcgCHp7UETj-QY0qSlhas25dgxikBsSAMo4E4DUogvI2KI82J6vcexfQWC5Gc4w-NPAoCTG4_2xIMUOW9sk8MlonBtkFkyh7MVcxslJE5w2_vveJ4CqKr9PlhIUj9npY/s1600/DSC01751.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9wgiBSz0WYRmcgCHp7UETj-QY0qSlhas25dgxikBsSAMo4E4DUogvI2KI82J6vcexfQWC5Gc4w-NPAoCTG4_2xIMUOW9sk8MlonBtkFkyh7MVcxslJE5w2_vveJ4CqKr9PlhIUj9npY/s400/DSC01751.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Next stop was Chateau St. Jean. Not only great facility, but also some good wines, their Pinot Blanc Robert Young Vineyards 2009 was crisp and fruit-forward. The Chardonnay Cold Creek Vineyard 2009 was a lovely light wine they started with back in 2000.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What a great start to something that ended up as the best Italian dinner we ever have had outside Italy. That the owner is first generation born in US, but his strong roots from Lucca indeed helps, and we can feel the touch of different restaurants in Lucca.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Our starter was Prosecuto con Melone; I felt I was at Ristorante Osteria Baralla in Via Anfiteatro 5 in Lucca. The only difference was that Robert also used Peaches along with the Melon. Great taste and along with the house wine, a Sangiovese we was in Italy and in Lucca. We are looking for a house with a small vineyard in the area of Lucca already, if it will be this or next year or the year after we will see when we find it, but retirement will be that acre or two to look after of Italian grapes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Laila got what she wanted; “Pappardelle alla Lepre” </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBLMoC79wD0lExbnQhoTX6PzBR51buJ6l7zSvyP-suR8HT_RPeqJG2QxRsPWk8D8_rv3CXQrt31uCI1zEi8Yg8PwID9hMNjPehVacKgi3lCXyd6DtNt4TtzraBsM44Gz6vpJFRBp7nSs/s1600/DSC_0004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBLMoC79wD0lExbnQhoTX6PzBR51buJ6l7zSvyP-suR8HT_RPeqJG2QxRsPWk8D8_rv3CXQrt31uCI1zEi8Yg8PwID9hMNjPehVacKgi3lCXyd6DtNt4TtzraBsM44Gz6vpJFRBp7nSs/s400/DSC_0004.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">and I Anatra Arrosto con Risotto Selvatico. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5cfPCdEPpx1vdEO_RY7UN6vaF7OQBHSsTSu3-gW1cBVnaz9MQ8x43JEnBz69ldQV9hoyxqjo0C6LtxZaif9KE4e4az81ezDFqIubOxAEd27THPLIzA8H8IChn3hRAMP63IT9H6GHhTg/s1600/DSC01860.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5cfPCdEPpx1vdEO_RY7UN6vaF7OQBHSsTSu3-gW1cBVnaz9MQ8x43JEnBz69ldQV9hoyxqjo0C6LtxZaif9KE4e4az81ezDFqIubOxAEd27THPLIzA8H8IChn3hRAMP63IT9H6GHhTg/s400/DSC01860.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I must say, I have never tasted anything better, Not in Italy, not outside Italy. It was a taste that was heaven, something for Chef Ramsey or any other chef to taste. The atmosphere is more a gourmet restaurant, but at the same time had a perfect cozy atmosphere like an Italian restaurant in Italy without being to “fancy”. Prices for us as Norwegians was not expensive including a litro wino rosso Del la casa, and please remember, in Italy when they chose wine for their house wine, it is going to be a good wine following what they serve in the restaurant, And our Sangiovese just melted on the tongue. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But the food, we could not find the words for it, and it will be a meal we will remember forever. In addition to this I found my Vino Santo on the “Dolce” list. I asked for Biscotti and they had their home made, that together with the Vino Santo was another bring me back to Lucca experience. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3eHMZdUjj9YM7qEtJL9CYpfwl3_QUa1POSNjNcfyFxGq5I6LZk2U7bqJmzQ36gtDw2xzbmWJi3GKgIoAYot4D2us_amT4a9qpVIzKZeDQlipvw2CoxF4HCGyveabhuUPuaVt4DvOpRd0/s1600/DSC01862.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3eHMZdUjj9YM7qEtJL9CYpfwl3_QUa1POSNjNcfyFxGq5I6LZk2U7bqJmzQ36gtDw2xzbmWJi3GKgIoAYot4D2us_amT4a9qpVIzKZeDQlipvw2CoxF4HCGyveabhuUPuaVt4DvOpRd0/s400/DSC01862.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Gli Orti Di Via Elise (</span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: NO-BOK;"><a href="http://www.ristorantegliorti.it/"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">http://www.ristorantegliorti.it</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">) is my family dinner place in Lucca. So many times over the last ten years I have been there and had my Vino Santo, my first time was there with this experience and it will not be the last yet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgnvbwST-tpeyln7D92dk9y7iLV2yIatK9zdTnx5fQPT5LW5170myC6aGapyioQ_nQr9qnPP7cfrOVR4m8AshmV6NtnGSrlMqKtSRvf7X_UbbPfMT7AEoXDMHy0YQsNQ4saYdlgdrfXE/s1600/DSC01863.