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Jack London State Historic Park

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. While wining around Sonoma and Glen Ellen, we popped into Jack London State Historic Park since it was on the map. We didn’t know anything about it. Wow, were we…

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Cornerstone Winery

It was 89 degrees today in Sonoma. I hear it was 85 in San Francisco. Incredible. We spent the day wandering around Cornerstone Gardens. Cannot believe I’ve never been. I felt like it was a little piece of Burning Man…

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Wine Country Staycation

I’ve been dying to go on another vacation even though this year was filled with trips to Italy, British Columbia, Burning Man, and New York. There are too many places to see in the world! But there is also so…

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Shots from the Birthday Weekend

No not alcohol shots. Photos! Since I don’t post as many pictures as I should, here are more from my birthday weekend in wine country on Saturday and having breakfast at the Red Door Cafe Sunday morning.

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My Birthday in Wine Country

At this age, I don’t remember what I did on my previous birthdays. Probably the one that stands out the most was four years ago when I turned 32. I rented a limo with eight of my friends and we…

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Memorial Day Weekend – Wine Country

I dream of YFC – Yountville Fried Chicken, Ad Hoc’s famed fried chicken cooked every other Monday and booked several months out. A coworker of mine has taken at least two half-day Mondays off work to head north in advance…

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Black Hookers on the Chianti Road

Back to Italy where we’re driving through wine country. Verdant rolling hills, brick farmhouses, perfectly-manicured vineyards. It’s just like the postcards. We pass a black woman in a tank top and shorts talking on her cell phone by the side…

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Welcome to my site, derived from an advice column I wrote while getting my MBA. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I give helpful, opinionated advice based on my own experience and from the expertise of my extensive network. For more, click here.

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