Monthly Archives: June 2011

Dining Out at Press

Although I make no claims to be a restaurant reviewer, I do enjoy dining out, and I do have my opinions. And since many of my friends have asked me to recommend restaurants for their Napa Valley visits, I feel … Continue reading

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Not quite 99 balloons

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Today I’ll spare you the dialogue and just share some great photos I took Tuesday morning, June 21st, just after 6am, about a quarter-mile from my house. The balloon pilots are pretty good at flying those things down the valley … Continue reading

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Life in the ‘hood

When we made an offer on our house at the end of April, we moved pretty quickly (okay, that’s an understatement), and did not have time to research the neighborhood. Our realtor, Robert Pursell of Sotheby’s, did not say much … Continue reading

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Dining Out On A School Night

While we had every intention of preserving our financial resources by limiting our dinners out to weekends only, we couldn’t resist this one, and we are glad we didn’t. Thanks to a posting in the http://www.napalife.com newsletter (which my old Silicon … Continue reading

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Playing Favorites

Although we’ve only been Napa residents for two weeks, I already have a favorite place in town, one I will undoubtedly take all our guests to visit: The Oxbow Public Market.  Located on First Street, a short walk over the … Continue reading

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