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgnvbwST-tpeyln7D92dk9y7iLV2yIatK9zdTnx5fQPT5LW5170myC6aGapyioQ_nQr9qnPP7cfrOVR4m8AshmV6NtnGSrlMqKtSRvf7X_UbbPfMT7AEoXDMHy0YQsNQ4saYdlgdrfXE/s400/DSC01863.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">and Della Santina’s evening. Sonoma not only have vineyards to show and wine to taste it also have great food for you in the evening, so if you just here for one evening, you know where to go and I have difficulties to see how The Girl and the Fig can match this.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84845479841680714.post-45737416226099157132011-07-19T19:00:00.000-07:002011-07-19T19:00:59.889-07:00Sonoma next stop<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Leaving the Garden Street Inn in San Luis Obispo heading for Cinnamon Bear Creek-side Inn in Sonoma Valley, with 270 miles of driving in front of us! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDIdeUrIqs_gc8UioMZXoyMdSZMCaH28L0JR6SZs0SONokrqLqKEY0ZCjSJPbZG2a0Y68O6XrA8xCKoBDZyrg8g95XZ2jOkdD0SSP8DSnXqzWMuo61lrFYAW5uvBV5J0RGRUHJ95aAhA/s1600/DSC_0016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDIdeUrIqs_gc8UioMZXoyMdSZMCaH28L0JR6SZs0SONokrqLqKEY0ZCjSJPbZG2a0Y68O6XrA8xCKoBDZyrg8g95XZ2jOkdD0SSP8DSnXqzWMuo61lrFYAW5uvBV5J0RGRUHJ95aAhA/s400/DSC_0016.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We expected to stop and fill gas and have lunch, but as we drove and got close to San Jose it was 4 lines and tailwind so 4,5 hour and we was an hour ahead of schedule at 19455 Sonoma Hwy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Just to leave the car and walk downtown to have a little peak around to see what it had to offer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitEsePXcdKgGJ6ne-l4icMPTzT4uD_5Wfoc2sxm9J9gdjU6E2jOYdG6y1qlaa64oIkAiaRaHyKhwz52phXRxyCtAYRUR67RsSS4W8aQC6iP1eWCSkBc_cL4Svem9WoGHODbLkG0mibVjI/s1600/Sonoma+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitEsePXcdKgGJ6ne-l4icMPTzT4uD_5Wfoc2sxm9J9gdjU6E2jOYdG6y1qlaa64oIkAiaRaHyKhwz52phXRxyCtAYRUR67RsSS4W8aQC6iP1eWCSkBc_cL4Svem9WoGHODbLkG0mibVjI/s400/Sonoma+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A small, but looked like a very cozy place. Enough good restaurants and wine tasting if wanted. We feel in a way we are on the mission trail, that’s ends here in Sonoma, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8LoxEHGf598BX5FK9eWpQDowT8XHC3IVwYzzafwBGn_tGg4IKzIPE_eTcLJuPS8S5USGwkZO6l-6LLo1MHRaMd7PPyJxIWJCXLCDSoguDNBtuVJWsM93w3VHix-NSypdHXwVAk2Nv9Y/s1600/DSC01739.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8LoxEHGf598BX5FK9eWpQDowT8XHC3IVwYzzafwBGn_tGg4IKzIPE_eTcLJuPS8S5USGwkZO6l-6LLo1MHRaMd7PPyJxIWJCXLCDSoguDNBtuVJWsM93w3VHix-NSypdHXwVAk2Nv9Y/s400/DSC01739.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">even we head for Napa later on and back to Houston. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">After the walk into the city centre we found a nice backyard Hungarian restaurant to sit down in and enjoyed a glass of Cava and some late lunch/early dinner.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWZWvESf8vujdhxQlW8l4Ka1Wopy5iyBnz_cg6y7T9jfKAPK_5hn1h_I1hCbeDIxooFs4wn7PKfNBk0DfsbqAp9Xk9lCJgb8pOf_-ghbnl6KKf_p5hAarwHmE-q3mV26WDJxw0a6Uznc/s1600/DSC01735.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWZWvESf8vujdhxQlW8l4Ka1Wopy5iyBnz_cg6y7T9jfKAPK_5hn1h_I1hCbeDIxooFs4wn7PKfNBk0DfsbqAp9Xk9lCJgb8pOf_-ghbnl6KKf_p5hAarwHmE-q3mV26WDJxw0a6Uznc/s400/DSC01735.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On our way back to the Inn we shopped cheese and bread and wine for later needed food if we got hungry, felt a bit tiered, so no walk back to city centre today, we needed to prepare for the next two days of wine tasting. So many wineries to chooses from, so I cant say yet, have to wait until tomorrow and see our chooses.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84845479841680714.post-3468610276229892762011-07-18T21:04:00.000-07:002011-07-18T21:08:08.254-07:00On bike through Edna Valley<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">When you are on vacation one need to be a bit adventures, for me that is to jump on the bike and have a day in between the vineyards with is beauty and scenery in addition to the tasting we do of chosen or by coincident stops along the way.