A three-week cross-country road trip can be thrilling. It can also be exhausting and challenging if you aren’t prepared. These are the things that made life easier and the things that took up space.
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A visit to Napa Valley Olive Oil in St. Helena, California, was a long-held desire for Andy. And it makes sense. He does most of…
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You would be amazed at the many stunning Japanese gardens located in and around Los Angeles. We first started seeing them pop up on television…
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A Napa Valley wine tasting tour had been my goal for several years. Andy and I almost went five years ago for his mother’s birthday,…
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One surprising highlight of our Inglenook wine tasting was the chance to leisurely roam through a mini museum. It turns out that when the Coppolas…
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Our last stop on our Napa Valley wine tasting tour was Inglenook Winery. We chose Inglenook for two reasons: 1) I had delighted in Rubicon…
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Our Napa Valley wine tasting tour itinerary left some room for happy discoveries. Even in May, you had to make reservations for tastings, so spontaneity…
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We had some loosely defined goals when we first made plans to go on a Napa Valley wine tasting tour. We wanted a blend of…
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When we first started discussing going on a Napa Valley wine tasting tour, we knew that Joseph Phelps had to be one of our stops.…
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If you are planning some serious Napa Valley wine tasting, you’ll want to consider all of the brilliant culinary options available to you in the…
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