If you have ever visited us in Vegas and driven with either Carlo or me, you will know that we HATE Vegas drivers. I have never seen more inept drivers who sped recklessly, don’t pay attention because they are talking on the phone, or cut you off like you don’t exist. Las Vegans blame the [...]
Entries from October 2007
October 26, 2007
California Smoke
As soon as the wildfires started burning in California, I wondered whether we would have any issues with the smoke in Las Vegas. We hadn’t had any problems and the skies have been clear until today. Carlo saw on the weather that there would be patchy smoke today and there is. When I was driving [...]
October 21, 2007
The Great Outdoors
Carlo and I were supposed to be in Utah with our friends Adam & Nate, and Jen & Greg this weekend, but I had to cancel our trip because I have too much stuff going on at work and couldn’t take Friday off. To make up for not being able to explore Utah, Carlo and [...]
October 16, 2007
Wine Country Getaway VI
After our visit to Point Reyes, we decided to go to nearby Tomales Bay to eat some oysters from the bay. We had heard about a couple of good places to visit from Carlo’s friend Dennis, so set off on our oyster quest.
We first arrived at Dennis’ favourite place the Tomales Bay Oyster Company and [...]
October 16, 2007
Wine Country Getaway V
After three days of drinking on our trip, we were about wine-ed out, so we decided to go to the coast for the day and visited the Point Reyes National Seashore. Even though we didn’t get to see any sea lions or tidal pools, Limantour Beach which we visited was beautiful and fairly quiet for [...]
October 16, 2007
Wine Getaway IV
Among one of the many delicious meals we had was at Bovolo, a small little place in Healdsburg. They are known for their homemade salumis which were amazing, as was the rest of the food. Although I think Carlo really wanted to come here because the chef/owner sports a pretty awesome butcher’s diagram of a [...]
October 16, 2007
Wine Country Getaway III
The Russian River and Dry Creek Valleys are incredibly beautiful areas with lots of rolling hills and winding country lanes. After six months of living in the desert, it was so nice to be around trees, flowers, and just general greeness. I had no idea how much I had missed plants since moving to Vegas, [...]
October 13, 2007
Wine Country Getaway II
On Saturday, Carlo and I went for a hike through the Armstrong Redwood State Reserve, which was 2 miles away from our hotel in Guerneville. We had seen some redwoods around the hotel and thought they were big, but the hotel manager said they were just babies compared to the ones in the state park.
I [...]
October 12, 2007
Wine Country Getaway I
For my 30th birthday present, Carlo and I spent 5 days in Sonoma County eating and drinking ourselves up and down the Russian River Valley and the Dry Creek Valley. It was an incredible trip with far too much amazing food and even better wine! I think out of all of the wines we tasted, [...]