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiazDq-puhYI-Wxs-Zh3g0g_nrBaSDYBsdbY1io9nB9PqlyvMxzlYbre081gSengng0lOxJ2FtGMBsiJKO9aEUT9SE7S5I6_-FPCvUEUnSvb4v0RnQ9rdZCiKX34Hc88INQAVG20rCS5o/s1600/DSC_0003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiazDq-puhYI-Wxs-Zh3g0g_nrBaSDYBsdbY1io9nB9PqlyvMxzlYbre081gSengng0lOxJ2FtGMBsiJKO9aEUT9SE7S5I6_-FPCvUEUnSvb4v0RnQ9rdZCiKX34Hc88INQAVG20rCS5o/s400/DSC_0003.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">First of all I have to complement the place we rented our bikes. As we changed our schedule from yesterday until today to get on the bike we came to Wally’s Bicycle Rentals at 306 Higuera Street in San Luis Obispo (<a href="http://www.wallysbikes.com/"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">http://www.wallysbikes.com</span></a>) and they have great choose of alternative bikes and not at least great service. Both prior to you hit the road, but also, like for me when you need it if something happens. We was 30 minutes or less out of town just by the local airport and I noticed my front tire was flat. We did not have any equipment to fix it so what could I do other than call the shop. Within 15 minutes Wally was there to assist me and gave me extra in case it happened again. It did not but for me that was service above expectations, so any wine lover or other that would hit the road with a rental bike in San Luis Obispo, you know where to find a rental bike there. And you do not need a flat tire to get the service, it is the way they are.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCo9mYC8cbT1Az2hqVN0wAicQLAAZho96CJjDQTWlSGEWWzIVCKTR6rGAkfQWLlyx2XD_TmXXM7ylRLp941eZG9V2RxZxn3RlPpebkWcN44bLMR-4egyX7Z-3TSx5wuOivP_jovKIYzE/s1600/walter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCo9mYC8cbT1Az2hqVN0wAicQLAAZho96CJjDQTWlSGEWWzIVCKTR6rGAkfQWLlyx2XD_TmXXM7ylRLp941eZG9V2RxZxn3RlPpebkWcN44bLMR-4egyX7Z-3TSx5wuOivP_jovKIYzE/s400/walter.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Looking for Talley all the way until we ended up at Lopez Lake, so we turned around and started our visit on the first we go to at the road. Time for lunch too, and we got to Chamisal at Orcutt Rd, (<a href="http://www.chamisalvineyards.com/"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">http://www.chamisalvineyards.com</span></a>) name change, we had it on the list as we read in the books as Domain Alfred. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5zi4XtoUP4WtJoBm9kXnpC-kj_iO5WlJIc4A4Y464hikw3B8Gd_iS2F7cBVCY_WmPvSdeoWw73plNcZK4WCNraD6ng3JkrlmwxeGQb_otjZG0C7SxllHmA-2uxjAw4W9fdDrjFnUKzU/s1600/DSC01716.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5zi4XtoUP4WtJoBm9kXnpC-kj_iO5WlJIc4A4Y464hikw3B8Gd_iS2F7cBVCY_WmPvSdeoWw73plNcZK4WCNraD6ng3JkrlmwxeGQb_otjZG0C7SxllHmA-2uxjAw4W9fdDrjFnUKzU/s400/DSC01716.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">They also had some tempting wines, after knowing the Pinot Grigio and Chardonney taste well in the region we also did find the best Sauvignon Blanc at this place along with some very good Zinfandels. Again a winemaker and wine to our taste with new introductions that we will enjoy in the years to come.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Into Sunday 17<sup>th</sup> and we continue our wine adventure. After breakfast we wanted to see if we could fine some bike for rent, but not at 10am on Sunday. Heading back so we changed the tour from the local San Luis Obispo area and heading for Pablo Robles. There are too many vineries to choose from so we decided to take a scenic route and not the 101 straight to Paso Robles. If that was a good choice or not, not sure, as the roads was very bad marked and we got to see the area without hitting the right way at first try and we needed to turn around more than once.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We got to Santa Margarita, and it was as we was out of town there we missed on the road first time and not see the 58 sign, then get on to the 229 across to Creston was also a challenge, but when we got into the 229 it was a great experience to see the landscape around and farms for sale. It was not our area so we are not tempted but enjoyed it. After some time we also got to Union Rd and Rockin’R winery. <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">(</span><a href="http://www.rockinrwinery.com/"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">http://www.rockinrwinery.com/</span></a><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">) </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ZH8FmWzoDmD8bhY6IAmmWb5ekUtnUBqyk0Fmm4J1rMBmlNMDQcHFrl4gGZfuDHfUumqjCP4N0iz1srO-wGpj-NYRWTjkRInlw-oG3iQziekt4yy1_qjYcDqQvppFcHhjkX-17YSzvBY/s1600/DSC01684.