Category Beer, Wine and Alcohol
Back to the Future – L.A., Part One
June 10 – TBD That first day back in L.A. it will come has little news to followers of this blog that our first meal out was at Paco’s, our Mexican food purveyor of choice since the beginning of time, or at least not long after the demise of the infamous El Tepa at 14th […]
The Move, Part Four
May 1 – June 10 Up early Monday morning we loaded the cars and hit the road for Nashville, our first stop of the trip, after bidding farewell to Ann and Rendy and of course, Joanna who I would see in about a week. We’d planned out the adventure so that no day of driving […]
The Move, Part Three
May 1 – June 10 Besides hanging out with friends we would dearly miss during our last few days in town, we did get out for a few bike rides and one memorable on I’ll refer to as the nostalgia ride. During our eleven years of riding in and around Charlotte we’d initially ridden a […]
Cycle NC Spring Ride Edenton, Part Two
April 24-28 We woke the next morning to high winds and a dicey weather forecast, with rain predicted by early afternoon. Given our lack of enthusiasm for riding in wet conditions we, along with most of the group, decided to forego the 40-mile ride and instead do the shorter 27-mile route which gave us a […]
Cycle NC Spring Ride Edenton, Part One
April 24-28 A week quickly passed after our return from the west coast and we got in a number of bike rides in anticipation of joining the Cycle North Carolina (CNC) Spring Ride in Edenton, North Carolina. In the meantime, we also began to attend to repair work at the house, taking care of those […]
West Coast Spring 2019, Part Five
April 4 – 15 Our plan for the morning of our return to Oakland was to check out of the Airbnb around 11am and head over to the Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park to tour that facility, but fate intervened in the way of a migraine headache Joanna developed soon after awakening. Normally one […]
West Coast Spring 2019, Part Four
April 4 – 15 The next day we set out again for the State Capital but this time used Lyft to get us there and back. As we approached the building, we noted a Planned Parenthood event to support this organization which depending on your point of view, performs demonstrably worthwhile services or is a […]
West Coast Spring 2019, Part Two
April 4 – 15 With an afternoon to kill that Saturday we made our way to the 4th Street shopping district in Berkeley so that Kris could pick up glasses he’d ordered at Warby Parker and while the girls went off to take care of some shopping, Kris and I repaired to the Sierra Nevada […]
West Coast Spring 2019, Part One
April 4 – 15 A little over a month elapsed between our return from Florida and the start of our next trip which would include ten days on the west coast following a pattern now long familiar to us, two four-night stretches in Oakland with Jessica and Kris and three days in Sacramento exploring California’s […]
Florida in February – Miami, Part Four
February 6 – 20 Our first choice was a German restaurant with inconsistent, but generally positive reviews not far from us. We drove there and located it after parking, but it appeared closed, not unanticipated given the reviews it had received. So, we decided to head next door to Tap 79 Gastropub, but it too […]
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