EVENT: Donate $1 To Save The World

Much of the world has no running water, but with your $1 contribution they can have safe drinking water. Photo courtesy UNICEF. Think of all of the places in your travels where you’ve been warned, “Don’t drink the water!” It isn’t any safer for the people who live there than for tourists passing through. At…
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GOURMET TRAVEL: Napa Valley Mustard Festival

A prior year’s winner in the phototgraphy competition, by Sally Wood. We wish we had gotten advance notice of the 17th annual Napa Valley Mustard Festival, to be held next weekend, March 12 -14 in Napa, California. If you can get there, you’re in for a treat. The vineyards, blooming with wild mustard, are breathtaking.…
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FOOD EVENT: Rhone Wine Tasting In San Francisco

Caliza Syrah will be at the Grand Tasting. Photo courtesy CalizaWinery.com. Are you a lover of Rhone wines? How about Rhones from the U.S.A.? California wineries have found great success planting Syrah, Viognier and other classic Rhone grapes. The Rhone Rangers will convene in San Francisco on March 27th and 28th for the thirteenth consecutive…
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