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ZH8FmWzoDmD8bhY6IAmmWb5ekUtnUBqyk0Fmm4J1rMBmlNMDQcHFrl4gGZfuDHfUumqjCP4N0iz1srO-wGpj-NYRWTjkRInlw-oG3iQziekt4yy1_qjYcDqQvppFcHhjkX-17YSzvBY/s400/DSC01684.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If we enjoy it when we get back to Houston we know to get more. Both the Kisses from a Rosé and My Way.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNLr5qpQ_G5pgRaoivr-RLIUCMHXv3iyopuxV61k_Xb9LjtHceO8d_HWavnEh2tndZGwLt6cwTdKHxcwKaxNvI76Ivo0FS9sn2V9ehQoTvPckYMX92xpv5JTxNK9uprg8KRINNhsDo2Y/s1600/DSC01686.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCNLr5qpQ_G5pgRaoivr-RLIUCMHXv3iyopuxV61k_Xb9LjtHceO8d_HWavnEh2tndZGwLt6cwTdKHxcwKaxNvI76Ivo0FS9sn2V9ehQoTvPckYMX92xpv5JTxNK9uprg8KRINNhsDo2Y/s400/DSC01686.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We had seafood from the grill yesterday perfectly cooked at the grill along with great pasta and my Insalada Caprese was great to. They just could leave out the chickpea. Yesterday we had Italian Pinot Grigio, today I will go for an Italian Cianti Classico. Look forward to it, great atmosphere and great service.</span><span class="text"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", "serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Best regards the blogger</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHBc2BYXMCEd6WTxvIC-d4pALtEyArp9nYuXfhZVAKPeoApuEl3L8oWxCHuYxnRci0hi2J5nXmYV20gpXaeGIPFUT3PuJlG3Gcp3rw-_ygEbgMB-y4wAyI0H3Zea43Y3Ad2dDJvAMHq8/s1600/DSC01702.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHBc2BYXMCEd6WTxvIC-d4pALtEyArp9nYuXfhZVAKPeoApuEl3L8oWxCHuYxnRci0hi2J5nXmYV20gpXaeGIPFUT3PuJlG3Gcp3rw-_ygEbgMB-y4wAyI0H3Zea43Y3Ad2dDJvAMHq8/s320/DSC01702.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84845479841680714.post-48000984442417811342011-07-16T18:20:00.000-07:002011-07-16T18:20:02.718-07:00Saturday July 16th on our way to San Luis Obispo<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Today it was a first clear goal to find the Firestone Estate. My top priority on this wine adventure and it all goes back to the very first Bachelor on TV 10 years ago or so. When Adam who now is involved in marketing down in Santa Barbara showed the estate on one of the shows, I tasted some of their award winning wine 5-6 years back and wanted to taste more and see the place.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUqALxKU4YVEaJybisrYxtO2WxG42YjBMV-T_sdlWt7HevtJ6YdlXnxqnDAj610IUeuh8jrefaqc-E71RCKIiNyIBHu-s_d8DoF3ak8dcBFpOpXaAfCsxwHQXPsinkhl0qCtpPlwpM8c/s1600/DSC_0011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUqALxKU4YVEaJybisrYxtO2WxG42YjBMV-T_sdlWt7HevtJ6YdlXnxqnDAj610IUeuh8jrefaqc-E71RCKIiNyIBHu-s_d8DoF3ak8dcBFpOpXaAfCsxwHQXPsinkhl0qCtpPlwpM8c/s400/DSC_0011.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We started with the end or beginning of the wine when you open, the show case tree, cork tree. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjyja0J2ueJ8zpR7RsnM03EBZNFmjEMI5LiJyHrCkROlDdFIzvcOC33zGA6HOaa87PqW75HnG2YIJWq_yF4MWrGcMSFFpeQ52lx_EcjSf78nGOAT1OMaAeD8MfpC04GQqQvgzzns-4v0/s1600/DSC_0015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjyja0J2ueJ8zpR7RsnM03EBZNFmjEMI5LiJyHrCkROlDdFIzvcOC33zGA6HOaa87PqW75HnG2YIJWq_yF4MWrGcMSFFpeQ52lx_EcjSf78nGOAT1OMaAeD8MfpC04GQqQvgzzns-4v0/s400/DSC_0015.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Heading across to the Merlot grapes, showing and explaining how their where grown and protected, or not protected as the fruit started to show readiness. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGTcWJdrmL_DUBpxJPaImK-mcm1p93os2TV1yo5ATOVLc9MK1gZfjkhkWXje9_zEBW8lndMFGE7NKmqiW_y8Rgbu3ynq0oZTtRkP9np3QUtJ1Tbp9h-Bk-NYQD4olJrPcEuE4BvfkQxk/s1600/DSC_0017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGTcWJdrmL_DUBpxJPaImK-mcm1p93os2TV1yo5ATOVLc9MK1gZfjkhkWXje9_zEBW8lndMFGE7NKmqiW_y8Rgbu3ynq0oZTtRkP9np3QUtJ1Tbp9h-Bk-NYQD4olJrPcEuE4BvfkQxk/s400/DSC_0017.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In the library it was possible to find a wine from all the types of wine made and every year going back to the early 70’s when Firestone (yes- the tire manufacturer at that time) took over.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2M0rPPszNXAQZOVCXE82nL-nwBgXhTjY4MTF3gP-csvwA-tr2fCy4A8WLM9P6DMh6f53n4X-l37XKSzGiWqZ_-AZBOEvRi4GElzo0JUnK9JXXRoU7vwXnH8TbPWoenQ9csJI6ySqQNw/s1600/DSC_0027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2M0rPPszNXAQZOVCXE82nL-nwBgXhTjY4MTF3gP-csvwA-tr2fCy4A8WLM9P6DMh6f53n4X-l37XKSzGiWqZ_-AZBOEvRi4GElzo0JUnK9JXXRoU7vwXnH8TbPWoenQ9csJI6ySqQNw/s400/DSC_0027.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Just to have mentioned, Firestone sold in 2007 to Foley, winery we visited the other day, for those who want to Google him, there are many vineyards in his position and it is a “money man”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It was a great tour and new understanding of the wine making process as well knowledge about Firestone was entered the memory line in my filing cabinet.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Next stop was Zaca Mesa, again the tasting will be covered later on, nice small place a bit difficult to find, but we just needed to be patient to find it. Some bikes on the road and for some female bikers I guess it just was a needed stop on the road and not a wine tour they had, not like the bachelorette group that arrived in a 40ft+ long limo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7VlpIm2xNe9EHw4aVbIH7EVb_XzkEnD-UEMtnt4a3-BkYLl1lc9tHtCfFuQdbSKNpmmSzBirFPRRQ77TF8o6yjj0ZzN1tUQ9aVla50KqoBtfZUTpA-a1S_WUaQH2Xq8KSEvzxHascKZQ/s1600/DSC_0042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7VlpIm2xNe9EHw4aVbIH7EVb_XzkEnD-UEMtnt4a3-BkYLl1lc9tHtCfFuQdbSKNpmmSzBirFPRRQ77TF8o6yjj0ZzN1tUQ9aVla50KqoBtfZUTpA-a1S_WUaQH2Xq8KSEvzxHascKZQ/s400/DSC_0042.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Last wine tasting on the road to San Luis Obispo was Rancho Sisquoc Winery. Just picked from a map we bought in Solvang by the name and what we could see of wine they made.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW08CZhhqCGeOF2_AixAFkrF1iF5WM3wEs5IJq9K5IybN6WleuctTcF9PaQR1FIhk8hlzkLQOiyY5ryGjnSrbOpSubTHFS8HL5lMp6JLYKCXX4-RO07lP2Px5oVq8cYH4dQWvApFbzu1c/s1600/DSC_0056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW08CZhhqCGeOF2_AixAFkrF1iF5WM3wEs5IJq9K5IybN6WleuctTcF9PaQR1FIhk8hlzkLQOiyY5ryGjnSrbOpSubTHFS8HL5lMp6JLYKCXX4-RO07lP2Px5oVq8cYH4dQWvApFbzu1c/s400/DSC_0056.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And again tasting will come later, but I have to mentioned one special wine that was a buy for us filling up the case so that we after 40% of the tour we have 24 bottles. I am sure we will not continue like that, it mean 60 bottles to bring home. That will take years unless we have a wine tasting and presentation in Houston later in the year or sale to The Tasting Room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDb6ToVrNSpOsO4LIx_t7TdeAupxAJmdPtJAYw9T1xxv3dkqe7Nf3CKFmbIEHtg247IY8itJlYM8c80fiCLHyYbIDDmP4GtpH88KwIeguy4pSwm6lWoMuAtxPLCED07qrLcHWBY41Hes/s1600/DSC_0060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDb6ToVrNSpOsO4LIx_t7TdeAupxAJmdPtJAYw9T1xxv3dkqe7Nf3CKFmbIEHtg247IY8itJlYM8c80fiCLHyYbIDDmP4GtpH88KwIeguy4pSwm6lWoMuAtxPLCED07qrLcHWBY41Hes/s400/DSC_0060.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">OK it was the special grape Sylvaner, it is a wine that is unique to Rancho Siscquoc, as they are the only producer of this wine in California. Hints of light lime, apricot, sweet pear and roasted peanuts which also follow through in the fantastic flavor. Crisp finish and a hint of lingering sweetness, but either you need to find the place first or buy online.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UJ535ixy7B1izuFG9J34jdCBSu4dAAzN6sGE9Th43quqUdR2jgZbYVW-HvXYD-i5D7yYzyYjlLCTfiRmCOh_P50IRbkouqvJMLpEB0Sw9rP16OJ8W6XwQx1Dv6AweTpq0GC9KJAVNoY/s1600/DSC_0053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UJ535ixy7B1izuFG9J34jdCBSu4dAAzN6sGE9Th43quqUdR2jgZbYVW-HvXYD-i5D7yYzyYjlLCTfiRmCOh_P50IRbkouqvJMLpEB0Sw9rP16OJ8W6XwQx1Dv6AweTpq0GC9KJAVNoY/s400/DSC_0053.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On the way to this winery we saw for the first time Coyote, it wanted to pass the road, went back in to the hill and just looked at us as we stopped. Funny animal, best to stay inside the car so we could reach our destination for the day, San Luis Obispo.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84845479841680714.post-19619138286564486512011-07-15T23:35:00.001-07:002011-07-15T23:43:49.973-07:00What a day<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I need to make it a short one just to advise that I will be back with more on the Toccata wine, Rosato and Red.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Then I need to be back on today’s (July 15<sup>th</sup>) wine tour with Brigitte, the woman behind the place we stay Mirabelle Inn & Restaurant. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And as well what we have been listening to the last two evenings and we couldn’t resist go and see today.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRcxUBMt_S6cJk0E1lAC6yIgIhAeNw-zQAPFElnDs4kKS2fjQEtE_uslSfcDT9Ota0yja2-SoJYGXah9wI9RvGbixo7HsGwq-iQARjl9im1ZiPzazFzdrFmGHHpYYMf8gsBeZL9TRCDs/s1600/solvang+theater.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="90" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRcxUBMt_S6cJk0E1lAC6yIgIhAeNw-zQAPFElnDs4kKS2fjQEtE_uslSfcDT9Ota0yja2-SoJYGXah9wI9RvGbixo7HsGwq-iQARjl9im1ZiPzazFzdrFmGHHpYYMf8gsBeZL9TRCDs/s400/solvang+theater.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“PCPA Theatherfest in Solvang” ( <span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><a href="http://solvangtheaterfest.org/"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">http://solvangtheaterfest.org/</span></a> </span>) an amphitheater with around 400 seats and the show was HAIRSPRAY.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We are on vacation and enjoy what comes to us and so we did tonight. Loved it and hope we pop into something like it later on our tour.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So follow the blog and I will try as soon I manage tomorrow or Sunday to give you update from the last days and the days that follows.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84845479841680714.post-22494016818576593762011-07-15T19:01:00.000-07:002011-07-15T19:16:55.242-07:00Wine tasting Thursday July 14th<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I just noted there is 109 vineries in the Santa Barbara area. I am sure there is more than that, but listed in the small brochure I found at one of them I get better idea of the volume of wine from this area.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Missing out on Palmina and Fiddlehead in Lompoc we headed for Mosby, but on the road we saw Foley <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">(</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.foleywines.com/"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">http://www.foleywines.com</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">)</span> and took a quick decision to stop. They do have some good wines, but compare price and wine we did not think it matched what we was looking for.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2MyZcbiLDyvNwWaS4AXPfP3pR0ciRAYicvWMYLujF57jOEhQFisG3v6iplIQmQlp1du0-xRLOzMY2A8iKrK5PYiUGYMXpH6Gwgk3yeI5i2e-g93ADJz1JAmKwiGaeRwmGClMYnljdKMI/s1600/DSC01575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2MyZcbiLDyvNwWaS4AXPfP3pR0ciRAYicvWMYLujF57jOEhQFisG3v6iplIQmQlp1du0-xRLOzMY2A8iKrK5PYiUGYMXpH6Gwgk3yeI5i2e-g93ADJz1JAmKwiGaeRwmGClMYnljdKMI/s400/DSC01575.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Another suddenly stop was when we saw the sign for Babcock Winery, but when we entered the gate there was another sign towards Melville Winery <span style="color: #cfe2f3;">(</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://melvillewinery.com/"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">http://melvillewinery.com</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">)</span> so we went there.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Great tasting room in a great Italian styled villa with a view straight out on the grapes, tasting the wine and looking at the price tags there was a match not only by the taste of the wine to what we like, but it will in the future also be worth wile sign up for their wine club.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Than it was to track down Mosby Wines<span style="color: #cfe2f3;"> (</span></span><a href="http://www.mosbywines.com/"><span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.mosbywines.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">),</span> it was not easy straight away to find it, no sign from 246 and no sign for the Santa Rosa Rd as we could see. So knowing driving to far we turned back to give it a shot and we managed to find it. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Nothing fancy, no new Italian buildings to attract the business, no restaurants, just a small tasting room in the old barn at the farm. It was just the perfect setting for us. That we will have a different setting in Italy, I am sure of, but at this place we also could feel home and enjoy that Bill Mosby was doing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It is his love for Italian grapes that made us visit, and it is his love that made us sign up for his wine club so we know we could have this regular shipment of his wine 3-4 times a year.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Starting with a light refreshing Pinot Grigio with aromas of ripe pear, apple and vanilla bean, the crisp citrus taste was followed by a dry, clean finish. Historically, Pinot Grigio originates from the Fruili Venezia Guilla of Italy. Said to be a mutation of Pinot Noir grape, the Pinot Grigio seems unsure whether it is red or white wine grape, hence, grigio, meaning gray.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Bill Mosby was the first winemaker in Santa Barbara County to release Pinot Grigio wine and continues to release much success with international acclaim.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9T6aIdU3c3Pk6zfM-9frjpqNciExCXjXptLL8EBKO_rczYForL0-fCImv3zeRR-dPEku0-k1-kpcXKUiEAwRWxQwcL6tjA7RzAagv6plslaOvBQv0X57MBd7F54EFxJpAQurr0Ifjgo/s1600/Mosby+pinotgrigio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9T6aIdU3c3Pk6zfM-9frjpqNciExCXjXptLL8EBKO_rczYForL0-fCImv3zeRR-dPEku0-k1-kpcXKUiEAwRWxQwcL6tjA7RzAagv6plslaOvBQv0X57MBd7F54EFxJpAQurr0Ifjgo/s1600/Mosby+pinotgrigio.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Another white wine we tasted was the Mosby Dolcetto, produced carefully tended estate-grown grapes, creating a full bodied wine that can be enjoyed with everyday meals. The 2007 Mosby Dolcetto has brilliant aromatics of brown spice, herbs and white pepper. Mouth-filling flavor of yellow-fleshed plum and cola lead to the honest, lingering finish. It should be served with interesting cheeses, hearty pastas, grilled meats or pizza.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMa2V7DPl7HWE1i9gaEFjkH_5DeYt5O_gtDw043g-cpAWB6NgVGsNZVk50GNYjlJepaCYzyoGAr5Kk9LHMcFxzaI_QfJKdXWbT2rkGWEou8TKkDnVOAdNB19BvL_rc2yNFO5CxVYhu4dw/s1600/Mosby+dolcetto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMa2V7DPl7HWE1i9gaEFjkH_5DeYt5O_gtDw043g-cpAWB6NgVGsNZVk50GNYjlJepaCYzyoGAr5Kk9LHMcFxzaI_QfJKdXWbT2rkGWEou8TKkDnVOAdNB19BvL_rc2yNFO5CxVYhu4dw/s1600/Mosby+dolcetto.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Moseby Sangiovese has a lot going on! We detected amazing scents of cocoa, dried cherries, lavender and lilac; these delightful aromas progressed into layer flavors of crushed dark berries, spice and light oak. The full body of this release is nicely balanced by brisk acidity and smooth tannins, making it an ideal wine for food pairing like beef or game ragus, tomato-based pasta sauces or spicy Tuscan-style chicken. Even it is ready to drink it can hold for three to five years in cellar.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpl4iURu8HMHqIKZCTE86wcYgAoheG_fM3n2oDbViplyPxhsiNmlH5CkQXJnE0rgnqsRJr8-9aXrJihGT58lNacu1RZ3UyfcoFW_HoXIFuhsgUE6yA1AvGDdEzxY78Ln8nQ4IKAr2mYJw/s1600/Mosby+sangiovese.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpl4iURu8HMHqIKZCTE86wcYgAoheG_fM3n2oDbViplyPxhsiNmlH5CkQXJnE0rgnqsRJr8-9aXrJihGT58lNacu1RZ3UyfcoFW_HoXIFuhsgUE6yA1AvGDdEzxY78Ln8nQ4IKAr2mYJw/s1600/Mosby+sangiovese.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Mosby La Suduzione is Bill’s fifth release of this rare Cal-Italian varietal. The Lagrein grape is named after the Lagarina Valley of Trentino, although it is now primarily grown at Gries on the outskirt of Bolzano, the velvet violet colored wine offers aromas of dark plums, cocoa and wild wood mint.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_z98by6m6RwQt8ydVvCjwMggifHCElO6WviZBlxHSAz-gZoI8pS9is_E2EFEfKwJ_53MtQiUt8fASXumM7Msyc5pYbSrLV9Qq6NTJ3ib1hbPysOHtg3iaKlebHPAoGisHCtp9t75x_g/s1600/Mosby+seduzione.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_z98by6m6RwQt8ydVvCjwMggifHCElO6WviZBlxHSAz-gZoI8pS9is_E2EFEfKwJ_53MtQiUt8fASXumM7Msyc5pYbSrLV9Qq6NTJ3ib1hbPysOHtg3iaKlebHPAoGisHCtp9t75x_g/s1600/Mosby+seduzione.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For dessert we can enjoy wine made from raspberries, jammy, raspberry fruit with a bright finish. Dessert in a glass is a good alternative to port.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_TCY6diIhaKZ1htCruuPLY_7CvpJW-l7uK7yN1BN3qC00XStHOYIpOjnPSiHVXs9K8ZDwvaRMeFsuO8YMmMFHN6p1bzwB0KKQA0PaZPKT5ARePQWMoLHjgr7Nq7ufyVAf6-Lfb_8Wec/s1600/Mosby+sofia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_TCY6diIhaKZ1htCruuPLY_7CvpJW-l7uK7yN1BN3qC00XStHOYIpOjnPSiHVXs9K8ZDwvaRMeFsuO8YMmMFHN6p1bzwB0KKQA0PaZPKT5ARePQWMoLHjgr7Nq7ufyVAf6-Lfb_8Wec/s1600/Mosby+sofia.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Note that they also produce a lot of other tempting “stuff” we did not taste, as mentioned before we did by a bottle of Grappa. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZ4n_UpGobTPRUvJTCRY3eiGHeZ9zFtyoGHBcbM0sPm4wSCemuZ8s6K4wvscaJpX20w_jZkFFTogY-xsfxgovMa4f2bgj6GOA37dASA5yg4w8BwAGeY51FcyeGYWrjFHxfG6TE539mV4/s1600/Mosby+grappa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZ4n_UpGobTPRUvJTCRY3eiGHeZ9zFtyoGHBcbM0sPm4wSCemuZ8s6K4wvscaJpX20w_jZkFFTogY-xsfxgovMa4f2bgj6GOA37dASA5yg4w8BwAGeY51FcyeGYWrjFHxfG6TE539mV4/s1600/Mosby+grappa.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Named after my favorite place in Italy, and hopefully the place for us to retire Lucca, this non-vintage, Primitivo-based red has a nose of dark berry and sweet brown spice. The flavor has classic elements of bright berry fruit hints of forest floor and is supported by a firm tannic finish.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The wine has been aged in older French oak barrels which preserve the bright fruit character and smooth finish. Open now… or hold. This is a perfect wine for everyday meals, and pairs very well with pasta in tomato sauces, veal dishes, poultry, beef, or pizza. Salute!!!!</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next we did was to have some food before we started at the local toccata winemaker and the Mandolina wines.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ahead of us was both the “lista del vino bianco” and “lista della riserva”.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2005 “Bianco di Bianco” Sparkling wine,a 2/3 Muscat and 1/3 Chenin Blanc. Spicy coriander flavors with orange and peach from the Muscat Canelli blend wonderfully with perfumed melon of Chenin Blanc. Delightfully distinctive with fruit and aromas not found in traditional Champagnes.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2010 Toccata Pinot Grigio, crisp with natural acidity, this wine will be a fine complement to salads, fruit and cheese when we get home.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Than my surprise, Laila better prepared for this one, 2009 Malvasia Bianca. Fresh white flowers like gardenia, summer fruits including apricot and peach are anchored with a hint of amber incense in the Malvasia made from 2 acres in Los Alamos. An off-dry style, the slight sweetness and intense perfume quality makes for exquisite flavors to pair with a wide range of cuisines. ¤ bottles in our care with us on the road.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 2009 Moscato has slight residual sugar with just enough sweetness to accentuate honeysuckles, orange blossom, orange tea, and honey aromas. It displayed a pretty character with a pleaseant smooth mouth feel and lingering finish.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2010 Muscat Canelli is a taste for me, sweet, Muscat Canelli is the oldest cultivated grape in France and have a rich history. The berries are small with intense perfume and flavor. The wine has light residual sugar to enhance the natural fruit and spice in the grape and concentrated aromas of tropical fruit, melon, and citrus. This light, low alcohol style wine is particularly delicious with fruit and cheese I am sure.</span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84845479841680714.post-75596808783489822502011-07-14T19:00:00.000-07:002011-07-14T21:55:13.247-07:00Wine tasting is an under estimated sport<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">My wife told me and I do agree after the latest days in California, wine tasting is an under estimated sport. Wonder how I will value it when I am finished with these 3 weeks at 5 different wine areas.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A split of Malvasi, Sagniovese, Rosé, and a blend. Picking up at Saturday when we head for the next stop. We became a member of their wine club, so what we was told than was that we could do wine tasting at their sister company, Lucas & Levellen for free, and sure we did. </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It is Wednesday and farmers market in Solvang, very nice and attracted a lot of people. Good organic food was available.</span><br />
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